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Increased outburst flood hazard from Lake Palcacocha due to human-induced glacier retreat

Published:February 2021

Author(s):R. F. Stuart-Smith, G. H. Roe, S. Li & M. R. Allen

Publisher:Nature Geoscience

The retreat of Palcaraju glacier cannot be explained by natural variability alone, as human-induced warming equals between 85 and 105% (5–95% confidence interval) of the observed 1 °C warming in this region.Read More →

WMO Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970–2019)

Published:January 2021

Author(s):World Meteorological Organization

Publisher:World Meteorological Organization

An overview of impacts from weather, climate, and water extremes globally from 1970 to 2019, with a section on climate change attribution.Read More →

LEGAL RESOURCE – Supporting Technical Report of Dr. Carlos Afonso Nobre – Institute of Amazonian Studies v. Brazil

Published:September 2020

Author(s):Carlos Afonso Nobre

Publisher:Legal Document - Institute of Amazonian Studies v. Brazil

This Expert Report filed by plaintiffs in a Brazilian Federal District Court assesses the impact of Amazon deforestation on global climate change, and on climate change impacts in Brazil.Read More →

Climate change causes upslope shifts and mountaintop extirpations in a tropical bird community

Published:November 2018

Author(s):Benjamin G. Freeman, Micah N. Scholer, Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez, John W. Fitzpatrick

Publisher:PNAS

This study suggests that high-elevation species in the tropics are particularly vulnerable to climate change. The study shows that recent warming does indeed act as an escalator to extinction for birds that live on a remote Peruvian mountain.Read More →

A Multimethod Attribution Analysis of the Prolonged Northeast Brazil Hydrometeorological Drought (2012–16)

Published:January 2018

Author(s):Eduardo S. P. R. Martins, Caio A. S. Coelho, Rein Haarsma, Friederike E. L. Otto, Andrew D. King, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Sarah Kew, Sjoukje Philip, Francisco C. Vasconcelos Júnior, Heidi Cullen

Publisher:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Northeast Brazil experienced profound water shortages in 2016 due to a five-year drought. Using multiple methods, the article could not find sufficient evidence that anthropogenic climate change increased drought risk.Read More →

Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural and Natural Ecosystems

Published:June 2009

Author(s):Marco Bindi, Giada Brandani, Camilla Dibari, Alessandro Dessì, Roberto Ferrise, Marco Moriondo, Giacomo Trombi

Publisher:Firenze University Press

This work focuses on the impacts of climate change on agricultural and natural ecosystems in the context of South America. It highlights changes in climatic parameters and their subsequent effects on various ecosystems.Read More →