Essays about: "northern latitudes"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 41 essays containing the words northern latitudes.

  1. 1. Controls over stream temperature in a northern boreal landscape

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Oskar Damström; [2023]
    Keywords : Aquatic ecosystems; Climate change; Stream warming; Boreal streams;

    Abstract : With widespread increases in air temperature, it is expected that the temperature of aquatic ecosystems will also increase, especially at high latitudes. Warmer streams and rivers could have severe, direct impacts on cold-adapted aquatic fauna but may also indirectly influence species by reducing the amount of suitable habitat. READ MORE

  3. 2. The power of daylight. Daylight influencing emotions and spatial perception of indoor space.

    University essay from KTH/Ljusdesign

    Author : Antrea Ioannou; [2023]
    Keywords : Daylight; Shadows; Spatial perception; Emotions; Memories;

    Abstract : The present thesis derived from a personal need to explore how daylight can shape the emotional state of users and consequently their indoor experience. As a lighting design student I appreciated even more the power that light and shadows have upon indoor experiences. To investigate this further, an experiment with five panels was conducted. READ MORE

  4. 3. Framtidens klimatanpassade trädgårdar : gröna rum i trädgårdsstaden Elisefarm: ett gestaltningsarbete med växtfokus

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Helene Blob; [2023]
    Keywords : gestaltning; klimat; klimatförändringar i Skåne; klimatanpassning; kolsänka; perenner; växtmaterial; torr ståndort; illustrationsplan; trädgårdsdesign;

    Abstract : I det här examensarbetet undersöks möjlig gestaltning av växtval för att motverka och bli anpassade till klimatförändringarna i Skåne år 2055. De förhöjda mängderna växthusgaser i atmosfären påverkar temperaturen i på jorden. På norra halvklotet kommer klimatzonerna flyttas mot nordligare breddgrader. READ MORE

  5. 4. POSSIBLE TIMING OF THE TRANSITION FROM PRE-INDUSTRIAL TO INDUSTRIAL CLIMATE IN THE CENTRAL TO NORTHERN OF SWEDEN, BASED ON PROXY DATA FROM TREE-RINGS

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Mika Falkensjö Oppenheim; [2022-09-28]
    Keywords : Tree-ring; maximum latewood density MXD ; Scandinavia; pre-industrial; industrial climate;

    Abstract : Earth’s climate has varied through time, with orbital forcing as the most dominant force on the climate system the last million years, causing glacial-interglacial cycles. The last glacial period ended about 11.6 thousand years (kyr), ago and the last interglacial maximum around 6.5 kyr ago. READ MORE

  6. 5. Snow cover related camouflage mismatch decreases survival

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Pieter Otte; [2022]
    Keywords : climate change; snow cover; seasonal colour coat; crypsis; mismatch; camera trap; survival analysis;

    Abstract : Climate change is expected to decrease winter severity at high latitudes, resulting in reduced days of snow cover. Several mammalian and avian species in the northern hemisphere express a seasonal colour coat (SCC) making them white in winter periods and brown or dark in summer. READ MORE