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Climate Journal, Volume 1, Number 3 now available

kathryn — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:04:51 +0000

The third issue of the new Journal, The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, has now been published.

Volume 1, Issue 3 contains:

Human Impacts on the Biodiversity of the Darrah Wildlife Sanctuary in Rajasthan by Fatima Sultana.
Evidence of Long-term Climate Change at Major Cities of India during the Twentieth Century by Amit Dhorde and Anargha Wakhare.
Influence of Climate Change, Fire, Insect and Harvest on Carbon Dynamics for Jack Pine in Central Canada: Simulation Approach with the EFIMOD Model by Jagtar Bhatti, Oleg Chertov and Alexander Komarov.
Marketing to Change Public Opinion on Climate Change: A Case Study by John J. McDonnell and Jennifer L. Bartlett.
An Analysis of the British Public’s Concerns Regarding Climate Change Legislation by Ruth Woods, Sharon Coen and Ana Fernandez.
Information Preservation and Change Detection across Spatial Scales in the Assessment of Global CH4 Emission Estimates from Wetlands by Abdulwasey Mohammed, Paul C. Stoy and Tim J. Malthus.
Global Energy Policy in Response to Climate Change by Abraham Varghese and Joseph N Thomas.
Developing Spiritual Intelligence in Response to Climate Change by Tim Rimmer.
Social Capital as a Source of Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change in Developing Countries by Vivek Prasad, Monique Helfrich and Susan A. Crate.
Climatic Syndromes of Uncontrolled Grazing Practices: “A Case Study of Temprate Pasturelands from Liddar Valley of Kashmir Himalayas” by Tasadoq Hussain.
Glacial Melt and Climate Change in the Himalayas: Building Adaptive Strategies for the Future by Prakash Rao, Gopala Areendran and Rajesh Kumar.
The Role of Passive Cooling Strategies for Norway by Matthias Haase and Inger Andresen.
Impact of Climate Change on the Fishing Population of Majuli, the Largest Riverine Island and its Fresh Water Biodiversity by Karobi B. Saikia.
Education for Inheriting the Earth: A Comprehensive Approach to Education for Sustainable Living from Australia by Paul Bernard Carney.
Rate of Siltation in Wular Lake, (Jammu and Kashmir, India) with Special Emphasis on its Climate & Tectonics by U.D. Kulkarni, Asiya Nazir Khan and R. S. Gavali.

2010 Climate Change Conference – Plenary Speaker Added

admin — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:49:17 +0000

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, University of Queensland, Australia www.Climate-Conference.com
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg is Professor and Director of the Centre for Marine Studies at the University of Queensland. He completed his BSc. Hons at the University of Sydney and PhD at UCLA in 1989, and was recognized in 1999 with the Eureka prize for Research into the physiological mechanisms of coral bleaching. Specialising in the impact of climate change on biological systems, Ove has worked in polar, temperate and tropical regions, and is well-known for his work on the impacts of ocean warming and acidification on coral reefs. He is currently a Queensland Smart State Premier’s fellow, and holds positions as reviewing editor at Science Magazine and chair of the World Bank/GEF working group on coral reefs and climate change.