Tag: Climate change
A simple index explains land humidity trend differences
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in ClimatologyNew index based on precipitation and evapotranspiration ratio reveals land relative humidity decreased substantially since 1973, reconciles climate model discrepancies, and improves hydroclimate.
BRICS discourse challenges Western climate governance narratives
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in LawComparative legal discourse analysis of BRICS countries’ positions on state climate obligations, examining how epistemological contestation challenges Western dominance in global climate governance.
Africa shows rising droughts, heatwaves, and compound events
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in ClimatologyStudy analyzes compound drought-heatwave events across Africa 1979-2024, revealing acceleration trends and spatiotemporal patterns with implications for climate vulnerability and adaptation.
Public attention alters fossil fuel company profitability
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in FinancePanel regression study of S&P500 fossil fuel firms examining how public climate attention moderates the relationship between environmental policy and corporate profitability.
Rising temperatures are linked to more physical inactivity
Panel study quantifying climate change effects on physical inactivity across 156 countries, projecting 0.47–0.70 million excess deaths and $2.40–3.68 billion productivity losses by 2050.
Edinburgh’s insetting programme addresses unavoidable travel emissions
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University of Edinburgh’s carbon sequestration programme for net zero 2040 target: institutional framework, principles, and academic critique responses in higher education sustainability.
UK climate strategy and standards support emissions action
Explore UK climate strategy toward 2050 net-zero target, examining carbon leakage, greenhouse gas accounting, life-cycle assessment, and ISO standards for emissions reduction and climate adaptation.
Mammal and bird ranges may shift uphill in the Altai Mountains
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in EcologyClimate change threatens mammal and bird distributions in the Altai Mountains. MaxEnt modeling reveals habitat loss and range shifts toward higher elevations, with human activities and snow cover.
Groundwater planning should integrate hydrogeology and water justice
Framework integrating hydrogeology and water justice theory for equitable groundwater management planning under climate change and extraction pressures.
Pantropical forest leaf longevity is converging toward a middle range
Pantropical moist forests show converging leaf longevity under climate change, with long-longevity regions declining and short-longevity regions increasing.
