The options for increasing food production by at least 70% over the next four decades so as
to keep pace with a rapidly increasing human population are bedeviled by erratic climatic …

National and international policy initiatives have focused on reducing carbon emissions as a
means by which to limit future climate warming. Much less attention has been paid by …

Past meta-analyses of the response of marine organisms to climate change have examined
a limited range of locations,, taxonomic groups,, and/or biological responses,. This has …

The microbial response to summer desiccation reflects adaptation strategies, setting the
stage for a large rainfall-induced soil CO2 pulse upon rewetting, an important component of …

Environmental consciousness has become increasingly important in everyday life and
business practice. The effort to reduce the impact of business activities on the environment …

In the aftermath of the March 2011 accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power
plant, the future contribution of nuclear power to the global energy supply has become …

Climate change is expected to make many regions of the world much drier over coming
decades,. More intense drought would transform rivers with potentially severe but largely …

The ability of hydropower to contribute to climate change mitigation is sometimes
questioned, citing emissions of methane and carbon dioxide resulting from the degradation …

Global average temperatures have been rising for the past half-century, and the warming
trend has accelerated in recent decades. Further warming is expected over the next few …

Climate change is threatening global ecosystems through its impact on the survival of
individual species and their ecological functions,. Despite the important role of understorey …