THE DE-ICE AGE
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Focuses on the consequences of global warming on ecosystem. Threat of global warming on humanity; Efficiency of emission trading on global warming reduction; Details on the operational structure of the cap and trade system.
- Matter of time on the prairie. Rustad, Lindsey // Nature;10/11/2001, Vol. 413 Issue 6856, p578
Discusses how in some ecosystems, extrapolating from the short-term effects of global warming will give a misleading impression of the reaction over longer periods of time. Increase in the Earth's mean surface temperature; Predictions of climate-ecosystem interactions.
- The Special Needs of Island States. Mahendran, Chithambaranathan // UN Chronicle;Dec2002-Feb2003, Vol. 39 Issue 4, p72
Focuses on the factors affecting the development of small island States in Sri Lanka. Description of the ecosystem of small islands; Accounts on the dangers facing fragile ecosystems; Details on the Kyoto Protocol on global warming.
- Impacts of Fire and Warming on Ecosystem Uptake in the Boreal Forest. Lynch, Amanda H.; Wanli Wu // Journal of Climate;7/1/2000, Vol. 13 Issue 13, p2334
Observations show that the amplitude of the annual atmospheric carbon dioxide cycle has increased. Lagged correlations between carbon dioxide, temperature, and vegetation suggest a modulation by ecosystem response, but the mechanisms remain unclear. Hypotheses include an early season uptake...
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Focuses on the effects of global warming on agriculture in Australia. Limitation of benefits; Employment of adaptive strategies; Impact on ecosystems.
- White plague Tangley, Laura // Earthwatch: The Journal of Earthwatch Institute;Apr1991, Vol. 10 Issue 4, p24
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- Primary productivity: The link to global health. Schoen, Deborah // BioScience;Sep97, Vol. 47 Issue 8, p477
Discusses one question about global warming which concerns how terrestrial primary productivity, the rate at which land plants fix carbon through photosynthesis, will respond to climate trends. History of primary productivity research; The involvement of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
- Global Warming and Terrestrial Ecosystems. Price, Mary V.; Waser, Nickolas M.; Shaver, Gaius R.; Harte, John // BioScience;May2001, Vol. 51 Issue 5, p332
Presents letters to the editor regarding global warming and terrestrial ecosystems. Complexity of ecosystem responses to direct and indirect effects of global warming; Conceptual approach to interpretation of responses to global warming; Evidence which contradicts the suggestion that some...
- Nasty neighbours. Pearce, Fred // New Scientist;4/13/2002, Vol. 174 Issue 2338, p9
Presents the effects of global warming on biological diversity studied in Mexico. Changes in ecological interactions; Displacement of species to cooler areas; Emergence of unknown types of ecosystems.
