Environmental Impact

from climate change to biodiversity loss documenting mans impact

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Despite the fact that a substantial amount of scientific information already exists relating to climate change and climate change impacts on biodiversity, access to this information is often problematic, and would be aided by the creation of digitised bibliographic information in searchable databases.
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Environmental Impact is the comprehensive new resource covering:

Climate change / Pollution / Biodiversity / Agricultural productivity / Human health / Economics / Soil and water resources
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over 1 million bibliographic records (derived from CAB Abstracts) 5,500 serials are indexed plus non-serial publications including books, reports and conferences 6,000 specially collected full text articles linked from the database over 70 relevant CAB Reviews articles over 750 climate change reports from key organizations over 53 CAB eBooks from our environmental science list

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components the bibliographic database

The bibliographic database consists of records from CAB Abstracts and CAB Abstracts Archive dating back to 1910. It is updated weekly and provides an ongoing summary of the worlds environmental literature. The database covers a wide range of journals from those that are paramount for any researcher to specialist works that can be mined for essential information.

core journal examples Climatic Change Global Change Biology Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change Environmental Pollution Restoration Ecology Chemosphere Biodiversity and Conservation

specialist title examples Environmental Research, Engineering and Management Journal of Environmental Sciences Indian Forester Pochvovedenie Interciencia International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Ekologia

Welcome to Environmental Impact (Alpha)

Environmental Impact
Home CAB Abstracts Database eBooks News Events CAB Reviews Reports Search Main Menu About Environmental Impact Detailed subject coverage Editorial Advisory Board Subject Areas Climate change Pollution Biodiversity Agricultural Productivity Human Health Economics Soil & Water Resources

The big launch

Environmental Impact was pre-launched at the Special Libraries Associations 2008 conference in Seattle this June. Bergy the polar bear was present, raising awareness of climate change, and promoting Environmental Impact as the best place to go for all information about mans impact on the biosphere. >>

Climate Change + Forestry

All (1450) News (130) Reviews (270) eBooks (580) CAB Abstracts (700)

News 25 future novel threats facing UK biodiversity There requires a greater emphasis on forecasting and critical evaluation, and less dawdling on existing, well studied issues: in summary, this is the main recommendation made by 35 senior representatives >>>

eBooks Greenhouse gas sinks Reay, D. S., et al. 2007; ISBN 9781845931896 This book, which contains 17 chapters, presents an expert synthesis of greenhouse gas (GHG) sink science and how this applies to the past, current and future changes in climate. It also explores how the >>>

CAB Review Counting the cost of climate change at an agricultural level. Quiggin, J. February 2008 CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources, 2007, 2, 092, 9 pp. The effects of global climate change on agriculture will be diverse and complex. Some important qualitative conclusions emerge from the literature. First, it is important to focus on the rate >>>

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components specially collected full text articles

6,000 full text journal and conference articles have been collected by CABI and are linked from this database. The full text documents available encompass hard-to-find materials not usually available from the major aggregators, including: Ontario Forest Research (OFRI) bulletin series: Climate Change Research Report and Climate Change Research Information Note all relevant publications by Bioversity International, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Ontario Forest Research Institute and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) all relevant conferences by the Agronomy Society of New Zealand, European Grassland Federation, International Lupin Association and the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)

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components reviews
CAB Reviews gives access to specially commissioned, peer-reviewed articles written by international experts. These provide essential analysis of current research and emerging trends. It has a distinguished Editorial Board and a wide international readership.

CAB eBooks
CABI is well known for its high quality print books authored and edited by world experts. These have now been converted into easy-to-use digital files via our CABI ebooks platform. Environmental Impact incorporates the entire environmental science CAB eBooks collection, comprising over 1,200 chapters from over 53 titles, plus relevant chapters from other CABI books.

news and events

Regular news items and insights into hot topics prepared by CABIs content editors along with a regularly updated events calendar so you can keep track of the worlds conferences and events in key environmental areas.

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Abstracts (700)

Welcome to Environmental Impact (Alpha)

Environmental Impact
Home Books Search Browse About eBooks Subscribe Main Menu About Environmental Impact Detailed subject coverage Editorial Advisory Board Subject Areas Climate change Pollution Biodiversity Agricultural Productivity Human Health Economics Soil & Water Resources

The big launch

Environmental Impact was pre-launched at the Special Libraries Associations 2008 conference in Seattle this June. Bergy the polar bear was present, raising awareness of climate change, and promoting Environmental Impact as the best place to go for all information about mans impact on the biosphere. >>

Climate Change + Forestry grey 12pt Arial

All (1450) News (130) Reviews (270) eBooks (580) CAB Abstracts (700)

News 25 future novel threats facing UK biodiversity There requires a greater emphasis on forecasting and critical evaluation, and less dawdling on existing, well studied issues: in summary, this is the main recommendation made by 35 senior representatives >>>

eBooks Greenhouse gas sinks Reay, D. S., et al. 2007; ISBN 9781845931896 This book, which contains 17 chapters, presents an expert synthesis of greenhouse gas (GHG) sink science and how this applies to the past, current and future changes in climate. It also explores how the >>>

CAB Review Counting the cost of climate change at an agricultural level. Quiggin, J. February 2008 CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources, 2007, 2, 092, 9 pp. The effects of global climate change on agriculture will be diverse and complex. Some important qualitative conclusions emerge from the literature. First, it is important to focus on the rate >>>

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There are over 750 climate change reports from over 110 key organizations (with more being added all the time) including: Carbon Trust Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Department for International Development (DFID) Environment Agency Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Met Office Harvard Center for International Development Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change New Economics Foundation (NEF) Oxfam Scottish Natural Heritage Tearfund United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) The World Bank WWF

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Carbon dioxide

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Fig. P.1. Global atmospheric concentrations of three well-mixed greenhouse gases. (From the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Reproduced with permission.)

Since around the time of the industrial revolution, levels of CO2, CH4 and N2O have all risen dramatically. Fossil fuel combustion, increasingly intensive agriculture and an expanding global human population have been the primary causes for this rapid increase. Sulphate aerosols, though not GHGs, are none the less very important to global climate. Sulphate in our atmosphere has a net cooling effect and therefore reduces the warming effect of the GHGs to a certain extent. The same increases in fossil fuel burning that have led to elevated GHG concentrations in the last 200 years have also led to an increase in sulphate emissions. Cleaner fuel technologies are now leading towards a reduction in sulphate emissions and their incidental cooling effect (commonly known as global dimming) on our climate. If GHG emissions continue to increase, their overall warming effect may become even greater. The complex interaction of positive and negative influences (the feedbacks) on global climate, together with the uncertainty over how anthropogenic GHG emissions will change in coming decades makes predicting future warming difficult. The problem is exacerbated by our poor level of understanding of exactly how some key factors, such as albedo (the

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coverage in depth coverage

Environmental Impact focuses primarily on climate change, pollution, biodiversity, agricultural productivity, human health, economics and soil and water resources. More specifically all aspects of the effects of climate change on the terrestrial and freshwater biosphere, mitigation strategies and other adverse influences of humans on the environment are included. Climate change affecting: all terrestrial vegetation types, freshwater and coastal marine habitats (all aspects including biodiversity, management, modelling, inventory, physiological aspects) water resources (all aspects including management, sustainability, hydrology) soils (all aspects including the formation, degradation, fertility, chemistry, methane emissions, biology, residue management, tillage) crop production (direct effects and indirect effects) pests and diseases affecting crops and vegetation types agrometeorology and climatology human and animal health (e.g. spread of diseases, disease vectors, changing patterns of air pollution, thermal stresses on livestock, etc) economic aspects (policy, trade, crop seasonality affecting trade) and rural development/ demography (e.g. migration and land resources) tourism (winter sports, impact on resources e.g. water, also choice of destination)

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other anthropogenic effects on the biosphere deforestation pollution (including air pollution) habitat loss watershed stability land diversion loss of land due to urban development species losses (e.g. illegal hunting)

adaptation and mitigation strategies energy resources from forests/plantations and crops (fuelwood and biofuels) creation of habitat corridors to allow migration of species affected by climate change adoption of cropping systems that sequester carbon restoration ecology of habitats damaged by mans activities bioremediation agroforestry and exploitation of non-wood forest products (as an economic alternative to logging) conservation of fauna and flora

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who uses it?

lecturers, researchers and students government scientists and policy makers environmental protection agencies climate change campaign groups development project workers donor agencies

Editorial Board
The Editorial Board for Environmental Impact will ensure that this new resource retains its relevance to current research areas across academic and scientific institutions. We are in the process of finalising the board so far it includes the following experts: Prof. Alan J. M. Baker, Head of Applied Plant Ecology Research Group, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Australia Dr. Pamela Berry, Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Change Unit, Oxford University, UK Dr. Russell J. Davenport, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Duncan McClusky, CAES Tifton Campus Library, University of Georgia, USA Prof K Raja Reddy, Plant and Soil Sciences Department, Mississippi State University, USA Prof. Michael J. Sadowsky, Department of Soil, Water and Climate, University of Minnesota, USA Frederick W. Stoss, Capen Hall Science and Engineering Library, University at Buffalo-SUNY, New York, USA

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