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The aim of this chapter is to describe climate characteristics since the Anthropocene inception and to assess expected climate changes in Patagonia, with emphasis on coastal areas. The climate in Patagonia has warmed up ...

Subjects / keywords: Naturaleza; Recursos Naturales

A noticeable aspect of metatherian evolution in South America is the influence of climatic oscillations in their macroevolutionary patterns, involving major radiations during warming phases, and extinctions and functiona...

Water availability is one of the main limiting factors that control ecosystem functions and productivity in semiarid regions. Vegetation of these regions usually presents a patchy distribution where sparse plant cover is...

the Biotic Pump Theory, as set forward by Drs. Makarieva and Gorshkov, states that the primary force driving surface winds, certainly in the tropics, is induced by the negative changes in atmospheric pressure caused by c...

This legal study on the 1978 Constitution and the Spanish coastline is a current approach to our coasts, their regulation and problems from an open perspective. A documented reflection on our legislative history, the cha...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessing the science related to climate change. It provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of hum...

This chapter focuses on how human colonization of Sierras of Cordoba (Argentina) impact on the high-ranked prey resource density –i.e. Lama guanicoe-. Three hypothetical scenarios were modelled altering the encounter r...

Agricultural productivity is threatened mainly by climate changes and excessive use of agrochemicals resulting in continuous environmental degradation. In the following decades, warmer temperatures, high dioxide carbon l...

As a result of the Montreal Protocol, ozone is expected to recover from the effect of ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) as their abundances decline in the coming decades. The 2006 Assessment showed that globally averaged...

This latest Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will again form the standard scientific reference for all those concerned with climate change and its consequences, including st...

There are currently ci 75 GTN-P boreholes and 18 CALM sites in Antarctica, most of them installed during the IPY and still with a short data series. In the Antarctic Peninsula, only 6 boreholes are deeper than 10 m and 4...

This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report (IPCC-SREX) explores the challenge of understanding and managing the risks of climate extremes to advance climate change adaptation. Extreme weather and clima...

There is now clear scientific evidence that emissions from economic activity, particularly the burning of fossil fuels for energy, are causing changes to the Earth´s climate. A sound understanding of the economics of cl...

Changes in the frequency and magnitude of insect outbreak appear to be occurring worldwide, but research has been mainly focused on northern hemisphere forests. In the temperate forests of the southern Andes, Nothofagus ...

In arid regions, where water availability imposes significant constraints onmany species, shallow lakes and ponds have a particularly importantecological role. Meanwhile, these aquatic environments have been listedamong ...

Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) was introduced in most lakes of Patagonia, generating concern about its impact on the receiving communities. However, the information about the effects of trout in stocked lakes of thi...

Unlike animals, which may migrate to more favorable places to live or modifytheir behaviors if the environmental conditions change, plants normally cannotchoose similar strategies. Alternatively the plants have mechanism...

Subjects / keywords: Climate changes; South America; Political aspects; Brazil; Colombia; Climate change mitigation; Renewable energy sources; Electronic books

Subjects / keywords: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Environmental law; Climate changes; Law and legislation; Environmental protection; Electronic books

Subjects / keywords: Climatic changes; Effect of human beings on; Social aspects; Climate change mitigation; Basic needs; Sustainability; Capitalism; Environmental aspects; Equality; Economic aspects

Subjects / keywords: Climatic changes; Chile; Climate change mitigation

Subjects / keywords: Climatic changes; Social aspects; Climate and civilization; Electronic books