Browsing by Subject "climate change"
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Agricultural Livelihoods and Climate Change: Employing the Livelihood Vulnerability Index in Bluefields, Jamaica
(2014-08-20)The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine agricultural livelihood vulnerability to climate change in Bluefields, Westmoreland, Jamaica based on the Livelihoods Vulnerability Index (LVI). Additionally, this study ... -
Assessing the Predictability of the Beaufort Sea Minimum Ice Extent in a Changing Arctic Climate Regime
(2014-04-25)Understanding the climatic drivers of changes in sea ice extent in the Arctic has become increasingly important as record minima in the September sea ice extent continue to be reached. This research therefore addresses the ... -
Assessment of the Potential Effect of Climate Change on Hurricane Risk and Vulnerability in Florida
(2014-12-05)Hurricanes are a yearly threat to the eastern and Gulf coasts of the United States. An increase in frequency and intensity of hurricanes is a possible and dangerous consequence of future climate change. To assess the threat ... -
Centennial-Scale Sea Surface Temperature and Salinity Variability in the Florida Straits During the Early Holocene
(2012-10-19)Previous studies showed that sea surface salinity (SSS) in the Florida Straits as well as Florida Current transport covaried with changes in North Atlantic climate over the past two millennia. However, little is known about ... -
Characterizing physical properties and ocean currents in the eastern Ross Sea, Antarctica
(2012-05-03)Rising concerns of global warming and climate change warrant further research in the seas surrounding the Antarctic continent. The eastern Ross Sea (ERS) is an ideal location to study changing properties of water masses ... -
Climate Change and Global Warming in the Media: A Content Analysis of the Mexican Newspaper El Universal
(2017-05-03)The amount of coverage the media dedicate to climate change, along with how they frame the issue, can influence audience awareness, perception, and understanding of climate change. These aspects of climate change coverage ... -
Climate Change and Recreation: Impacts of Climate Change on Landscape Services Associated with Tourism in Big Bend National Park
(2016-07-29)Big Bend National Park has some of the most diverse ecosystems and landscapes in the country. Tourists are drawn to the park’s unique biological diversity provided by the park’s natural resources each year. The potential ... -
Climate Change, Drought, and Policymaking in the U.S. Southern Region
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Climate Warming and Drought Effects on Pinus and Juniperus Species: Contrasting Drought Tolerance Traits Limit Function and Growth in Tree Seedlings
(2013-04-29)Junipers and pines exhibit contrasting patterns of growth decline and mortality with climate change-type warming and drought; yet, the underlying physiological mechanisms are not fully understood. Does warming exacerbate ... -
Climate, Water, Water Markets, and Texas Agriculture: Three Essays
(2018-11-14)Water availability and favorable weather conditions can greatly improve crop yields. Absence of irrigation water or unfavorable weather conditions can cause damages to crops and farmer income. Focusing on two agriculturally ... -
Coral Reef Ecosystem Health in Response to Climate Change and Environmental Stressors
(2019-04-12)Anthropogenic stressors such as ocean acidification, ocean warming and hypoxia threaten the health and persistence of coral reefs worldwide. In the following studies, we focused on two coral reefs: the Flower Garden Banks ... -
Energy, Climate and Population: Growth, Peaks, and Declines 1900-2100
(2016-04-29)This dissertation is derived from numerical models that quantitatively examine energy, climate, and population. Future energy production in each chapter is modelled using the single-cycle Hubbert technique. Population ... -
Evapotranspiration and Its Partitioning in Tallgrass Prairie under Woody Plant Encroachment
(2019-11-20)Evapotranspiration (ET) drives the energy and mass exchanges between ground and atmosphere. Partitioning of ET into evaporation from both bare soil (E) and vegetation interception (I) and plant transpiration (T) is essential ... -
Future Climate Data from RCP 4.5 and Occurrence of Malaria in Korea
(2014)Since its reappearance at the Military Demarcation Line in 1993, malaria has been occurring annually in Korea. Malaria is regarded as a third grade nationally notifiable disease susceptible to climate change. The objective ... -
Future Flooding in Houston: Modeling the Impacts of Climate and Land Cover Change on Hydrology in the Buffalo-San Jacinto Watershed
(2013-02-04)Understanding the hydrology of a watershed is essential for both water resource management and public safety, especially flood prevention and mitigation. Both climate change and urbanization have been shown to increase ... -
Glacial-Interglacial Climate Variability in the North American Southern Great Plains from Stable Isotopes in a Texas Stalagmite
(2018-05-30)In the US Southern Great Plains (SGP), projections of changes in rainfall under future warming scenarios differ greatly in their sign and intensity. The lack of continuous, well-dated paleoclimate records before the Last ... -
Glacial-Interglacial Climate Variability in the North American Southern Great Plains from Stable Isotopes in a Texas Stalagmite
(2018-05-30)In the US Southern Great Plains (SGP), projections of changes in rainfall under future warming scenarios differ greatly in their sign and intensity. The lack of continuous, well-dated paleoclimate records before the Last ... -
Hydrologic Impacts of Climate and Land Use Changes in the West Fork San Jacinto River of Texas
(2018-07-03)Changes to climate and land use/land cover (LULC) are expected to be a source of uncertainty to streamflows in the Gulf Coastal Plains of Texas. Additionally, the city of Houston, Texas, is expected to experience spreading ... -
Hydrologic Impacts of Climate and Land Use Changes in the West Fork San Jacinto River of Texas
(2018-07-03)Changes to climate and land use/land cover (LULC) are expected to be a source of uncertainty to streamflows in the Gulf Coastal Plains of Texas. Additionally, the city of Houston, Texas, is expected to experience spreading ... -
Impacts of Climate Conditions and Adaptations on Agricultural Output and Household Income in Inner Mongolia, China
(2014-07-31)Climate change has imposed significant challenges on global dryland systems. In this dissertation, Inner Mongolia, a typical dryland system in the world’s largest developing county, China, was selected as an example to ...