Emergent biogeochemical risks from Arctic permafrost degradation
This review article identifies potential hazards currently frozen in Arctic permafrost.Read More →
Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States
This reports measures the ways in which socially vulnerable populations may be disproportionately exposed to the highest impacts of climate change.Read More →
Severe Continental-Scale Impacts of Climate Change Are Happening Now: Extreme Climate Events Impact Marine Habitat Forming Communities Along 45% of Australia’s Coast
This article provides an analysis of the impacts of climate events on marine habitats.Read More →
Recent increase in catastrophic tropical cyclone flooding in coastal North Carolina, USA: Long-term observations suggest a regime shift
Examination of continuous rainfall records for coastal NC since 1898 reveals a trend toward increasingly high precipitation associated with tropical cyclones over the last 120 yearsRead More →
Fourth National Climate Assessment
This report analyzes the effects of global change on the natural environment, examines current trends in global change, and projects major trends for the subsequent 25 to 100 years. Read More →
Holding Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable for their Contribution to Climate Change: Where Does the Law Stand?
This article analyzes a San Francisco case that explores the question of whether and to what extent it is possible to legally attribute harmful impacts associated with climate change to specific actors or conduct.
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2017 Hurricane Season Was Most Expensive in U.S. History
This article highlights the economic impacts of the United States' 2017 hurricane season. Read More →
In Tide’s Way: Southeast Florida’s September 2015 Sunny-day Flood
The probability of a 0.57-m tidal flood within the Miami region has increased by >500% since 1994 from a 10.9-cm sea level rise (SLR)-related trend in monthly highest tides. Read More →
Evidence for Added Value of Convection-Permitting Models for Studying Changes in Extreme Precipitation
This study explore the added value of convection‐permitting models by comparing the response of the extreme precipitation to a wide range of SST forcings in an ensemble of regional climate model simulations using parametrized and explicit convection.Read More →
Detection and Attribution of Observed Impacts
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 →