scholarly journals Development of ecosystem service opportunities in the Nemunas delta in the context of global climate change

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vytautas Pilipavicius ◽  
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Jan Zukovskis ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Delta Area ◽  
European Social Fund ◽  
Social Fund ◽  
New Challenges

The second half of the 20th century brought to light the consequences of human activity, when Humanity was confronted with demiurgical complexes and realized that the planet Earth was not only nature, but a complex system that today could no longer be operated by traditional methods and logic. While until the middle of the 20th century man used natural resources only to meet his needs, the 21st century poses new challenges for mankind to manage the consequences of human activities and to use them rationally and sustainably. The paper presents a study aimed at assessing the potential of ecosystem services development in the Nemunas Delta and anticipating their development directions. As a result of the research, the possible development directions of the Elderships were presented. It was done in two scenarios. The research was carried out in six municipality subdivisions (elderships) of the Nemunas Delta area in the framework of the Lithuanian Science Council project ‘Interaction of ecosystem services and human activities in the context of climate change’. Preparation of this paper was supported by funding from European Social Fund (project No 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-01-0178) under the grant agreement with the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT).

Envisaged transfer projects: New technologies in the water sustainability

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naseer Ahmed Abbasi ◽  
Xiangzhou Xu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Water Scarcity ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Water Shortage ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Water Shortages ◽  
The World

<p><strong>Abstracts:</strong> Influenced by global climate change, water shortages and other extreme weather, water scarcity in the world is an alarming sign. This article provides evidences regarding the Tunnel and Tianhe project’s feasibility and their technical, financial, political, socioeconomic and environmental aspects. Such as how to utilize the water vapour in the air and to build a 1000 km long tunnel project to fulfill the goal of solving water shortage in China. The projects are promising to solve the problem of water, food and drought in the country. In addition, the telecoupling framework helps to effectively understand and manage ecosystem services, as well as the different challenges associated with them. Such efforts can help find the ways for proper utilization of water resources and means of regulation.</p><p><strong>Key words: </strong>Sustainability; water shortage; transfer project</p>

Salinization: unplumbed salt in a parched landscape

2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 85-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. D. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Salt Lakes ◽  
Inland Waters ◽  
Freshwater Lakes ◽  
Secondary Salinization ◽  
Rivers And Streams

The global hydrological and salt cycles are described, as are the ways in which human activities have led to their disturbance. One effect of this disturbance is the unnatural increase in the salinity of many inland waters (secondary salinization). The geographical extent of secondary salinization is outlined, together with its effects on various types of inland waters, such as salt lakes, freshwater lakes and wetlands, and rivers and streams. The likely impact on salinization of global climate change is summarized.

Will human impacts on Alpine geomorphic processes scale up to the depositional record?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Lane
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Human Impacts ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Sediment Flux ◽  
Earth System ◽  
Human Response ◽  
Sediment Sources ◽  
Geomorphic Processes

<p>The Anthropocene is widely described as producing a rupture in the global stratigraphic signature, attributable to human activities. There is no doubt that human activities have introduced new products into the stratigraphic record; and that humans are modifying the geomorphic processes that produce the sediment which then becomes incorporated into that record. The stratigraphic literature is replete with simplistic generalisations of how sediment flux to the continental shelf is changing, such as increasing due to soil erosion or decreasing due to hydropower related sediment flux disconnection. Here we argue that human impacts on geomorphic processes in the Anthropocene are unlikely to be stationary for long enough for them to be seen consistently across the depositional record of many different environments. Illustrating this for a major inner-Alpine drainage basin, the Swiss Rhône, we show that human-driven global climate-change is indeed dramatically altering the geomorphic process regimes of Alpine environments. However, there are three broad reasons why this is unlikely to be seen in the future geological record. First, the geomorphic response that drives increased sediment delivery is transient because of the significant regime changes associated with global climate change impacts. Second, such increases are countered by other human impacts, notably those on sediment flux, which are tending to reduce the connectivity of sediment sources to downstream sediment sinks. Third, human impacts on both sediment sources and connectivity are nonstationary, driven by both exogenous factors (here illustrated by the worldwide economic shock of 2008) and endogenous ones, notably human response to the perceived problems caused by both sediment starvation and sediment over-supply. In geomorphic terms, then, there is a difference between the pervasive nature of Earth system shifts that we see in the pre-Holocene depositional record and the more ephemeral impacts of the Earth system – human coupling associated with the Anthropocene. The extent to which this is the case is likely to vary geographically and temporally as a function of the degree and nature of human impacts on geomorphic processes. Thus, the primary challenge for future prediction will be as much the prediction of the complex and reflexive nature of human response as it will be geomorphic processes themselves.</p>

IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN THE REGIONS OF INNER ASIA

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bair Gomboev ◽  
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Bair Tsydypov ◽  
Aleksandr Ayurzhanaev ◽  
Svetlana Puntsukova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Forest Fires ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Selenga River Basin ◽  
Inner Asia ◽  
Selenga River ◽  
Forestry Sector

The assessment of ecosystem services of the forest is presented as the most important part of natural resources in the Selenga river basin located in the territory of Inner Asia. The analysis of the dynamics of forest fires, which are one of the consequences of global climate change, is presented. The adaptation measures in the forestry sector to this change are considered.

Global Climate Change Opportunity as Well as Challenge to Architecture

2011 ◽  
Vol 243-249 ◽  
pp. 5289-5292
Author(s):  
Jun Hua Yu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
Save Energy ◽  
Emission Of Greenhouse Gases

As known to all, the emission of greenhouse gases is mainly caused by human activities. If we could cut down the emission, we could gradually prevent the influence of climate change. Relevant research shows that in the field of energy consumption, the control of CO2 emission is the most effective way to save energy. Thus, reducing the architectural energy consumption is one of the most crucial factors to realize global climate goals. Although more and more scholars prefer to use the word ‘dilemma’ to describe the urgent contradiction between architectural construction and environment, and energy as well, I still want to discuss the influence of global warming on the architecture industry, and explain why it is an opportunity as well.

Global Climate Change and International Countermeasures

2012 ◽  
Vol 616-618 ◽  
pp. 1490-1495
Author(s):  
Juan Juan Hu ◽  
Yu Long He ◽  
Li Li Li
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
International Negotiations ◽  
International Experiences ◽  
Change Characteristics

Climate change is a world-wide problem. The paper analyzed the global climate change characteristics, and put forward that the most important reason in recent years is human activities through many analysis. Then introduced the international negotiations of climate change and summarizes the international experiences that china can learn from.

scholarly journals Development Process of Energy Mix towards Neutral Carbon Future of the Slovak Republic: A Review

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1263
Author(s):  
Martin Beer ◽  
Radim Rybár
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Free Energy ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Energy Mix

Global climate change is putting humanity under pressure, which in many areas poses an unprecedented threat to society as we know it. In an effort to mitigate its effects, it is necessary to reduce the overall production of greenhouse gases and thus, dependence on fossil fuels in all areas of human activities. The presented paper deals with an evaluation of energy mix of the Slovak Republic and four selected neighboring countries in the context of achieving their carbon neutral or carbon negative future. The development of the evaluated energy mixes as well as greenhouse gas emissions is presented from a long-term perspective, which makes it possible to evaluate and compare mutual trends and approaches to emission-free energy sectors.

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