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There will be a special session on "Accelerated Warming at High Elevations: Evidence, Processes, and Future Projections" at the Fall 2013 AGU Meeting in San Francisco (A002 in Atmospheric Sciences).
Deadline for abstract submissions is August 6.
Are mountain regions warming faster than their lower elevation counterparts, and within mountains, is the warming rate dependent on...
Please consider submitting an abstract to the 2013 AGU Session on "Observational Networks of Mountain Social-Ecological Systems"
This session focuses on data capture and integration relative to social-ecological systems in mountain regions. Mountains concentrate critical economic resources (particularly water), are extremely dynamic, and exist within a wide variety of institutional...
In the wake of the tragic news that 19 heroic members of an elite "Hotshot" firefighting team were killed in Arizona, there's been renewed discussion about climate change and how it is worsening wildfires. In particular, there's considerable evidence that western fire seasons are getting longer and more destructive, and that this is tied to more extreme heat and drought....
SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC) as a regional centre for agriculture research and development initiated series of regional studies and consultations on emerging issues impeding agricultural development. The efforts have resulted in publication of 16 manuscripts which are of relevance to agricultural researchers, extensioninst, policy makers and farmers as well.
The SAC has uploaded the documents...
Lima, Jul. 01. An international glacier forum organized by National Water Authority (ANA) is being held in Peru's northern region of Ancash to coordinate current and future initiatives in the field of glaciology and high mountains in Peru and the tropical Andes.
The conference named "Challenge of Research the Service of Society in Context of Climate Change" brings...
Mountain Research and Development (MRD) plans to contribute to the UN’s International Year of Family Farming 2014. We are seeking policy- and practice-oriented, well-validated insights into effective arrangements for advancing and enhancing family farms.
MRD is also calling for sound analyses of organizational aspects of family farming in the political, economic, and environmental mountain...
About 75 per cent of emerging economies in the Asia-Pacific region suffer from low levels of water security, with millions still living without safe water supplies and sanitation facilities, according to a study published this week (13 March).
The Asian Water Development Outlook 2013, prepared by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asia Pacific Water Forum, showed that out of the...
This is to announce a new online resource: The MAGICC6 climate model. You will be able to select or upload your own emission scenario, calculate greenhouse gas concentrations, radiative forcing and global-mean/hemispheric temperatures online.
Aside from being a great educational resource for schools, university classes and projects, MAGICC is used in high-profile research and policy reports for...
Ce présent rapport couvre la période allant de janvier 2012 à décembre 2013. Il a pour objectif d’informer les parties prenantes du processus du développement durable en montagne, le Gouvernement du Mali, tous les pays et partenaires impliqués (nationales ou internationales) des résultats atteints dans la période. Il souligne aussi les...
Canberra, Australia, 25 June 2013 - Scientists from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, are applying their knowledge in transboundary river basin management to improve the livelihoods of people living in some of the poorest parts of Asia. CSIRO and its partners have begun work in the Koshi River Basin which stretches from China, across the Himalayas through Nepal and discharges into...