Highlighted paper: Heat stored in the Earth system: where does the energy go?Highlighted paper: Heat stored in the Earth system: where does the energy go?A deep roster of familiar names in climate research headed by Karina von Schuckmann have just published an updated and for the first time comprehensive accounting of energy being stored in the Earth system due to radiative imbalance caused by greenhouse gases added to the atmosphere by "us truly." This is summarized as a single number called "Earth Energy Imbalance" (EEI), at slightly less than 0.5 Watts per square meter of Earth's surface. When penciled out it's an extremely large amount of energy in absolute terms. EEI provides a simple handle for assessment of "how are we doing?" Schuckmann et al conclude that a reduction of CO2 in the atmosphere to 353 ppm (parts per million) from the present 410 ppm is a goal that will result in restoring an quasi-equilibrium state to the Earth's overall temperature, all other things being equal. A don't-miss publication, open access and free to read: Heat stored in the Earth system: where does the energy go?
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Physical science of global warming & effects
Resolving inconsistencies in extreme precipitation?temperature sensitivities
Elevation dependent warming over the Tibetan Plateau: Patterns, mechanisms and perspectives
Observations of global warming & effects
Human contribution to the record-breaking June and July 2019 heatwaves in Western Europe
Detecting a forced signal in satellite-era sea-level change
Accelerated rate of vegetation green?up related to warming at northern high latitudes
Detectability of the trend in precipitation characteristics over China from 1961 to 2017
Instrumentation & observational methods of climate & global warming
Heat stored in the Earth system: where does the energy go? (open access)
Pervasive diffusion of climate signals recorded in ice-vein ionic impurities (open access)
Resolving inconsistencies in extreme precipitation?temperature sensitivities
OCO-3 early mission operations and initial (vEarly) XCO2 and SIF retrievals
Anthropogenic CO 2 emissions assessment of Nile Delta using XCO 2 and SIF data from OCO-2 satellite
Modeling & simulation of global warming & global warming effects
CMIP6 climate models imply high committed warming (open access)
Current likelihood and dynamics of hot summers in the UK
Drought projection in the Indochina Region based on the optimal ensemble subset of CMIP5 models
A modeling examination of cloud seeding conditions under the warmer climate in Utah, USA
Climate model advancement
Regional changes in extreme heat events in China under stabilized 1.5°C and 2.0°C global warming
Cryosphere & climate change
A review of black carbon in snow and ice and its impact on the cryosphere
Biology & global warming
Wrong-way migrations of benthic species driven by ocean warming and larval transport
Do bark beetle outbreaks amplify or dampen future bark beetle disturbances in Central Europe?
Rapid genomic and phenotypic change in response to climate warming in a widespread plant invader
Current and future impacts of drought and ozone stress on Northern Hemisphere forests
Resilience of Spanish forests to recent droughts and climate change
Both day and night warming reduce tree growth in extremely dry soils
Stand age and climate influence forest ecosystem service delivery and multifunctionality
GHG sources & sinks, flux
Changing climate reallocates the carbon debt of frequent?fire forests
Embodied carbon emissions in the supply chains of multinational enterprises
A Bornean peat swamp forest is a net source of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
Asymmetric response of soil methane uptake rate to land degradation and restoration: Data synthesis
Cities as carbon sinks—classification of wooden buildings
CO2 removal & climate change mitigation science & engineering
Climate change mitigation in cities: a systematic scoping of case studies
Black carbon
A review of black carbon in snow and ice and its impact on the cryosphere
Climate change communications & cognition
Agronomy & climate change
Could crop albedo modification reduce regional warming over Australia?
Light grazing facilitates carbon accumulation in subsoil in Chinese grasslands: A meta?analysis
Economics & finance of climate change & mitigation
Curbing fossil fuel supply to achieve climate goals (open access)
Climate change mitigation & adaptation public policy research
Integrating political and technological uncertainty into robust climate policy (open access)
Climate change adaptation
Humans dealing with our global warming
The Influence of Extreme Heat on Police and Fire Department Services in 23 U.S. Cities (open access)
Projected impacts of climate change on tourism in the Coachella Valley, California
Other
Land use and climate change impacts on global soil erosion by water (2015-2070) (open access)
The contribution of global aviation to anthropogenic climate forcing for 2000 to 2018
Proxy evidence for state-dependence of climate sensitivity in the Eocene greenhouse (open access)
Learning the lessons of Climategate: A cosmopolitan moment in the public life of climate science
Informed opinion & nudges
Focus on leakage and spillovers: informing land-use governance in a tele-coupled world
Rethinking climate context dependencies in biological terms (open access)
Rethinking Reef Island Stability in Relation to Anthropogenic Sea Level Rise (open access)
Challenges for drought assessment in the Mediterranean region under future climate scenarios
Can N2O emissions offset the benefits from soil organic carbon storage?
Pollution for Sale: Firms’ Characteristics and Lobbying Outcome
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