Impacts of global climate change on the floras of oceanic islands – Projections, implications and current knowledge

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E.V. Harter ◽  
Severin D.H. Irl ◽  
Bumsuk Seo ◽  
Manuel J. Steinbauer ◽  
Rosemary Gillespie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Oceanic Islands

scholarly journals Mangroves Response to Climate Change: A Review of Recent Findings on Mangrove Extension and Distribution

2015 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 651-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario D.P. Godoy ◽  
Luiz D. de Lacerda
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Coastal Region ◽  
Oceanic Islands ◽  
Brazilian Coast ◽  
Anthropogenic Pressure ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Ipcc Report ◽  
Year 2000

Mangroves function as a natural coastline protection for erosion and inundation, providing important environmental services. Due to their geographical distribution at the continent-ocean interface, the mangrove habitat may suffer heavy impacts from global climate change, maximized by local human activities occurring in a given coastal region. This review analyzed the literature published over the last 25 years, on the documented response of mangroves to environmental change caused by global climate change, taking into consideration 104 case studies and predictive modeling, worldwide. Most studies appeared after the year 2000, as a response to the 1997 IPCC report. Although many reports showed that the world's mangrove area is decreasing due to direct anthropogenic pressure, several others, however, showed that in a variety of habitats mangroves are expanding as a response to global climate change. Worldwide, pole ward migration is extending the latitudinal limits of mangroves due to warmer winters and decreasing the frequency of extreme low temperatures, whereas in low-lying coastal plains, mangroves are migrating landward due to sea level rise, as demonstrated for the NE Brazilian coast. Taking into consideration climate change alone, mangroves in most areas will display a positive response. In some areas however, such as low-lying oceanic islands, such as in the Pacific and the Caribbean, and constrained coastlines, such as the SE Brazilian coast, mangroves will most probably not survive.

scholarly journals Harnessing symbiotic plant–fungus interactions to unleash hidden forces from extreme plant ecosystems

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (13) ◽  
pp. 3865-3877 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta-Marina Pérez-Alonso ◽  
Carmen Guerrero-Galán ◽  
Sandra S Scholz ◽  
Takatoshi Kiba ◽  
Hitoshi Sakakibara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Close Association ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Plant Interactions ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Agricultural Innovations

Abstract Global climate change is arguably one of the biggest threats of modern times and has already led to a wide range of impacts on the environment, economy, and society. Owing to past emissions and climate system inertia, global climate change is predicted to continue for decades even if anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions were to stop immediately. In many regions, such as central Europe and the Mediterranean region, the temperature is likely to rise by 2–5 °C and annual precipitation is predicted to decrease. Expected heat and drought periods followed by floods, and unpredictable growing seasons, are predicted to have detrimental effects on agricultural production systems, causing immense economic losses and food supply problems. To mitigate the risks of climate change, agricultural innovations counteracting these effects need to be embraced and accelerated. To achieve maximum improvement, the required agricultural innovations should not focus only on crops but rather pursue a holistic approach including the entire ecosystem. Over millions of years, plants have evolved in close association with other organisms, particularly soil microbes that have shaped their evolution and contemporary ecology. Many studies have already highlighted beneficial interactions among plants and the communities of microorganisms with which they coexist. Questions arising from these discoveries are whether it will be possible to decipher a common molecular pattern and the underlying biochemical framework of interspecies communication, and whether such knowledge can be used to improve agricultural performance under environmental stress conditions. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge of plant interactions with fungal endosymbionts found in extreme ecosystems. Special attention will be paid to the interaction of plants with the symbiotic root-colonizing endophytic fungus Serendipita indica, which has been developed as a model system for beneficial plant–fungus interactions.

Research in the cross-section of community psychology and global climate change: A call for action

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marci Culley ◽  
Holly Angelique ◽  
Courte Voorhees ◽  
Brian John Bishop ◽  
Peta Louise Dzidic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Community Psychology ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
The Cross
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