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Subject: Climate change

  • Influence of Precipitation, Temperature, and Climate Change on Landslide Hazards in Western Canada

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    Spring 2024

    Mirhadi, Seyed Nima

    short-term temperature fluctuations play a significant role in landslide occurrences at the C018 site, and their effect can be quantified from a probabilistic approach. A clear weather signature has been identified for landslides occurring in the winter months. Moreover, statistical analyses on

    landslides occurring in spring and summer showed that if there is more than 20 mm of rainfall in 14 days, there is a 6% probability of a landslide, with a 0.1% probability of a landslide if there is less than 20 mm of rainfall in the preceding 14 days. This probabilistic approach provides a means to identify

    . The results show that a linear relationship can be approximated between the annual precipitation and the annual volume of landslides. This relationship is then used to estimate the annual volume of landslides by considering the projected annual precipitation based on the climate change models for the

  • Projecting boreal bird responses to climate change considering uncertainty, refugia, vegetation lags, and post-glaciation history

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    Spring 2016

    Stralberg, Diana

    Often referred to as North America’s bird nursery, the boreal forest biome provides a productive environment for breeding birds, supporting high species diversity and bird numbers. These birds are likely to shift their distributions northward in response to rapid climate change over the next

    ) model uncertainty in current and future projections, (2) time lags in ecosystem responses to climate change, (3) the static nature of correlative models, and (4) the influence of historical biogeography in determining current distributions. In my first chapter, using a continental-scale avian dataset

    younger forest. In my third chapter, I developed a hybrid modelling approach based on topo-edaphically constrained projections of climate-driven vegetation change potential, coupled with weather- and fuel-based simulations of future wildfires, and projections of large-scale industrial development

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