A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
Effect of coupled global climate models sea surface temperature biases on simulated climate of the western United States (open access)
Temperature, precipitation, wind
Global bimodal precipitation seasonality: A systematic overview
Spatiotemporal variations of annual shallow soil temperature on the Tibetan Plateau during 1983–2013
Surface air temperature variability over the Arabian Peninsula and its links to circulation patterns
Urbanization effects on changes in the observed air temperatures during 1977–2014 in China
Annual cycle of temperature trends in Europe, 1961–2000
Analyses of the oceanic heat content during 1980–2014 and satellite?era cyclones over Bay of Bengal
Extreme events
Collective resources in the repopulation of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
Impacts of climate variability and change on seasonal drought characteristics of Pakistan
Observed trends and future projections of extreme heat events in Sonora, Mexico
Forcings and feedbacks
Accounting for Changing Temperature Patterns Increases Historical Estimates of Climate Sensitivity
A new perspective on solar dimming over the Tibetan Plateau
The impacts of atmospheric and surface parameters on long-term variations in the planetary albedo
Assessment of aerosol–cloud–radiation correlations in satellite observations, climate models and reanalysis (open access)
Sources of uncertainty in the meridional pattern of climate change
Cryosphere
Fluctuations in Arctic sea-ice extent: comparing observations and climate models (open access)
Theoretical study of ice cover phenology at large freshwater lakes based on SMOS MIRAS data (open access)
Salinity Control of Thermal Evolution of Late Summer Melt Ponds on Arctic Sea Ice
Hydrosphere
Global implications of 1.5 °C and 2 °C warmer worlds on extreme river flows (open access)
Impact of climate variation on hydrometeorology in Iran
Atmospheric and oceanic circulation
Ocean circulation reduces the Hadley cell response to increased greenhouse gases
ENSO's Changing Influence on Temperature, Precipitation, and Wildfire In a Warming Climate
Carbon and nitrogen cycles
The response of the marine nitrogen cycle to ocean acidification
Pathway-dependent fate of permafrost region carbon (open access)
Carbon storage potential in degraded forests of Kalimantan, Indonesia (open access)
Mankind
Long-Term Study of a Hantavirus Reservoir Population in an Urban Protected Area, Argentina
The health sector’s role in governance of climate change adaptation in Myanmar
The economic impact of climate risks in China: evidence from 47-sector panel data, 2000–2014
Transitions to freshwater sustainability
Identifying hotspots of land use cover change under socioeconomic and climate change scenarios in Mexico (open access)
Human–environmental drivers and impacts of the globally extreme 2017 Chilean fires
Extremal dependence between temperature and ozone over the continental US (open access)
Crop production losses associated with anthropogenic climate change for 1981–2010 compared with preindustrial levels (open access)
Bridging the Gap Between Climate Science and Farmers in Colombia (open access)
Biosphere
Tree radial growth is projected to decline in South Asian moist forest trees under climate change
Untangling methodological and scale considerations in growth and productivity trend estimates of Canada’s forests (open access)
Rainfall-dependent influence of snowfall on species loss (open access)
Influence of winter precipitation on spring phenology in boreal forests
Resilience of tropical tree cover: The roles of climate, fire, and herbivory (open access)
Warming springs and habitat alteration interact to impact timing of breeding and population dynamics in a migratory bird (open access)
Tree water balance drives temperate forest responses to drought
Body size shifts influence effects of increasing temperatures on ectotherm metabolism
Sensitivity of mangrove range limits to climate variability
Soil multifunctionality and drought resistance are determined by plant structural traits in restoring grassland (open access)
Other impacts
Extreme levels of Canadian wildfire smoke in the stratosphere over central Europe on 21–22 August 2017 (open access)
Fire frequency analysis for different climatic stations in Victoria, Australia
Forest Fires Across Italian Regions and Implications for Climate Change: A Panel Data Analysis (open access)
Projected centennial oxygen trends and their attribution to distinct ocean climate forcings
Climate change communication
The IPCC and the new map of science and politics
Protocols and partnerships for engaging Pacific Island communities in the collection and use of traditional climate knowledge (open access)
Climate Policy
Emission savings
Spatial greenhouse gas emissions from US county corn production
Other environmental issues
Palaeoclimatology
Climate impact on the development of Pre-Classic Maya civilisation (open access)
Dynamic vegetation simulations of the mid?Holocene Green Sahara
Mediterranean winter snowfall variability over the past millennium
On the relationship between coral δ13C and Caribbean climate
Posted by Ari Jokimäki on Friday, 31 August, 2018
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