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Forestry
T. Hlasny, S. Zimova, K. Merganicova, P. Stepanek, R. Modlinger, M. Turcani
Summary: The outbreak of spruce bark beetles in the Czech Republic, driven by climate extremes and unfavorable forest structure, has led to significant ecological, economic, and social impacts. Management actions exacerbated conflicts between forest management and nature conservation, highlighting the need for structural changes to enhance social and ecological resilience in the regional forest-based sector.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Forestry
A. R. Wotherspoon, A. Achim, N. C. Coops
Summary: This study examines the future climate trends in eight ecozones in Canada that contain managed forests. The projections suggest a warming trend and an overall increase in precipitation. The study highlights the potential impacts on dominant species and wood volume for Canada's forestry industry.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2023)
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Biology
Martin Mikolas, Marek Svitok, Radek Bace, Garrett W. Meigs, William S. Keeton, Heather Keith, Arne Buechling, Volodymyr Trotsiuk, Daniel Kozak, Kurt Bollmann, Kresimir Begovic, Vojtech Cada, Oleh Chaskovskyy, Dheeraj Ralhan, Martin Dusatko, Matej Ferencik, Michal Frankovic, Rhiannon Gloor, Jenyk Hofmeister, Pavel Janda, Ondrej Kameniar, Jana Labusova, Linda Majdanova, Thomas A. Nagel, Jakob Pavlin, Joseph L. Pettit, Ruffy Rodrigo, Catalin-Constantin Roibu, Milos Rydval, Francesco M. Sabatini, Jonathan Schurman, Michal Synek, Ondrej Vostarek, Veronika Zemlerova, Miroslav Svoboda
Summary: The study shows the long-term impacts of disturbances on contemporary forest biodiversity and carbon dynamics, with disturbances enhancing carbon sequestration but diminishing aboveground carbon storage. Temporal patterns in biodiversity potential exhibit bimodal peaks, and there is a positive relationship between carbon stocks and biodiversity potential.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
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Engineering, Environmental
Robert M. Weltman, Rufus D. Edwards, Lauren T. Fleming, Ankit Yadav, Cheryl L. Weyant, Brigitte Rooney, John H. Seinfeld, Narendra K. Arora, Tami C. Bond, Sergey A. Nizkorodov, Kirk R. Smith
Summary: The study highlights the discrepancy between controlled emissions testing in laboratories and real-world emissions during normal use of cookstoves. Results indicate that the cookstoves may have a net cooling impact on the climate when considering factors such as nonrenewable biomass harvesting and various emissions, making them close to climate neutral in terms of primary PM2.5 emissions.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Peter Nuhu, Dramani Bukari, Eric Zunuo Banye
Summary: Household cooking in developing countries like Ghana is often done using traditional cookstoves and unclean fuels, resulting in significant costs at both the private and social levels. This study compared the benefits and costs of households switching to improved cooking technologies, finding negative private benefits but overall positive net benefits, suggesting the need for national policy to incentivize adoption.
ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
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Development Studies
Daniel LaFave, Abebe Damte Beyene, Randall Bluffstone, Sahan T. M. Dissanayake, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Alemu Mekonnen, Michael Toman
Summary: The study in rural Ethiopia demonstrates that the use of improved biomass cookstoves can reduce indoor air pollution levels and improve height-for-age of young children, with no significant impact on respiratory symptoms or physical functioning of older children and adult cooks. The findings suggest potential health benefits for users, while also highlighting the need for further research on interventions to address air pollution in similar environments.
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Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Anran Zhuge, Benkui Tan
Summary: This study examines the formation mechanisms and climate impacts of the springtime western Pacific (WP) pattern as subseasonal climate variability over North Pacific. The results suggest that the WP pattern arises from disturbances over North Pacific and East Asia, contributing to strong temperature anomalies in East Asia and North America. Energetic analysis shows that the baroclinic energy conversion acts as a key energy source for the WP pattern.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ipsita Das, Jessica J. Lewis, Ramona Ludolph, Melanie Bertram, Heather Adair-Rohani, Marc Jeuland
Summary: The BAR-HAP tool is a decision-support model aimed at guiding policy interventions to accelerate the transition towards cleaner cooking fuels and technologies. By considering a holistic and comprehensive framework of costs and benefits, multiple policy interventions, and partial adoption of improved cooking technology, BAR-HAP is expected to facilitate cross-sector dialogue and problem-solving to address the issue of household air pollution.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Marco Turco, John T. Abatzoglou, Sixto Herrera, Yizhou Zhuang, Sonia Jerez, Donald D. Lucas, Amir AghaKouchak, Ivana Cvijanovic
Summary: Record-breaking summer forest fires in California have significantly increased due to anthropogenic climate change, rather than natural factors. The future is expected to see a further increase in fire area, highlighting the need for proactive adaptations.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
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Development Studies
Angel Manuel Benitez Rodriguez, Rayan Wolf, Ian Michael Trotter, Angelo Costa Gurgel
Summary: This paper assesses the economic implications of climate change in Paraguay by incorporating projected crop productivity impacts. The results suggest that despite projected decreases in crop productivity, Paraguay may see an increase in production and exports of wheat and soybeans due to climatic changes, leading to increased household income and welfare.
CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Qiao Liu, Tim Li, Weican Zhou
Summary: The research reveals that climatological annual mean, climatological annual variation, and flows at different time scales all impact meridional moisture transport, with synoptic and intraseasonal motions playing crucial roles in middle latitude regions. Meanwhile, MJO and ENSO could strongly affect regional moisture transport through interaction with mean moisture and modulation to higher-frequency modes.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Florian Boergel, H. E. Markus Meier, Matthias Groeger, Monika Rhein, Cyril Dutheil, Jan Moritz Kaiser
Summary: This study analyzes the impact of temperature variations in the North Atlantic on regional climate and identifies two different clusters of physical mechanisms in CMIP6 models. The first cluster shows a coherent relationship between the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the Atlantic Multidecadal Variability (AMV), resulting in decreased precipitation in Northern Europe. In contrast, the second cluster does not show significant coherence between NAO and AMV, but it leads to a low-pressure anomaly in the subpolar gyre and increased precipitation in Europe.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Rong Jiang, J. Y. Yang, C. F. Drury, Wentian He, W. N. Smith, B. B. Grant, Ping He, Wei Zhou
Summary: Process-based models are effective in assessing the sustainability of agricultural productivity and environmental health. This study found that the DNDC model performed well in simulating yields of corn, oats, and alfalfa, but only fair to good in predicting N2O emissions from rotational oats and alfalfa crops. Diverse rotation systems have varying impacts on N2O emissions and corn yields, with COAA having the lowest emissions and highest yields.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Edward Blanchard-Wrigglesworth, Melinda Webster, Linette Boisvert, Chelsea Parker, Christopher Horvat
Summary: Arctic cyclones play a fundamental role in Arctic climate by impacting atmospheric transport and surface fluxes. A recent record low sea level pressure Arctic cyclone formed in East Greenland and moved northeast, resulting in significant changes such as lowest sea level pressure, decreased sea ice area and wind speeds, and large ocean waves impacting sea ice.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Safwan Mohammed, Karam Alsafadi, Glory O. Enaruvbe, Bashar Bashir, Ahmed Elbeltagi, Adrienn Szeles, Abdullah Alsalman, Endre Harsanyi
Summary: This study examined the physical properties of agricultural drought in Hungary from 1961 to 2010 and analyzed the impact of drought on maize and wheat yields. The results showed that the western part of Hungary is more prone to agricultural drought, and the eastern, northern, and central parts of the country are the most affected regions. Maize yields were more adversely affected than wheat, especially in the central and western regions of Hungary.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)