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Destination Climate Adaptation [PDF]
Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, 2018 A key element in the product mix of destinations is climate. Climate represents a critical part of a destination’s economic and resource base such that changes in climate will trigger human responses in terms of demand and the type of activities that the climate will support.
Čavlek, Nevenka +4 more
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Obesity and climate adaptation [PDF]
Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 2019 Obesity is a pandemic that has increased exponentially during the past decades due in large part to recent changes in lifestyle and food delivery systems. Yet, there is still a great variability in the burden of obesity across ancestral populations. For example, in the USA prevalence estimates of adult obesity vary from 13 to 48% in Asian Americans and
Salazar Tortosa, Diego Francisco +1 more
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The Climate Adaptation Frontier [PDF]
Sustainability, 2013 Climate adaptation has emerged as a mainstream risk management strategy for assisting in maintaining socio-ecological systems within the boundaries of a safe operating space. Yet, there are limits to the ability of systems to adapt. Here, we introduce the concept of an “adaptation frontier”, which is defined as a socio-ecological system’s transitional ...
Preston, Benjamin L. +2 more
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ADAPTATION TO TEMPERATE CLIMATES [PDF]
Evolution, 2004 Only model organisms live in a world of endless summer. Fitness at temperate latitudes reflects the ability of organisms in nature to exploit the favorable season, to mitigate the effects of the unfavorable season, and to make the timely switch from one life style to the other.
William E, Bradshaw +2 more
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Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 The seasonal prediction of sea-ice concentration (SIC), especially sudden loss events, is always challenging. Weddell Sea SIC experienced two unprecedented decline events, falling from 2.21% in the austral winter of 2015 to 0.02% in the austral summer of
Hui-Jun Zhao +8 more
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Snow accumulation of a high alpine catchment derived from LiDAR measurements [PDF]
Advances in Geosciences, 2012 The spatial distribution of snow accumulation substantially affects the seasonal course of water storage and runoff generation in high mountain catchments.
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Cross-Comparison of Climate Change adaptation Strategies Across Large River Basins in Europe, Africa and Asia [PDF]
, 2010 A cross-comparison of climate change adaptation strategies across regions was performed, considering six large river basins as case study areas. Three of the basins, namely the Elbe, Guadiana, and Rhine, are located in Europe, the Nile Equatorial Lakes ...
Blanco, I. +17 more
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Meteorological Applications, 2021 The assessment of surface solar irradiance as a resource is a major research topic in renewable energy. A method for assessing the characteristics of global horizontal solar irradiance (GHI) at the surface on consecutive days is proposed in this work.
Takeshi Watanabe +2 more
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Land, 2023 The Meiyu season is a typical rainy season in East Asia that is controlled by summer monsoon. Despite extensive research on its impact, it is unclear how urbanization modifies precipitation during the Meiyu season in the background of the monsoon ...
Ping Liang +4 more
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The environmental impact of climate change adaptation on land use and water quality [PDF]
, 2015 Encouraging adaptation is an essential aspect of the policy response to climate change1. Adaptation seeks to reduce the harmful consequences and harness any beneficial opportunities arising from the changing climate.
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