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Acknowledgements The authors are de
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APF AML CARA CO 2 CReSIS CSI DEM EG
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Table 1‐1. Climate Change and
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2. Sea-level Rise Impacts on Coasta
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differences in observed sea levels
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CIA, (1990), Middle East Area Oil a
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Data Sources And Assumptions We rel
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5. Important flora in Abu Dhabi Abu
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over a one third of the known speci
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6. Fauna of the terrestrial ecosyst
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(Arnell, 1999; Milly et al., 2005).
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camels and other large herbivores i
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Alternatively, established shrublan
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Adaptation can be planned or it can
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is based on a theoretical understan
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species to adapt to a changing <str
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that remediation steps begin soon t
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10 References Adler, PB, DA Raff, W
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Nordad, (2007), Climate Change Fact
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Annex 2: Expected effects of global
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Annex 4: Main drivers of ecosystem
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