ENVS 2270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mountain Pine Beetle, 2Degrees, Maple Syrup
6 Dec 2017
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Risk is often represented as probability of occurrence of hazardous events or trends multiplied by the impacts if these events or trends occur. Risk results from the interaction of vulnerability, exposure, and hazard: adaptation the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate and its effects. In human systems, adaptation seeks to moderate or avoid harm or exploit beneficial opportunities. If there are many scientific publications (robust evidence) all showing the same thing (high agreement) then the ipcc has high confidence in their findings. If there are very few scientific publications (limited evidence) and the evidence comes to different conclusions (low agreement) then the. Example: polar bears cannot move farther poleward to escape warming temperatures. Insects are capable of moving to colder climate areas to escape the effects of climate change: plants are also capable of moving kudzu vine, elevated co2 has a positive effect on plant growth via the fertilization effect.
