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Equity Watch - Global Environmental Government Unit - Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
The second US negotiating strategy was to expand the definition of sinks to make it possible to use just about every ... for carbon sequestration from vegetation. Its interest was to expand the definition of sinks so that just about every shrub, farm or tree ... there were increased periods of water stress, or drought? In each such case of flood, drought or sea level rise, people living at the ...
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Equity Watch - Global Environmental Government Unit - Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
LULUCF activities must also qualify as ‘human induced’, calling for yet another precise definition that distinguishes ‘human induced’ effects from natural effects. Factors such as natural cycles of ... released back to the atmosphere by fires, pests, encroachments, or even climatic variations like drought or storms. The IPCC report suggests that establishing projects in different areas may ...
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ECO-PROS Site Index
Diversity of ecosystems - Definition of an ecosystem is presented with pictures of various types of natural ecosystems ... and sustainable manner. WETLANDS Types of Wetlands Wetlands Loss Human activities, Hurricanes and Drought Wetlands Recovery Wetlands Resources Wetlands News Links to resources for information are found ...
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Hurricanes
The Barataria Terrebonne Estuary Definition of an "estuary," and map of the Barataria Terrebonne system "Louisiana coast no longer as ... /4 way down the page) Educational materials are available by contacting the Estuary Program. Hurricane Drought Return to Wetlands Loss or continue to Wetlands Recovery where you can learn about what ...
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Kind Planet Environmental Info - Biodiversity - Part of Our Environmental Forum
Peter H. Raven, Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden offers this more eloquent definition: "At the simplest level, biodiversity is the sum total of all the plants, animals ... indicate that reductions in plant species diversity lowered the ecosystem's resistance to drought. Researchers have identified two possible explanations for this relationship between plant diversity and productivity ...
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CPC - Outreach: NOAA Climate Press Releases
Season Outlook 7/19/07 - NOAA Foresees Continued Drought In West, Worsening Short-Term Drought In Upper Midwest 7/17/07 - 2007 Starts ... /23/05 - North American Countries Reach Consensus On El Niño Definition 2/18/05 - Scientists Brave Brutal Elements On Top Of ... Global Surface Temperatures Much Warmer Than Average; Drought Severity Worsens In The West 6/13/02 - Drought Worsens In West, Eases In East; ...
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CRU Information Sheet no. 15: UK Rainfall
From Maraun et al., 2008 (supplementary information). Rather than using a fixed definition of heavy precipitation (such as a threshold of, say, 15 mm on one day), it ... (2001). References Jones, P.D., Conway, D. and Briffa, K.R., 1997: Precipitation variability and drought. In Climates of the British Isles: present, past and future (M.Hulme and E. Barrow ...
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration SDI
Drought (195) Definition: Drought Issue: Climate/Drought SDI Framework Element: Water Capacity Water Capacity Characteristic: Amount of Water Endangered Species (169) Definition ...
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Climate Candidate SDI
Precipitation Drought (195 NOAA) Definition: Drought SDI Framework Element: Water Capacity (1.2.1.8) Element Characteristic: Amount of Water Drought Frequency (307 UN CSD) Definition: Drought frequency (or intensity) SDI Framework Element: Atmosphere (1.2.5.1) Element Characteristic: Number of Droughts McKee Drought Index (209 NOAA) Definition ...
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RMCO
Redmond, regional climatologist for the Western Regional Climate Center in Reno, Nev. Under that definition, the recent years of rapid growth in the Southwest are tipping the region farther into drought." Albuquerque Journal (2004) Home Climate Disruption and Its Impacts Heat Snow Water Drought ...
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