Climate Change

Hybridization may facilitate in situ survival of endemic species through periods of climate change

Predicting survival and extinction scenarios for climate change requires an understanding of the present day ecological characteristics of species and future available habitats, but also the adaptive potential of species to cope with environmental change. Hybridization is one mechanism that could facilitate this. Here we report statistical evidence that the transfer of genetic information through hybridization is a feature of species from the plant genus Pachycladon that survived the Last Glacial Maximum in geographically separated alpine refugia in New Zealand’s South Island.

Publication Date: 
03/11/2013
Matthias Becker, Nicole Gruenheit, Mike Steel & et al
Nature Climate Change
1-5
Tags:
Climate Change, Biodiversity, Flora, Climate Science, Climate Adaptation, New Zealand, Endangered Species
Climate Change

Pushed to the limit: evidence of climate change-related loss and damage when people face constraints and limits to adaptation

New empirical evidence from nine research sites presented in this publication show that loss and damage occurs when there are barriers that impede planning and implementation of adaptation, and when physical and social limits to adaptation are reached or exceeded.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2013
Koko Warner, Kees Van Der Geest, Sönke Kreft
United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
Tags:
Climate Adaptation, Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Climate Science, Natural Disasters, Global, South Asia
Climate Change

Smoke from religious sites 'melting Himalayan glaciers'

LONDON: Holy smoke arising from Hindu funeral pyres, Muslim cemeteries and Buddhist temples are responsible for almost a quarter of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming on the Indian subc

Publication Date: 
31/10/2013
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Green House Gases, Global Warming, Himalaya, Glacial Melt, India, Nepal, South Asia, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Chhattisgarh, United States Of America (US)
Climate Change

Tropical Indian Ocean SST variability in different CMIP5 scenarios

Tropical Indian Ocean SST variability in different CMIP5 scenarios - A presentation by Shamal Date, Karumuri Ashok, P. Swapna, Terray Pascal and J. V. Revadekar at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.

Shamal Date, Karumuri Ashok, P. Swapna, Terray Pascal and J. V. Revadekar
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Science, Indian Ocean, CSE, Global Warming
Climate Change

How well do the IPCC-AR4 models simulate the observed 20th century warming as well as its future projection over the Western Himalayan region of India?

How well do the IPCC-AR4 models simulate the observed 20th century warming as well as its future projection over the Western Himalayan region of India? - A presentation by Dr. L. Das and M. Dutta at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.

L. Das, M. Dutta
Tags:
Climate Change, Western Himalaya, Global Warming, IPCC, Climate Science, India, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), CSE, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir
Climate Change

CORDEX South Asia: A framework for addressing regional monsoon issues in a changing climate

CORDEX South Asia: A framework for addressing regional monsoon issues in a changing climate - A presentation by Ramesh Vellore at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.

Ramesh Vellore
Tags:
Climate Change, Monsoons, South Asia, Climate Science, Rainfall
Climate Change

Estimation of ice thickness using surface velocities and slope at The Gangotri glacier, India

Estimation of ice thickness using surface velocities and slope at The Gangotri glacier, India - A presentation by Prateek Gantayat, Anil Kulkarni and J Srinivasan at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.

Prateek Gantayat, Anil Kulkarni and J Srinivasan
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Science, Glaciers, India
Climate Change

Identifying imprint of ENSO on rice yield on India

Identifying imprint of ENSO on rice yield on India - A presentation by Ajay Singh and Anand Patwardhan at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.

Ajay Singh, Anand Patwardhan
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Science, Climate Impacts, Agriculture, Rice, India, Global Warming, El Nino, CSE
Climate Change

Robust twenty-first-century projections of El Niño and related precipitation variability

The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) drives substantial variability in rainfall, severe weather, agricultural production, ecosystems and disease in many parts of the world. Given that further human-forced changes in the Earth’s climate system seem inevitable, the possibility exists that the character of ENSO and its impacts might change over the coming century.

Publication Date: 
24/10/2013
Scott Power, François Delage, Christine Chung & et al
Nature
502
1-17
Tags:
El Nino, Rainfall Pattern, Climate Science, Oceans and Seas, Atmosphere, North Pacific Ocean, N C America, Global Warming
Climate Change

The climate casino: risk, uncertainty, and economics for a warming world

Unless there is either a major slowdown in economic growth, or strong steps to curb CO2 emissions sharply, we can expect continued accumulations of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere – and the resulting global warming with all its consequences says William Nordhaus in this new book published by Yale University Press.

Publication Date: 
Oct 2013
William Nordhaus
Yale University Press
Tags:
Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Science, Climate Economics, Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases, Kyoto Protocol

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