Hansen et al provide an overview of the stakeholder collaboration and dissemination activities undertaken during the MICE project which promoted dialogue between stakeholders and researchers to ensure that the research was useful to the wider user community. Key lessons from their experience are that:
1. The next 10 to 20 years are important to stakeholders; projections […]
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Bridging the gap between science and stakeholders
August 16th, 2006CO2 fertilisation unlikely to offset losses in crop yields
August 16th, 2006Crop models typically suggest that increased temperature and decreased soil moisture will reduce global crop yields by 2050, but that the rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels will increase plant productivity, thereby offsetting these losses.
However, Long et al explain that the CO2 fertilisation factors used in crop models to project future yields are based on free-air […]
UBristol researchers link warming and fire risk
August 15th, 2006As temperatures rise with global warming, an increased risk of forest fires droughts and flooding is predicted for the next 200 years by climate scientists from the University of Bristol, UK.
Despite the commitment we have already to global warming, even if we stopped emitting greenhouse gases now the researchers predict that Eurasia,eastern China, Canada, Central […]
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) releases oceans report - reeflife threatened
July 6th, 2006Worldwide emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning are dramatically altering ocean chemistry and threatening marine organisms, including corals, that secrete skeletal structures and support oceanic biodiversity. A landmark report released today summarises the known effects of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide on these organisms, known as marine calcifiers, and recommends future research for determining […]
Science review
June 12th, 2006Adaptive management applied to water use planning
Adaptive management (AM) techniques are amongst the principle tools proposed by environmental decision makers to provide flexible and responsive management approaches over time. The concept, developed by ecologists over the past 25 years, incorporates an explicitly experimental approach to learning as a way to reduce uncertainty. Rather than downplaying […]
