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Early warning system
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Quantifying the effects of land use and climate on Holocene vegetation in Europe
Early agriculture can be detected in palaeovegetation records, but quantification of the relative importance of climate and land use in influencing regional vegetation composition since the onset of agriculture is a topic that is rarely addressed. We prese ...
Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2017Differential nitric oxide synthesis and host apoptotic events correlate with bleaching susceptibility in reef corals
Coral bleaching poses a threat to coral reefs worldwide. As a consequence of the temperature-induced breakdown in coral–dinoflagellate symbiosis, bleaching can have extensive effects on reef communities. However, our understanding of bleaching at a cellula ...
Springer Verlag2014Climate change and natural hazards in the Grisons
On account of the current global warming, climate researchers warn of a possible increase in the frequency and magnitude of extreme weather conditions in the future. As an alpine canton, the Grisons are particularly exposed to such events. In the article, ...
2009Climate change and its influence on the planning and operation of electric power systems
Edgard Gnansounou, Raphaël Barben
The IPCC Report (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007) raises serious concerns about the increase of extreme weather events (storms, rains, snowfalls). Over the past 100 years the average global temperature has risen by around 0.75°C and the sea ...
2008