Projected Climate Change Effects on Winterkill in Shallow Lakes in the Northern United States

2000 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xing Fang ◽  
Heinz G. Stefan
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Shallow Lakes ◽  
Climate Change Effects ◽  
Northern United States

Wind effects change in Taihu Lake with climate change background

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sien Liu ◽  
Qinghua Ye ◽  
Jie Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Quality ◽  
Shallow Lakes ◽  
Taihu Lake ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Reference Scenario ◽  
Wind Condition ◽  
Water Age ◽  
Climate Change Effects ◽  
Wind Events

<p>Large shallow lakes globally are threatened by eutrophication, and climate change is believed to aggregate the situation. Wind, as the most important momentum source and the major contributor to consistently change the hydrodynamic patterns inside the large shallow lakes, is highly susceptible to climate change. Taihu Lake, which is the 3<sup>rd</sup> largest shallow lake in China and pertains crucial social and economic values, is chosen in this study as an example. Due to climate change, the wind condition of Taihu Lake shows a significantly decreasing trend of wind speed and the frequency of extreme wind events. Previous studies have paid little attention to the climate change effects on wind hydrodynamics and its implications on water quality has not yet been thoroughly described. Here in this study, we use a well-calibrated and validated three-dimensional Delft3D model to investigate the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of wind induced hydrodynamics and its water quality implications with climate change. The model results give a prediction of less current speed, lower wave height and bottom shear stress compared to the reference scenario, while the three dimensionality of flow field remains. Further, water age is used to demonstrate the influence of external nutrient sources, i.e. the input from adjacent river networks in the basin. Large water ages are observed and potentially it would enhance the accumulation of nutrients and deterioration of water quality.</p>

CLIMATE CHANGE AND FUTURE LAND USE IN THE UNITED STATES: AN ECONOMIC APPROACH

2011 ◽  
Vol 02 (01) ◽  
pp. 27-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID HAIM ◽  
RALPH J. ALIG ◽  
ANDREW J. PLANTINGA ◽  
BRENT SOHNGEN
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
The United States ◽  
Land Use Patterns ◽  
Cropland Area ◽  
Climate Change Effects ◽  
Net Returns

An econometric land-use model is used to project regional and national land-use changes in the United States under two IPCC emissions scenarios. The key driver of land-use change in the model is county-level measures of net returns to five major land uses. The net returns are modified for the IPCC scenarios according to assumed trends in population and income and projections from integrated assessment models of agricultural prices and agricultural and forestry yields. For both scenarios, we project large increases in urban land by the middle of the century, while the largest declines are in cropland area. Significant differences among regions in the projected patterns of land-use change are evident, including an expansion of forests in the Mountain and Plains regions with declines elsewhere. Comparisons to projections with no climate change effects on prices and yields reveal relatively small differences. Thus, our findings suggest that future land-use patterns in the U.S. will be shaped largely by urbanization, with climate change having a relatively small influence.

Climate Change Effects on Vegetation Distribution and Carbon Budget in the United States

Ecosystems ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 164-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominique Bachelet ◽  
Ronald P. Neilson ◽  
James M. Lenihan ◽  
Raymond J. Drapek
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Carbon Budget ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vegetation Distribution ◽  
Climate Change Effects

Integrating potential climate change into the mechanistic–empirical based pavement design

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (12) ◽  
pp. 1173-1183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Joshua Li ◽  
Leslie Mills ◽  
Sue McNeil ◽  
Nii O. Attoh-Okine
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Adaptation Strategy ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Pavement Design ◽  
Pavement Performance ◽  
Climate Change Effects ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Potential Climate Change

Given anticipated climate change and its inherent uncertainty, a pavement could be subjected to different climatic conditions over its life and might be inadequate to withstand future environmental stresses beyond those currently considered during pavement design. This paper incorporates climate change effects into the mechanistic–empirical (M-E) based pavement design to explore potential climate change and its uncertainty on pavement design and performance. Three important questions are addressed: (1) How does pavement performance deteriorate differently with climate change and its uncertainty? (2) What is the risk if climate change and its uncertainty are not considered in design? and (3) How do pavement designers respond and incorporate this change into M-E design ? Three test sites in the United States are examined and results demonstrate a robust and effective approach to integrate climate change into pavement design as an adaptation strategy.

scholarly journals Atlas of climate change effects in 150 bird species of the Eastern United States

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Matthews ◽  
Raymond O'Connor ◽  
Louis R. Iverson ◽  
Anantha M. Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
Climate Change Effects

Climate change effects on summertime precipitation organization in the Southeast United States

2018 ◽  
Vol 214 ◽  
pp. 348-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosana Nieto Ferreira ◽  
Mark R. Nissenbaum ◽  
Thomas M. Rickenbach
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Southeast United States ◽  
Climate Change Effects

scholarly journals Climate Change Effects on Plague and Tularemia in the United States

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 529-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshinori Nakazawa ◽  
Richard Williams ◽  
A. Townsend Peterson ◽  
Paul Mead ◽  
Erin Staples ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Climate Change Effects
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