Climate Management Issues

94 Climate Management Issues

Spring, arriving earlier in some areas, is now inuencing the timing of bird

and sh migration, egg laying, leaf unfolding, and spring planting for agri-

culture. In fact, based on satellite imagery documentation of the Northern

Hemisphere, growing seasons have steadily become longer since 1980.

Although species have been faced with changing environments in the past

and have been able to adapt in many cases, the IPCC climate change scien-

tistsview this current rate of change with alarm. They fully expect the magni-

tude of these changes to increase with the temperatures over the next century

and beyond. The concern is that many species and ecosystems will not be able

to adapt as rapidly as the effects of climate cha ...