Ken Drinkwater, George Hunt, Patrick Lehodey, Salvador Lluch-Cota, Eugene J. Murphy, Yasunori Sakurai, Frank Schwing, Gregory Beaugrand, and Sundby Svein
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199558025
- eISBN:
- 9780191721939
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199558025.003.0002
- Subject:
- Biology, Biodiversity / Conservation Biology, Aquatic Biology
This chapter discusses the role of climate variability and change and their effects on the marine environment. As the frequency of physical forcing increases, the biological changes progress from ...
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This chapter discusses the role of climate variability and change and their effects on the marine environment. As the frequency of physical forcing increases, the biological changes progress from local effects on individuals at synoptic weather scales, towards regional effects on population dynamics at monthly to decadal scales, and over and across basins on systems ecology at multidecadal timescales and longer. The nature of the impact is size‐ and age‐dependent with generally greater and more rapid impacts on the smaller and younger individuals. The use of large‐scale climate indices to link climate forcing with ecological responses is highlighted as are the insights gained through comparative studies between ecosystems or between fish populations that inhabit different hydrographic regimes.Less
This chapter discusses the role of climate variability and change and their effects on the marine environment. As the frequency of physical forcing increases, the biological changes progress from local effects on individuals at synoptic weather scales, towards regional effects on population dynamics at monthly to decadal scales, and over and across basins on systems ecology at multidecadal timescales and longer. The nature of the impact is size‐ and age‐dependent with generally greater and more rapid impacts on the smaller and younger individuals. The use of large‐scale climate indices to link climate forcing with ecological responses is highlighted as are the insights gained through comparative studies between ecosystems or between fish populations that inhabit different hydrographic regimes.
Mike Hulme
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780300198812
- eISBN:
- 9780300213577
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300198812.003.0013
- Subject:
- Environmental Science, Climate
This afterword draws together insights from all of the chapters around themes of causation, representation, and instrumentalism. It explores the role of climate as an index, as embodied in the term ...
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This afterword draws together insights from all of the chapters around themes of causation, representation, and instrumentalism. It explores the role of climate as an index, as embodied in the term climatic change, versus climate as an agent, as in the term climate change. In the former, climate is a descriptor of change; in the latter, it is a cause of change. This distinction signifies an underlying debate over the balance between human and natural agency.Less
This afterword draws together insights from all of the chapters around themes of causation, representation, and instrumentalism. It explores the role of climate as an index, as embodied in the term climatic change, versus climate as an agent, as in the term climate change. In the former, climate is a descriptor of change; in the latter, it is a cause of change. This distinction signifies an underlying debate over the balance between human and natural agency.
Bradly J. Condon and Tapen Sinha
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199654550
- eISBN:
- 9780191747953
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199654550.003.0006
- Subject:
- Law, Environmental and Energy Law, Public International Law
This chapter applies the concepts of environmental economics to the problem of climate change. It highlights the fact that using unilateral measures to address climate change represent only a partial ...
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This chapter applies the concepts of environmental economics to the problem of climate change. It highlights the fact that using unilateral measures to address climate change represent only a partial solution because they will not achieve the desired level of emissions reductions. The chapter also critiques, in economic terms, the approach of dividing countries into developed and developing as an ineffective approach to addressing climate change. It further develops the idea of creating an index of countries that evolves as conditions change, called the ‘Climate Sensitivity Index’ (CSI).Less
This chapter applies the concepts of environmental economics to the problem of climate change. It highlights the fact that using unilateral measures to address climate change represent only a partial solution because they will not achieve the desired level of emissions reductions. The chapter also critiques, in economic terms, the approach of dividing countries into developed and developing as an ineffective approach to addressing climate change. It further develops the idea of creating an index of countries that evolves as conditions change, called the ‘Climate Sensitivity Index’ (CSI).
