• Systems and activities that are particularly sensitive to climate change and related changes in sea level include: forests; mountain, aquatic and coastal ecosystems; hydrology and water resource management (including the cryosphere); food and fibre production; human infrastructure and human health.

• Other kinds of catastrophes go beyond national borders, via aquatic and atmospheric pathways.

• Introduced aquatic vertebrates in the Chiricahua region: effects on declining native ranid frogs.