GC51J:
Observed and Projected Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources, Agriculture, and Health Posters


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Session ID#: 47126

Session Description:
As the world’s population continues to grow, there are increased demands on food and water. Changes in global and regional climate patterns may disrupt local weather, alter the frequency and duration of wet and dry spells, and affect precipitation and temperature variability. These variations may adversely affect food and water security, as well as health and agriculture. This session will focus on observed and projected changes to all aspects of the hydrologic cycle and attendant impacts on agricultural systems, groundwater and water supply, and food security issues and implications. We encourage submissions on: (i) research exploring observed and projected hydrologic changes, (ii) the implications of recent droughts for health, food supplies, food availability, and food security, (iii) research exploring how climate influences food supplies, prices, and stability, and (iv) the implications of increased air temperatures on water resources, health, agriculture, social and economic systems and/or conflict.
Primary Convener:  Chris C Funk, U.S. Geological Survey EROS Center / FEWS NET, Sioux Falls, United States
Conveners:  Kathryn Grace, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, United States, Shraddhanand Shukla, University of California Santa Barbara, Climate Hazards Center, Geography Department, Santa Barbara, United States and Jeroen Aerts, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Liaison:  Chris C Funk, University of California Santa Barbara, Climate Hazards Center, Geography Department, Santa Barbara, United States
Chairs:  Chris C Funk1, Kathryn Grace2, Shraddhanand Shukla1 and Jeroen Aerts3, (1)University of California Santa Barbara, Climate Hazards Center, Geography Department, Santa Barbara, United States(2)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, United States(3)Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Amsterdam, Netherlands
OSPA Liaison:  Chris C Funk, University of California Santa Barbara, Climate Hazards Center, Geography Department, Santa Barbara, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • GH - GeoHealth
  • H - Hydrology
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

0240 Public health [GEOHEALTH]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1803 Anthropogenic effects [HYDROLOGY]
4329 Sustainable development [NATURAL HAZARDS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Human Migration as a Response to Extreme Temperature and Rainfall: Historical Evidence from Bangladesh (443155)
Amanda Carrico, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Katharine Donato, Georgetown University, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Washington, United States
A precarious water balance for U.S. maize yield? (392633)
Angela Jean Rigden, Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, United States, Nathan Mueller, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, N Michele Holbrook, Harvard University, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Cambridge, United States, Natesh Pillai, Harvard University, Department of Statistics, Cambridge, MA, United States and Peter J Huybers, Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States
Attribution of U.S. Crop Yields to Climate Variations and Pollution Damages (449948)
Ryan Bolt, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States; Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College PARK, MD, United States and Xin-Zhong Liang, University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science & Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, United States
Changing Spring Phenology Dates in the Three-Rivers Headwater Region of the Tibetan Plateau during 1960--2013 (385545)
Shuang Yu, Lawerance Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, United States, Jiangjiang Xia, Institute of Atmospheric Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Zhongwei Yan, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and Kun Yang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Beijing, China
Collaborative Impact of Elevated CO2 Concentration and Climatic Warming on Potato Yield and Quality in Semi-arid Regions (365492)
Yubi Yao, Lanzhou, NULL, China
Impacts of climate change on rice yield in India (399072)
Yu Mo, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Jeffrey S. Amthor, AIR Worldwide, Boston, MA, United States and Kazi F. Ahmed, AIR Worldwide, Boston, United States
Integrated Hydrology and Operations Models to Investigate Climate Scenarios in Carson Valley, Nevada, a Snowmelt Dominated Agricultural Basin (467820)
Wesley Kitlasten1, Eric D Morway2, Richard G Niswonger3 and Murphy Gardner1, (1)USGS Nevada Water Science Center, Carson City, NV, United States, (2)United States Geological Survey, Nevada Water Science Center, Carson City, United States, (3)USGS Water Resources Mission Area, Menlo Park, United States
Investigating the impact of climate departure from historical variability on Crop suitability over West Africa. (461270)
Temitope Samuel Egbebiyi, Climate System Analysis Group, Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Olivier Crespo, University of Cape Town, Environmental and Geographical Science, Cape Town, South Africa and Christopher J Lennard, University of Cape Town, Climate System Analysis Group, Cape Town, South Africa
Monitoring winter wheat yield threat from drought in China using multiple drought indices (430538)
Hongshuo Wang, CAU China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, Sergio M Vicente-Serrano, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Zaragoza, Spain and Fulu Tao, INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH，CAS, beijing, China
Nonlinearity of Runoff Response to Global Mean Temperature Change Over Major Global River Basins (400767)
Qiuhong Tang, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, China, Xuejun Zhang, IGSNRR Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, China and Xingcai Liu, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Projection of Changes in Future Drought Characteristics and Associated Uncertainties (383887)
Yog Aryal, Indiana University, Bloomington IN, Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, Bloomington, United States and Jianting Zhu, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States

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