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[Brandtree] Scientists Map Speed of Climate Change for Different Ecosystems ...: Scientists Map Speed of Climate Change for Different Ecosystems. December 25th, 2009 → 10:21 am @ admin.

[TheGreeno : Greenest Place on Earth] Scientists Map Speed of Climate Change for Different Ecosystems: "One of the most powerful aspects of this data is that it allows us to evaluate how our current protected area network will perform as we attempt to conserve biodiversity in the face of global climate change," says Healy Hamilton, Director of the Center for Applied Biodiversity Informatics at the California Academy of Sciences. "When we look at residence times for protected areas, which we define as the amount of time it will take current climate conditions to move across and out of a given protected area, only 8% of our current protected areas have residence times of more than 100 years.

[Eideard] Pace of climate change varies from mountain to marsh « Eideard: On average, given annual average temperature change models, local climates will move about 0.42 kilometers (or a quarter of a mile) each year, the study found. And 28.8 percent of the world’s biomes (or ecosystems, areas with similar climatic conditions) are facing rates of change more than 1 kilometer per year.

[the-environmentalist.co.uk] the-environmentalist.co.uk » Blog Archive » Scientists map speed ...: have to move to keep pace with global climate change over the next century? Scientists have calculated that on average, ecosystems will need to shift about 0.42 kilometers per year to keep pace with changing temperatures across the globe.

[Keith Burgess-Jackson] Keith Burgess-Jackson: From Today's Wall Street Journal: Instead, nature is in stable equilibrium in which ecosystems adapt to changes in the environment. Just as balancing rocks are an extremely rare phenomenon (soon to be knocked off their perch by the forces or Earth, wind or fire), delicately balanced ecosystems have long since become extinct by natural changes in the Earth's environment.

[India Current Affairs] India Current Affairs » Blog Archive » MILESTONES OF MOES: The main objective of the modernization programme is to enhance India Metrological Department (IMD)’s capability to provide accurate observations and advance warnings against natural hazards and develop appropriate dissemination systems to inform the public and disaster managers for initiating necessary actions so that lives and properties of general public are saved.  Strengthened Atmospheric Observing Systems by completing installation of over 200 systems, including AWS, ARG, DWR, GPS sonde, wind profiles, etc.  Data Processing System for INSAT 3D has been set up for immediate operational use as soon as it is launched.   Out of 4 high performance computing systems planned as a part of moderisation, two    have been installed and will be operational by January 2010 one each at INCOIS, Hyderabad and IITM Pune.  This will augment substantially capability of Assimilation and coupled models. Increase the resolution of the current GFS to T382L64 (horizontal resolution of approximately 35Km

[Terrain.org Blog] Terrain.org Blog » Galapagos Ecosystem Faces Devastation from ...: Professor Les Kaufmann from Boston University said: “The Galapagos, the Rosetta Stone of evolution, is now teaching us the far-reaching impacts of climate change on ocean ecosystems. Though too late to stop, we now know that the impacts of climate change can be softened by cutting back on fishing.  The wildlife we eat today was part of the inner workings of an ecosystem which was under stress from global climate change and when these ecosystems are damaged, species and livelihoods can vanish in a heartbeat.”

[Science Blog - Science news straight from the source] Ecosystem, vegetation affect intensity of urban heat island effect ...: "The placement and structure of cities -- and what was there before -- really does matter," said Marc Imhoff, biologist and remote sensing specialist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "The amount of the heat differential between the city and the surrounding environment depends on how much of the ground is covered by trees and vegetation.

[Your Green Ability] New Upcycled Container Cafe in Austin « Your Green Ability: Studies on the effects of road-salt runoff in fresh water streams in Minnesota found that prolonged, high-dose exposure to the runoff was lethal for certain species of fish and insects. The studies also found that salts could damage or kill roadside grass, plants, and shrubs, all of which provide valuable ecosystems and erosion control.

[Xenophilia (True Strange Stuff)] Scientists Chart Velocity of Climate Change « Xenophilia (True ...: says Healy Hamilton, Director of the Center for Applied Biodiversity Informatics at the California Academy of Sciences. “When we look at residence times for protected areas, which we define as the amount of time it will take current climate conditions to move across and out of a given protected area, only 8% of our current protected areas have residence times of more than 100 years.

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