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Environmental Sciences
J. R. Thompson, S. N. Gosling, J. Zaherpour, C. L. R. Laize
Summary: The study evaluates ecological risks in 321 major river basins worldwide due to global warming, finding that the likelihood of significant ecological changes in river ecosystems, especially in high and low flows, increases with higher global temperatures. The results highlight the vulnerability and spatial variability of the risks posed by unmitigated climate change to global river ecosystems.
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Ecology
Shahar Dubiner, Shai Meiri
Summary: The avifauna of Israel has undergone consistent changes in mass, length, and surface area over the last 70 years. The decrease in mass and increase in length result in higher relative surface area. These changes conform to predicted responses to global warming.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Ilissa B. Ocko, Tianyi Sun, Drew Shindell, Michael Oppenheimer, Alexander N. Hristov, Stephen W. Pacala, Denise L. Mauzerall, Yangyang Xu, Steven P. Hamburg
Summary: This paper analyzes the climate benefits of fast action to reduce methane emissions compared to slower and delayed mitigation timelines. It finds that rapid implementation of available mitigation measures can significantly reduce near-term temperature rise and slow the global-mean rate of warming. Urgently scaling up efforts to implement methane mitigation measures is crucial to limiting climate damages in the near-term.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Donghui Xu, Valeriy Y. Ivanov, Xiuyuan Li, Tara J. Troy
Summary: The earth's hydroclimate is changing, impacting water resource distribution and socioeconomic consequences. Simulations show significant shifts in peak annual runoff dates by the end of this century, with more pronounced changes in timing influenced by future greenhouse gas concentrations.
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Environmental Sciences
Masoud Masoudi, Elham Asrari
Summary: The study investigates global temperature variations by analyzing monthly temperature data from 178 locations around the world between 1950 and 2019. The Mann-Kendall method is used to examine changes in temperature regarding increase, decrease, and significance level. GIS and interpolation methods are employed to generate global warming maps depicting temperature changes. Results indicate that the majority of the world, except for 3.8% of designated areas, is experiencing warming conditions. Land temperatures have increased by 1.08 degrees Celsius during the study period, with approximately 85% of designated areas showing moderate to severe hazardous conditions. Spatial analysis reveals higher change and hazardous conditions for global warming near the poles and in mid-latitude regions.
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Timothy M. Lenton, Chi Xu, Jesse F. Abrams, Ashish Ghadiali, Sina Loriani, Boris Sakschewski, Caroline Zimm, Kristie L. Ebi, Robert R. Dunn, Jens-Christian Svenning, Marten Scheffer
Summary: The costs of climate change are often expressed in monetary terms, but this brings up ethical concerns. This study calculates the costs in terms of the number of people excluded from the 'human climate niche', which represents the historically consistent distribution of population density with respect to temperature. It was found that current climate policies leading to 2.7 degrees C global warming by the end of the century could leave one-third of the global population outside this niche, emphasizing the urgency for decisive action to address climate change.
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chris Huntingford, Jason Lowe, Laila K. Gohar, Camilla Mathison
Summary: The balance of primary energy sources in Europe is shifting towards renewables and less carbon-intensive fossil fuels, but the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is affecting the use of Russian gas and oil. This study investigates how this may impact global warming by simulating different scenarios and finds that the direct impact on global temperature is likely to be small. However, it highlights the importance of considering the implications of European response to the reduced availability of Russian gas and oil.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Review
Ecology
Andrea Romano, Laszlo Zsolt Garamszegi, Diego Rubolini, Roberto Ambrosini
Summary: A comprehensive meta-analysis of avian phenological responses to climate change revealed that prebreeding migration and breeding have been advancing by 2-3 days per decade, while timing of postbreeding migration has remained relatively stable. The extent of advancement varied based on migratory behavior, diet specialization, body size, and hemisphere. The study highlights the importance of considering specific life-history and ecological traits in understanding avian responses to climate change.
ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS
(2023)
Editorial Material
Microbiology
Arturo Casadevall, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, Vincent Robert
Summary: Global warming has been suggested as a contributing factor to the simultaneous emergence of Candida auris as a nosocomial pathogen on different continents. Isolating C. auris from the remote Andaman Islands supports the hypothesis that it is an environmental organism. The slower growth of one environmental isolate at mammalian temperatures suggests recent thermal adaptation, potentially due to climate change.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jennifer K. Balch, John T. Abatzoglou, Maxwell B. Joseph, Michael J. Koontz, Adam L. Mahood, Joseph McGlinchy, Megan E. Cattau, A. Park Williams
Summary: This study reveals that the intensity of night-time fires has increased due to hotter and drier nights. The global daily minimum vapour pressure deficit (VPD) has increased by 25% from 1979 to 2020. The annual number of flammable night-time hours on burnable lands has increased by 110 hours, allowing for five additional nights of continuous flammability. Across nearly one-fifth of burnable lands, flammable nights have increased by at least one week. Night fires globally have become 7.2% more intense from 2003 to 2020, as measured by satellite records. These findings highlight the lack of relief during the night for wildfire suppression teams. It is expected that continued night-time warming, driven by anthropogenic climate change, will lead to more intense, longer-lasting, and larger fires.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yanlong Guo, Zefang Zhao, Fuxin Zhu, Bei Gao
Summary: Based on occurrence data and environmental variables, we explored the potential planting area of Pistacia chinensis in China. The results show that under current climate conditions, the potential planting area of P. chinensis is approximately 0.74 x 106 km2, and future climate change has limited impact on its suitable habitats.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
S. Fueglistaler, L. G. Silvers
Summary: This study demonstrates that the parameter Delta(conv), quantifying the difference in sea surface temperatures between regions of deep convection and the tropical or global average, captures the time-varying pattern effect in global shortwave cloud radiative effect variations. The quantification of cloud feedback critically depends on small changes in the shape of the sea surface temperature probability density distribution, emphasizing the importance of accurate and stable global climate records.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES
(2021)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Yali Meng, Keqin Duan, Peihong Shi, Wei Shang, Shuangshuang Li, Ying Cheng, Li Xing, Rong Chen, Jinping He
Summary: Rapid global warming has caused a dramatic retreat in the cryosphere on the Tibetan Plateau, with the warming rate on the plateau being higher than the global average. The temperature on the plateau has already increased by 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and is projected to warm by 2°C by 2028/2027 under certain scenarios. The high-elevation region on the plateau is particularly sensitive and vulnerable to warming, which will intensify cryosphere ablation.
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Graeme L. Stephens
Summary: Recent changes in how clouds are represented in global models, especially over the Southern Ocean, have led to increased climate warming. Correcting rain processes in a model can improve cloud representation, but it also results in a greatly enhanced negative feedback, offsetting documented increases in model climate sensitivity.
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Yongshuo H. Fu, Xiaojun Geng, Shouzhi Chen, Hao Wu, Fanghua Hao, Xuan Zhang, Zhaofei Wu, Jing Zhang, Jing Tang, Yann Vitasse, Constantin M. Zohner, Ivan Janssens, Nils Chr Stenseth, Josep Penuelas
Summary: Global warming has led to a lengthening of the green season, but forest trees do not linearly track the extension of the thermal season. More sophisticated models are needed to accurately predict phenological changes in spring under warmer climate.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)