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Climate change and Pacific Islands : indicators and impacts : report for the 2012 Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA) / coordinating lead editors, Victoria W. Keener ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- NCA Regional Input Reports
- National climate assessment regional technical input report series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes--Islands of the Pacific.
- Climatic changes.
- Freshwater ecology--Islands of the Pacific.
- Freshwater ecology.
- Hydrology--Islands of the Pacific.
- Hydrology.
- Sea level--Islands of the Pacific.
- Sea level.
- Coral reef ecologyl--Islands of the Pacific.
- Coral reef ecologyl.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (197 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washingon, D.C. : Island Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Prepared for the 2013 National Climate Assessment and a landmark study in terms of its breadth and depth of coverage, Climate Change and the Pacific Islands was developed by the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment, a collaborative effort engaging federal, state, and local government agencies, non-government organizations, academician.
- Contents:
- ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""About This Series""; ""About This Report""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Hawai �i Governor's Letter""; ""List of Figures,Tables, and Boxes""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Chapter 1: Pacific Islands Region Overview""; ""Chapter 2: Freshwater and Drought on Pacific Islands""; ""Chapter 3: Sea Level and Coastal Inundation on Pacific Islands ""; ""Chapter 4: Marine, Freshwater, and Terrestrial Ecosystems on Pacific Islands""; ""Chapter 5: Conclusions""; ""Appendix A: Glossaries Related to Weather and Climate in the Pacific Islands""
- ""Appendix B: Future Regional Climate: Modeling and Projections""""Appendix C: Members of the Pacific Assessment Core Science Team""; ""Appendix D: Members of the Pacific Assessment Steering Committee""; ""Appendix E: PIRCA Water and Drought Technical Workshop, November 17, 2011""; ""Appendix F: PIRCA Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Inundation Extremes: Methodologies, Indicators, Impacts, and Visualization Workshop, January 10�12, 2012 ""; ""Appendix G: PIRCA Ecosystems technical Workshop, January 18�19, 2012""; ""Appendix H: Summary of Workshop Evaluations""; ""References""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61091-459-7
- OCLC:
- 923188455
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