Parmesan, Camille. Ecological and Evolutionary Responses to Recent Climate Change. The Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 2006. 37:637-69. Brief excerpt: “In summary, the history of biological research is rich in both mechanistic and observational studies of the impacts of extreme weather and climate change on wild species: Research encompasses impacts of single extreme weather events; experimental studies of physiological tolerances; snapshot correlations between climatic variables and species’ distributions; and correlations through time between climatic trends and changes in distributions, phenologies, genetics, and behaviors of wild plants and animals.” Continue reading
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Climate Changes Creating Green And Flowering Mountains
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“The changes are so rapid that plants like
fireweed (rose bay) and rowan have even taken
root in the gravel upon melting glaciers. Even
wood anemones are appearing higher up the
mountain,” says Leif Kullman.
“More and more plants are migrating to the high
mountains since the warmer climate is conducive
to them, including contorta pine and cembra pine,
which are not native to Scandinavia.”
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Climate Changes Creating Green And Flowering Mountains
ScienceDaily (May 16, 2008) – Our mountains are
growing greener. At the border between woods and
bare mountain, trees that require warm
temperatures, such as oak, elm, maple, and black
alder, have become established for the first time
in 8,000 years. This is shown in current studies
led by Leif Kullman, professor of physical
geography at Umeå University in Sweden.
RTNA Statement: Indigenous Peoples Critical of Position on Carbon Trading Protest at UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
So it has recently come to RTNA’s attention that-once again-the United Nations has turned a deaf ear to serious issues and concerns formally raised in recent weeks by many of the world’s Indigenous Peoples. True to a 60-plus year-long pattern of denial, high-handedness, and self-serving conflicts of interest-the UN consciously acted to invalidate the legitimate concerns raised by many Indigenous groups when it presented its new adopted position regarding international carbon trading schemes at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII).
Boreal Forests Shift North, Exacerbate Warming
Science News
May 15th, 2008
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Boreal forests shift north
By Janet Raloff
Advancing greenery could further heat the already warming climate
For the Arctic, green is the new black.
People frequently say “green” to mean
“environmentally friendly.” But conifer forests –
really big greens – encroaching on Arctic tundra
threaten to further accelerate warming in the far
North.
Temperatures at these high latitudes already are
climbing “at about twice the global average,”
notes F. Stuart Chapin of the University of
Alaska in Fairbanks.