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Environmental Implications of an Increasingly Erratic Climate  

Taylor, S. Elwynn (Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University)
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Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology / v.8, no.1, 2006 , pp. 22-27 More about this Journal
Abstract
Many aspects of climate have been observed to be increasingly volatile during the past several decades. Episodic climate change is not considered to be uncommon. However, there are substantial environmental, social, and economic impacts associated with climate variability that can be managed if the climate and its impacts are properly understood. Plants and natural communities exhibit several types of adaptive strategy to climate change. There is ample reason to relate increasingly erratic weather with a warming climate. Historic climate extremes, the adaptive mechanisms plants exhibit, and how people have (or have not) responded with strategically sound concepts and policy to facilitate a sustainable environmental ethic are reviewed with a vision of international needs and economic stability.
Keywords
Climate change; Environment Tree rings; Weather records; Drought cycle; Solar activity; Plant adaptation;
Citations & Related Records
연도 인용수 순위
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