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Useful sites | Impact of global warming on biodiversity |
Australian Government Department of the Environment and Water Resources
- Biodiversity and its value
Defines genetic, species and ecosystem diversity and discusses the value of biodiversity.
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/publications/series/paper1/index.html
- Australia’s biological diversity
Locates Australia's 15 biodiversity hotspots and what is being done to preserve them.
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/hotspots/index.html
The problems that climate change causes for wildlife (Climate Action Network, Australia)
Describes how climate change may affect habitats such as alpine, wetlands and the Great Barrier Reef.
http://www.cana.net.au/bush/problems.htm
CSIRO, Australia
- Climate change: Projections for Australia
Summarises the current understanding of changes to Australia's climate and projections for change over the next century.
http://www.cmar.csiro.au/e-print/open/projections2001.pdf
- Climate change: Impacts for Australia
Describes the potential impacts of climate change on agriculture, forestry, natural systems, pests and weeds in Australia.
http://www.marine.csiro.au/iawg/impacts2001.pdf
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Birds and bees act up with climate change (News in Science, 15 May 2008)
Describes observed effects of global warming on organisms and the environment.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/05/15/2245580.htm?site=science&topic=latest
- Global warming may wipe out most birds (News in Science, 14 November 2006)
A report suggests that nearly three quarters of all bird species in northeast Australia and more than a third in Europe could become extinct if global warming continues.
http://abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2006/1787976.htm?enviro
- Tipping point (Catalyst, 25 May 2006)
Looks at three Australian animals that may not be able to adapt to the rate of environmental change.
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1647466.htm
- Gum trees and climate change (Earthbeat, 22 May 2004)
Explains how the distribution of eucalypts will change in response to global warming.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/earth/stories/s1112982.htm
Climate change and biodiversity (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
Details the projected changes in climate and potential impact on biodiversity.
http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/biodiv/index.htm
United Nations Environment Programme – Biodiversity and climate change (World Conservation Monitoring Centre, UK)
Summarises the ways in which climate change will impact on biodiversity and lists some sensitive eosystems.
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/climate/impacts.htm
Maps and graphics (United Nations Environment Progamme, GRID Arendal, Norway)
Provides a wide range of graphics showing the impact of climate change, including changes to biodiversity.
http://maps.grida.no/go/searchFree/q/climate
Biodiversity: Threats and protective measures (University of Michigan, USA)
Lists the known causes of animal extinctions.
http://www.fathom.com/course/21701785/session2.html
Climate change and biodiversity (Convention on Biological Diversity)
Summarises the links between biological diversity and climate change.
http://www.biodiv.org/programmes/cross-cutting/climate/interlinkages.asp
Climate change and nature – adapting for the future (World Conservation Union)
Discusses the need for conservation strategies to consider the impact of climate change and ways in which to adapt to change.
http://www.iucn.org/themes/climate/wl/documents/cc-nature_adapting_for_future.pdf
Birdlife International
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