SDSN Networks in Action 2020
<p>SDSN’s National and Regional Networks promote the localization and implementation of the SDGs, develop long-term transformation pathways, provide education for sustainable development, and launch
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Global-scale hydrological response to future glacier mass loss
Worldwide glacier retreat and associated future runoff changes raise major concerns over the sustainability of global water resources, but global-scale assessments of glacier decline and the resulting
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Contrasting climate change impact on river flows from high-altitude catchments in the Himalayan and Andes Mountains
<p>Changes in the hydrology of high-altitude catchments may have major consequences for downstream water supply. Based on model projections with a higher spatiotemporal resolution and degree of process
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New Technique May Predict Extreme Rainfall and Flooding in Andes Mountains
There may be a new way to predict disasters. Scientists have developed a new technique that builds upon a mathematical comparison that can be used for any time series data and could be applied to extreme
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The drivers of tropical speciation
Since the recognition that allopatric speciation can be induced by large-scale reconfigurations of the landscape that isolate formerly continuous populations, such as the separation of continents by plate
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Strong discrepancies between local temperature mapping and interpolated climatic grids in tropical mountainous agricultural landscapes
Bridging the gap between the predictions of coarse-scale climate models and the fine-scale climatic reality of species is a key issue of climate change biology research. While it is now well known that
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On thin ice: how cutting pollution can slow warming and save lives
This new scientific report released by World Bank shows that moving rapidly to reduce pollutants such as methane and black carbon, could slow warming in critical snow and ice-covered regions while benefitting human welfare.
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Adaptation to climate change for peace and stability
The findings of the project ”Strengthening of approaches and instruments as well as promotion of processes to reduce the security risks posed by climate change in the context of climate change adaptation“
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Mountain gloom and mountain glory revisited: A survey of conservation, connectivity, and climate change in mountain regions
<p>Mountain regions have played a significant role in the history of biodiversity conservation, and promise to play an even larger part in future efforts to respond to climate change. After an historical
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Goodbye glaciers
Researchers are racing to determine how shrinking glaciers in the Andes will affect the water supply of millions of people.