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Attribution of the local Hadley cell widening in the Southern Hemisphere

Published:January 2017

Author(s):Yeon‐Hee Kim, Seung‐Ki Min, Seok‐Woo Son, Jung Choi

Publisher:Advancing Earth and Space Science

Attribution analysis of long‐term changes in the Hadley cell indicates a possible attribution of the observed local HC widening over these regions to anthropogenic forcings.Read More →

Human Contribution to the Record Sunshine of Winter 2014/15 in the United Kingdom

Published:December 2016

Author(s):Nikolaos Christidis, Mark McCarthy, Andrew Ciavarella, Peter A. Stott

Publisher:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS)

This article describes how extreme winter sunshine in the United Kingdom, as observed in the record high 2014/15 season, has become more than 1.5 times more likely to occur under the influence of anthropogenic forcings.Read More →

Hurricane Gonzalo and Its Extratropical Transition to a Strong European Storm

Published:December 2015

Author(s):Frauke Feser, Monika Barcikowska, Susanne Haeseler, Christiana Lefebvre, Martina SchubertFrisius, Martin Stendel, Hans von Storch, Matthias Zahn

Publisher:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

After transitioning from a hurricane to an extratropical storm, Gonzalo tracked unusually far, achieving exceptional strength over Europe; however, it was within the historical range of such transforming storms.Read More →

Changes in the Geospatial Height at 500 hPa Under the Influence of External Climatic Forcings

Published:November 2015

Author(s):Nikolaos Christidis, Peter A. Stott

Publisher:Geophysical Research Letters

This study investigates the effects of climate forcings in the lower atmosphere using the geopotential height at 500 hPa, revealing the prominent role of human influence on some recent climatic changes.Read More →

Changes in the geopotential height at 500 hPa under the influence of external climatic forcings

Published:November 2015

Author(s):Nikolaos Christidis, Peter A. Stott

Publisher:American Geophysical Union

A significant global increase in the annual and seasonal mean geopotential height due to human influence is detected.Read More →

Projected increase in lightning strikes in the United States due to global warming

Published:November 2014

Author(s):David M. Romps, Jacob T. Seeley, David Vollaro, John Molinari

Publisher:Science

This study proposes that the lightning flash rate is proportional to the convective available potential energy (CAPE) times the precipitation rate. Read More →

Working Group III Contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Published:April 2014

Author(s):Ottmar Edenhofer, Ramón Pichs-Madruga, Youba Sokona, Jan C. Minx, Ellie Farahani, Susanne Kadner, Kristin Seyboth, Anna Adler, Ina Baum, Steffen Brunner, Patrick Eickemeier, Benjamin Kriemann, Jussi Savolainen, Steffen Schlömer, Christoph von Stechow, Timm Zwickel

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

This report presents an assessment climate change mitigation options, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reducing their concentrations in the atmosphere. Read More →

Carbon Majors: Accounting for carbon and methane emissions 1854-2010

Published:April 2014

Author(s):Richard Heede

Publisher:Climate Mitigation Services

This article seeks to account for historic carbon and methane emissions between 1854 and 2010 in the fossil fuel and cement industries worldwide. Read More →

Detection and Attribution of Observed Impacts

Published:January 2014

Author(s):Wolfgang Cramer, Gary W. Yohe, Maximilian Auffhammer, Christian Huggel, Ulf Molau, Maria Assunção Faus da Silva Dias, Andrew Solow, Dáithí A. Stone, Lourdes Tibig

Publisher:Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability

This chapter synthesizes the scientific literature on the detection and attribution of observed changes in natural and human systems in response to observed recent climate change.Read More →

Tracing Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide and Methane Emissions to Fossil Fuel and Cement Producers, 1854–2010

Published:November 2013

Author(s):Richard Heede

Publisher:SpringerLink

This article describes the historic carbon dioxide and methane emissions from global fossil fuel and cement producers, and seeks to consider these emissions' possible relevance to public policy. Read More →

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