• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2019년도 학술발표회
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• pp.397-397
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• 2019

With the consequences of climate change becoming more evident, research on climate-associated risks has become a basis for climate adaptation and mitigation. Amongst the different sectors and natural resources considered in assessing such risks, drought is one impact to our environment that experiences stress from climate change but is often overlooked and has the potential to bring severe consequences when drought occurs. For example, when temperatures are higher, water demand increases and water supply decreases; when precipitation patterns fluctuate immensely, floods and droughts occur more frequently at greater magnitudes, putting stress on ecosystems. Hence, it is important for us to evaluate drought risk to observe how different climate change and socioeconomic scenarios can affect this vital life resource. In this study, we review the context of drought risk on the basis of climate change impacts and socioeconomic indicators. As underlined in the IPCC AR5 report, the risks are identified by understanding the vulnerability, exposure, and hazards of drought. This study analyzed drought risk on a global scale with different RCP scenarios projected until the year 2099 with a focus on the variables population, precipitation, water resources, and temperature.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.237-247
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• 2016

Global climate change is becoming one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. This article proposes a psychological perspective of climate change adaptation. Climate change-related severe adverse weather events may trigger mental health problems, including increased post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, violence, and even suicide. Forced migration could be considered a coping method for dealing with weather events, but it may also pose a psychological threat. People respond to severe weather events in different ways based on their individual characteristics. Psychological risks from adverse weather events are mediated and moderated by these factors, which are influenced by personal cognition, affect, and motivation. Examinations from a psychological perspective, which have been neglected in the science of climate change thus far, may provide keys to successful adaptation and the prevention of serious psychological problems resulting from the experience of severe weather events. A new prevention strategy has been suggested for coping with climate threats through encouraging attitude change, establishing proactive support systems for vulnerable groups, establishing a PTSD network, and implementing a stress inoculation program.

• Proceedings of the National Institute of Ecology of the Republic of Korea
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.68-73
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• 2020

Korean fir (Abies koreana) is an evergreen coniferous tree species that is unique to South Korea. A. koreana is found in a limited sub-alpine habitat and is considered particularly vulnerable to climate change. Identification of populations vulnerable to climate change is an important component of conservation programs. In this study, a heat stress-induced transcriptome RNA-seq dataset was used to identify a subset of six genes for assessment as candidate marker genes for ecologically vulnerable populations. Samples of A. koreana were isolated from ecologically stable and vulnerable regions of the Halla and Jiri mountains, and the expression levels of the six candidate markers were assessed using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. All six of the candidate genes exhibited higher expression levels in samples from vulnerable regions compared with stable regions. These results confirm that the six high temperature-induced genes can be used as diagnostic markers for the identification of populations of A. koreana that are experiencing stress due to the effects of climate change.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2009년도 학술발표회 초록집
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• pp.52-56
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• 2009

In this study a dynamic modeling scheme is presented to derive the probabilistic structure of soil water and plant water stress when subject to stochastic precipitation conditions. The newly developed model has the form of the Fokker-Planck equation, and its applicability as a model for the probabilistic evolution of the soil water and plant water stress is investigated under climate change scenarios. This model is based on the cumulant expansion theory, and has the advantage of providing the probabilistic solution in the form of probability distribution function (PDF), from which one can obtain the ensemble average behavior of the dynamics. The simulation result of soil water confirms that the proposed soil water model can properly reproduce the results obtained from observations, and it also proves that the soil water behaves with consistent cycle based on the precipitation pattern. The plant water stress simulation, also, shows two different PDF patterns according to the precipitation. Moreover, with all the simulation results with climate change scenarios, it can be concluded that the future soil water and plant water stress dynamics will differently behave with different climate change scenarios.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.507-514
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• 2009

In this study, a dynamic modeling scheme is presented to describe the probabilistic structure of soil water and plant water stress index under stochastic precipitation conditions. The proposed model has the form of the Fokker-Planck equation, and its applicability as a model for the probabilistic evolution of the soil water and plant water stress index is investigated under a climate change scenario. The simulation results of soil water confirm that the proposed soil water model can properly reproduce the observations and show that the soil water behaves with consistent cycle based on the precipitation pattern. The simulation results of plant water stress index show two different PDF patterns according to the precipitation. The simple impact assessment of climate change to soil water and plant water stress is discussed with Korean Meteorological Administration regional climate model.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.196-199
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• 2023

Climate-related events unevenly affect society, worsening mental health disparities among vulnerable populations. This paper highlights that lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender, queers, and other individuals identifying as sexual and gender minorities (LGBTQ+) (LGBTQ+) could be considered a climate-vulnerable population in the Philippines, one of the most climate-vulnerable countries. As such, this paper elucidated that LGBTQ+ Filipinos can be marginalized in climate response efforts due to their sexual orientation and gender minority identities. According to the minority stress theory, discrimination against LGBTQ+ individuals may predispose them to mental health problems. Thus, there is a need to institute an LGBTQ+ inclusive mental health response for climate-related events to address discrimination against LGBTQ+ individuals and uphold their mental health.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2020

Background: As the impact of climate change intensifies, exposure to heat stress will grow, leading to a loss of work capacity for vulnerable occupations and affecting individual labor decisions. This study estimates the future work capacity under the Representative Concentration Pathways 8.5 scenario and discusses its regional impacts on the occupational structure in the Republic of Korea. Methods: The data utilized for this study constitute the local wet bulb globe temperature from the Korea Meteorological Administration and information from the Korean Working Condition Survey from the Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute of Korea. Using these data, we classify the occupations vulnerable to heat stress and estimate future changes in work capacity at the local scale, considering the occupational structure. We then identify the spatial cluster of diminishing work capacity using exploratory spatial data analysis. Results: Our findings indicate that 52 occupations are at risk of heat stress, including machine operators and elementary laborers working in the construction, welding, metal, and mining industries. Moreover, spatial clusters with diminished work capacity appear in southwest Korea. Conclusion: Although previous studies investigated the work capacity associated with heat stress in terms of climatic impact, this study quantifies the local impacts due to the global risk of climate change. The results suggest the need for mainstreaming an adaptation policy related to work capacity in regional development strategies.

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2015

Climate change has directly impacted environmentally dependent first industry. The changes of amount and frequency of precipitation have caused unstable drinking water supply for grassland and feed crop, and have changed the variety of grassland and feed crop. Rising temperature has caused heat stress on livestock, which has impacted feed intake and livestock products, and also has threatened to the health of livestock by widening the range of sources of diseases. In order for livestock industry to confront climate change, new technology development for climate change adaptation and measures of greenhouse gas mitigation are essential. Agroforestry is the one of alternative measures to mitigate greenhouse gases and to adapt to climate change. Agroforestry is the way rearing livestock and cultivating plants in forest, which is suitable to Korea where mountain area is over 68%. Feedstock such as maize, soybean, rice, and grass grown by agroforestry would decrease feed cost. Agroforestry will decrease heat stress of livestock during hot weather and will be possible to pasture, which increases livestock welfare.

• 한국농림기상학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.261-268
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• 2019

한발 발생이 갈수록 증가하고 있는 가운데, 작물의 생리생화학적 기작과 광합성능을 효율적으로 진단 및 평가 할 수 있는 방법을 찾는 것은 매우 중요한 과제이다. 본 연구를 통해 광화학 반사 지수인 PRI가 콩의 한발 스트레스에 대하여 고온과 고CO₂ 등 미래 기후 변화 환경에서도 유의미한 생육 지표로 활용될 수 있음을 확인하였다. PRI와 대표적 한발 생육지표들(군락 광이용효율, 건물중 변동율, 엽록소 형광, 기공전도도)과의 밀접한 관계를 통해 한발 스트레스 하에서 콩의 광합성 활성과 생장량을 원격으로 모니터링할수 있는 진단 모델 개발의 가능성을 볼 수 있었다. 다만 향후 고온, 고CO₂ 등 기후변화 조건에서 PRI의 성능에 대한 지속적인 평가와 함께 민감도 향상을 위한 광학지표 개발 및 모델 개선 연구가 선행되어야 할 것으로 보인다.

• 대한지리학회지
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.633-649
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• 2016

작물의 생산성은 생식기간 중 고온에 노출되면 감소한다. IPCC 5차 평가보고서는 고온의 빈도가 미래에 계속 증가할 것이며, 이는 세계 식량 공급에 영향을 미칠 것으로 전망하였다. 이 연구에서는 기상청의 Had GEM2-AO(the coupled atmosphere-ocean model of Hadley Centre Global Environmental Model version 2) 기후모델과 FAO/IIASA의 GAEZ(Global Agro-Ecological Zone) 작물모델 자료를 이용하여 전 지구 규모에서 4개의 주요 작물(쌀, 옥수수, 콩, 밀)에 대하여 기후변화로 인한 작물의 고온 스트레스를 평가하였다. 과거기간(1961~1990년)에 비해 미래(2070~2090년)에 생식기간 동안 최고기온은 약 $1.8{\sim}3.5^{\circ}C$ 상승할 것으로 전망되며, RCP2.6 시나리오에 비해 RCP8.5 시나리오에 따른 기온 상승이 더 클 것으로 전망된다. 특히 열 스트레스는 북반구 $30{\sim}50^{\circ}N$에 위치한 작물 생산 지역에 극심한 피해를 발생시킬 것으로 전망된다. RCP8.5 시나리오에 따르면 모든 작물에 대해서 전체 재배지역의 약 20%는 현재에 경험하지 못한 극단적인 고온 스트레스를 경험하게 될 것이며, 특히 북아메리카에서 쌀과 콩의 고온 스트레스 강도가 클 것으로 전망된다. 기후변화를 완화하기 위한 노력 없이 현재 추세대로 온실기체를 계속 배출한다면 온대 및 아열대 지역에서의 농업이 고온에 크게 영향을 받을 것으로 전망되며, 이는 작물의 대부분을 수입에 의존하는 우리나라 식량안보에 큰 위협이 될 수 있다. 그러므로 기후변화에 따른 식량안보에 대하여 지속적인 예측이 수행되어야 하며, 적응 전략 개발 및 적절한 농업 정책 등이 필요하다.