The figure is from paper #20.A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
The figure is from paper #20.
"Over the Newfoundland and Labrador Shelves during the projection period, the model shows general trends of warming, freshening, and decreasing ice. From 2011 to 2069, the model projects that under A1B sea surface temperature will increase by 1.4°C; bottom temperature will increase by 1.6°C; sea surface salinity will decrease by 0.7; bottom salinity will decrease by 0.3; and sea-ice extent will decrease by 70%. The sea level will rise by 0.11?m at the St. John's tide-gauge station because of oceanographic change, and the freshwater transport of the Labrador Current will double as a result of freshening."
Temperature and precipitation
3. A Comparative Study of Atmospheric Moisture Recycling Rate Between Observations and Models
Extreme events
6. Intra-annual variability of heat wave episodes over the east coast of India
9. Global mortality from storm surges is decreasing
"The occurrence of very substantial loss of life (>10 000 persons) from single events has however decreased over time. Moreover, there is a consistent decrease in event mortality, measured by the fraction of exposed people that are killed, for all global regions, except South East Asia. Average mortality for storm surges is slightly higher than for river floods, but lower than for flash floods. We also find that for the same coastal surge water level, mortality has decreased over time. This indicates that risk reduction efforts have been successful, but need to be continued with projected climate change, increased rates of sea-level rise and urbanisation in coastal zones."
Atmospheric and oceanic circulation
11. Large uncertainty in the relative rates of dynamical and hydrological tropical expansion
Climate forcings
"The results show an overall brightening period since the 1980's onwards (comprised between 1.9 and 2.4 W/m2/decade), with substantial decadal and spatial variability. The strongest brightening is found in Easter Europe in spring. An exception is found for Northern and Southern Europe, where the trends shown by the station data are not completely reproduced by satellite data, especially in summer in Southern Europe. We conclude that the major part of the observed trends in surface solar radiation in Europe is caused by changes in clouds and that remaining differences between the satellite- and the station-based data might be connected to changes in the direct aerosol effect and in snow cover."
Cryosphere
14. Late summer frazil ice-associated algal blooms around Antarctica
17. Future snowfall in the Alps: projections based on the EURO-CORDEX regional climate models
Carbon cycle
18. Carbon stocks and losses to deforestation in protected areas in Brazilian Amazonia
"In 2014, a total of 33.4 Pg C or 57.0% of all carbon stored in Legal Amazonia was held in protected areas and 32.7 Pg C or 58.5% of all the carbon stored in the Amazonia biome was held in protected areas. By 2014, carbon lost due to clearing in protected areas in Legal Amazonia and the Amazonia biome totaled, respectively, 0.787 (or 2.3%) and 0.702 (or 2.1%) Pg C if one assumes that previously each protected area was entirely covered by native vegetation."
"We show a 36% reduction in 1984s biomass carbon stocks, which led to the emission of 611.5 TgCO2 between 1985 and 1998 (43.6 TgCO2 year−1) and 959.8 TgCO2 over 1999–2012 (68.5 TgCO2 year−1). Overall, fragmentation-related carbon losses represented 1.88% of total emissions by 2012, with an increasing relevance since 2004."
20. Inorganic carbon and water masses in the Irminger Sea since 1991
21. The extent and predictability of the biodiversity–carbon correlation
22. Trends and variability of global fire emissions due to historical anthropogenic activities
Impacts to mankind
"We found that the amount of damage and other flood-event characteristics such as inundation depth are less important than socio-economic characteristics (e.g., sex or health status) and psychological factors (e.g., risk aversion and emotions)."
25. ENSO and Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies in Association with Canadian Wheat Yield Variability
27. Climate change can reduce shrimp catches in equatorial Brazil
"Considering that both temperature and precipitation were important determinants of shrimp productivity, we estimated how such productivity would be affected by climate change. Our results suggest that these fisheries could collapse in a warmer and drier future, which is a possible scenario for the region."
28. The risk of tardive frost damage in French vineyards in a changing climate
"The risk of tardive frost will likely increase in the continental regions of France."
29. Household and community responses to impacts of climate change in the rural hills of Nepal
30. Mind the gap: The role of mindfulness in adapting to increasing risk and climate change
Impacts to nature
31. Basal resistance enhances warming tolerance of alien over indigenous species across latitude
"Using springtails as an exemplar taxon, widely known to have species-specific effects on below- and aboveground dynamics, we show that across a wide latitudinal span (16–54°S), alien species have greater ability to tolerate climate change-associated warming than do their indigenous counterparts. The consequences of such consistent differences are profound given globally significant invasions of soil systems by springtails."
32. Tree cover shows strong sensitivity to precipitation variability across the global tropics
35. A mineralogical record of ocean change: Decadal and centennial patterns in the California mussel
"Shell mineralogy has changed dramatically over the past 15 years, despite evidence for consistent mineral structure in the California mussel, Mytilus californianus, over the prior 2500 years. We present evidence for increased disorder in the calcium carbonate shells of mussels and greater variability between individuals. These changes in the last decade contrast markedly from a background of consistent shell mineralogy for centuries."
36. What to eat in a warming world: do increased temperatures necessitate hazardous duty pay?
"However, total abundance of soil fauna appears to be declining, as positive trends of the less common species so far have not compensated for the declining numbers of the dominant species."
"A 100% renewable energy system for Iran is found to be a real policy option."
41. The role of regulatory learning in energy transition: The case of solar PV in Brazil
43. Black carbon emissions from biomass and coal in rural China
44. China’s national emissions trading scheme: integrating cap, coverage and allocation
45. Emission factors of greenhouse gases from layer and broiler barns in Cameroon
46. Smart home technologies in everyday life: do they address key energy challenges in households?
"There is a risk that SHTs will lead more energy intensive ways of life."
"When compared to the reference scenario, the results show that coal extension could favour the penetration of renewables in the long term. Notwithstanding, this would come at the expense of undesirable increases in climate change and human health impacts. Consequently, the implementation of the sustainability dimension in energy plans could avoid a “coal conundrum” situation in Spain."
51. Complexity ethics and UNFCCC practices for 1.5 °C climate change
52. Gendered discourse about climate change policies
"The results indicate that petroleum fuel have WtT efficiencies in the range of 82–86% while WtT efficiencies of natural gas based fuels are in the range of 75–88%. The results reveals that WtT GHG emission associated with CNG produced from indigenous natural gas sources are 16% and 21% higher than the gasoline and diesel fuel produced from ingenious crude oil, respectively. As compared to other countries, the WtT GHG emissions results of Pakistani petroleum and natural gas based fuels are 10% and 29 higher than those of the Europe mainly due to higher methane emission."
56. Nitrogen pollution: a key building block for addressing climate change
57. ‘Raising the temperature’: the arts in a warming planet
63. Effects of undetected data quality issues on climatological analyses
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