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Climate change and energy security in transportation fuel, infrastructure and policy: An AHP approach
(2009-04)Transportation is fundamental to all societies. It affords access to a broad range of goods and services that has brought civilization to where it is today. Be it a trans-national flight, the delivery of a package, or a ... -
Climate Change and the Coloniality of Foodways: Linking the Replication of an Unsustainable Scale of Ruminant Consumption to Western Cultural Imperialism
(2021-04-12)This thesis examines the cultural processes attributable to a global protein transition toward climate change inducing ruminant products. It employs the theoretical lens of the colonial matrix of power to contend that a ... -
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations in the Forests of Central Nova Scotia
(2010-09-13)Global climate change is at the forefront of issues in forest management. Forest managers are now faced with the challenge of incorporating climate change into their forest management values and objectives, as existing ... -
Climate change impacts on the temperature and magnitude of groundwater discharge from shallow, unconfined aquifers
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Climate Change in Canadian Environmental Assessment Legislation: Review and Recommendations for Further Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
(2018-12-03)Climate change is the most urgent crisis of our time, as reflected in international agreements like the recent Paris Agreement. State members must now integrate climate change considerations into domestic legislation to ... -
Climate Change in Ecuador's Coastal Communities and Mangrove Ecosystems: Local Knowledge, Perceptions, and Priorities
(2010-12-17)Coastal communities in Ecuador – and worldwide – are vulnerable to climate change due to both marine and inland pressures. Studies predict that climatic changes will impact strongly on coastal zones, with particularly ... -
Climate change risk assessment for a confined, small-island aquifer off Prince Edward Island, Canada
(2022-06-28)Aquifers on small islands are at risk of salinization due to the low topographies and small freshwater volumes, and present-day risks are expected to be exacerbated under projected climate change. To date, most studies ... -
Climate Change Survey for the Agricultural Campus in Bible Hill, NS
(2013-04)This report provides an analysis of climate change issues at the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia. The aim of this study was to identify problems on the campus related to climate change in order ... -
A Climate Change Vulnerability and Data Gap Assessment of Arctic Marine Species in the Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area
(2021-12)Arctic ecosystems are warming at twice the rate of oceans worldwide, resulting in a loss of sea ice and available habitat for many marine species. While new conservation policies are required to protect the increasingly ... -
The Climate of the Atlantic Provinces
(Institute of Public Affairs, Dalhousie University, 1940-03) -
CLIMATE SENSITIVITIES OF POLYTHERMAL ICE SHEET, ICE CAP, AND ALPINE ICE DYNAMICS AND RELATED EPISODIC EROSION ON CUMBERLAND PENINSULA, BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT
(2016-04-29)The sensitivity of glaciers to climate and the resulting landscape changes has not been fully evaluated because of difficulties in extracting records of glacial advance, comparing sensitivities of different glacier types ... -
CLIMATE-CHANGE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR SELECTED SPECIES IN THREE NATIONAL PARKS IN EASTERN CANADA
(2015-04-06)Canadian protected areas have been established with a premise of static distributions of different ecosystems, an assumption invalidated by climate change. In the Maritimes, there are few local case studies on how to ... -
Climate-Induced Species Range Projections and the Consequences for Ecosystem Functioning in Canada’s Maritime Region Marine Conservation Network
(2024-02-12)Ensuring the conservation and sustainability of marine ecosystems and the continued provision of ecosystem services are key goals of Canada’s framework for its protected seascape sites. With rapid climate change however, ... -
Clinical Alarm Management Project Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS
(2017-08-18)Research confirms that more than 70% of clinical alarms are unnecessary. Exposing clinicians to high volume of undesirable alarms may cause alarm fatigue associated with increasing patient risks and deaths. Alarm fatigue ... -
Clinical Aspects of Geriatrics
(Dalhousie Medical Students' Society, 1961) -
Clinical features and diagnosis of multiple myeloma
(Medical Students' Society, Dalhousie University, 2016) -
Clinical management of behavioral insomnia of childhood
(2011)Behavioral insomnia is highly prevalent, affecting approximately 25% of children. It involves difficulties initiating and maintaining sleep and frequently results in inadequate sleep, leading to an array of negative ...