[HTML][HTML] Connections of climate change and variability to large and extreme forest fires in southeast Australia

NJ Abram, BJ Henley, A Sen Gupta… - … Earth & Environment, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The 2019/20 Black Summer bushfire disaster in southeast Australia was
unprecedented: the extensive area of forest burnt, the radiative power of the fires, and the …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of heat load on cattle

AM Lees, V Sejian, AL Wallage, CC Steel, TL Mader… - Animals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary It is well known that the thermal environment has an integral role in
maintaining the health and productivity of cattle. Although cold stress has been identified to …

Flood risk and climate change: global and regional perspectives

ZW Kundzewicz, S Kanae, SI Seneviratne… - Hydrological …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
A holistic perspective on changing rainfall-driven flood risk is provided for the late 20th and
early 21st centuries. Economic losses from floods have greatly increased, principally driven …

[BOK][B] Tourism and climate change: Impacts, adaptation and mitigation

D Scott, CM Hall, G Stefan - 2012 - taylorfrancis.com
Climate change is the single most important global environmental and development issue
facing the world today and has emerged as a major topic in tourism studies. Climate change …

International tourism and climate change

D Scott, S Gössling, CM Hall - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Tourism is a major global economic sector that is undergoing tremendous growth in
emerging economies and is often touted as salient for development and poverty alleviation …

Local government response to the impacts of climate change: An evaluation of local climate adaptation plans

I Baker, A Peterson, G Brown, C McAlpine - Landscape and urban planning, 2012 - Elsevier
Internationally, there is increasing responsibility on local governments to prepare and adapt
to global climate change through climate adaptation planning. This study evaluated seven …

The role of culture and traditional knowledge in climate change adaptation: Insights from East Kimberley, Australia

S Leonard, M Parsons, K Olawsky, F Kofod - Global Environmental Change, 2013 - Elsevier
Indigenous peoples offer alternative knowledge about climate variability and change based
on their own locally developed knowledges and practices of resource use. In this article we …

[PDF][PDF] Changes in impacts of climate extremes: human systems and ecosystems

J Handmer, Y Honda… - Managing the risks …, 2012 - nagasaki-u.repo.nii.ac.jp
Chapter 3 evaluates observed and projected changes in the frequency, intensity, spatial
extent, and duration of extreme weather and climate events. This physical basis provides a …

Is adaptation a local responsibility?

J Nalau, BL Preston, MC Maloney - Environmental Science & Policy, 2015 - Elsevier
Adaptation is now firmly embedded in the societal discourse regarding the management of
climate risk. In this discourse, adaptation planning and implementation at the local level are …

Plant adaptation to climate change—opportunities and priorities in breeding

SC Chapman, S Chakraborty, MF Dreccer… - Crop and pasture …, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
Climate change in Australia is expected to influence crop growing conditions through direct
increases in elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) and average temperature, and through …