The impacts of climate change on these ecosystems can be complex, so it’s important to synthesize what we know of the flora and fauna to understand how the region will change. The future climate of this region is in our hands and the choices we make...
As climate change continues and/or intensifies, it will increase the risk of an adverse effect on food safety in Canada ranging from increased public health burden to the emergence of risks not currently seen in our food chain. Clinical and public health practitioners need to be aware of the ...
Change Canadaanticipate that both temperature and precipitation will be considerably different than today, with some provinces experiencing those changes more than others. A different climate, however, can have both positive and negative impacts on agriculture, from individual plants...
Global climate change and the associated erosion of habitat suitability are pervasive threats to biodiversity. It is critical to identify specific stressors to assess a species vulnerability to extinction, especially in species with distinctive natural histories. Here, we present a combination of field,...
a few blocks away. When purchasing a home that I intend to live in for the next 30-50 years, knowing the long-term future risks that will impact the investment is really important. I think that it’s critical for people to know the potential for climate risk to guide their decision.”...
Monthly outlooks from the NOAA Climate Prediction Center indicate a typically rainy May in northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana, with odds favoring near-normal rainfall next month. As the climate warms, May rainfall is getting heavier in Chicago. Data from Chicago O'Hare shows May rainfall...
They focused on the subject of what deviations from existing climate scenarios these areas will face in the next 50 years, and the influence this will have on local plant and animal species. Blanket forecasts on climate change are not specific enough to assist in counteracting the threat of fur...
"Climate change is already hitting home, and of course will do so much more in the future," said Gernot Wagner, a climate economist at Columbia Business School. "There are a bazillion pathways" to adverse financial impact, he added. ...
"Canada as a whole will gain additional potential for hydropower production, Quebec especially," says Nazemi, assistant professor in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science. "But some places are going to suffer tremen...
Most of the publicity and political discussion surrounding climate change relates to what measures could, or should, be taken to slow up global warming. Predictions on the impact of climate change on agricultural productivity on a global scale have been made by many international experts and most ...