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Physical Understanding of Human-Induced Changes in U.S. Hot Droughts Using Equilibrium Climate Simulations

Published:July 2019

Author(s):Linyin Cheng, Martin Hoerling, Zhiyong Liu, Jon Eischeid

Publisher:Journal of Climate

Summertime drought–heat-wave relationships have changed significantly over the southern and southwestern United States because of anthropogenic climate change since the late nineteenth century.Read More →

Observed Impacts of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Wildfire in California

Published:July 2019

Author(s):A. Park Williams, John T. Abatzoglou, Alexander Gershunov, Janin Guzman‐Morales, Daniel A. Bishop, Jennifer K. Balch, Dennis P. Lettenmaier

Publisher:Earth's Future

This report highlights how anthropogenic climate change has influenced wildfires in California. Read More →

Climate Change and Poverty – Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

Published:June 2019

Author(s):Human Rights Council

This report focuses on the impact of climate change on human rights and especially the rights of people living in or near poverty; the response so far by the human rights community and its reluctance to engage robustly with climate change.Read More →

Acceleration of ice loss across the Himalayas over the past 40 years

Published:June 2019

Author(s):J. M. Maurer, J. M. Schaefer, S. Rupper, and A. Corley

Publisher:Science Advances

Ice loss across the Himalayas is explained by climate forcing as a dominant drivers of glacier change.Read More →

Concurrent 2018 Hot Extremes Across Northern Hemisphere Due to Human‐Induced Climate Change

Published:June 2019

Author(s):M. M. Vogel, J. Zscheischler, R. Wartenburger, D. Dee, S. I. Seneviratne

Publisher:AGU

Results show the 2018 north hemispheric concurrent heat events were influenced by anthropogenic warming and further reveal that the average high-exposure area to concurrent warm and hot spells in the Northern Hemisphere will increase with warming.Read More →

Twentieth-Century Hydroclimate Changes Consistent with Human Influence

Published:May 2019

Author(s):Kate Marvel, Benjamin I. Cook, Céline J. W. Bonfils, Paul J. Durack, Jason E. Smerdon, A. Park Williams

Publisher:Nature

This study reconstructs the Palmer drought severity index obtained with data from tree rings, demonstrating that human activities were probably affecting the worldwide risk of droughts as early as the beginning of the twentieth century. Read More →

Anthropogenic climate change and heat effects on health

Published:April 2019

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

Publisher:Royal Meteorology Society

Two new indices are introduced here that measure the effect of anthropogenic climate change on the intensity and frequency of health‐relevant heat extremes.Read More →

The impact of tourism developments on CO2 emissions: An advanced panel data estimation

Published:April 2019

Author(s):Emrah Koçak, Recep Ulucak, Zübeyde Şentürk Ulucak

Publisher:Elsevier

This article examines the impact of tourism developments on CO2 emissions in the most visited countries is from 1995 to 2014.Read More →

Oily Politics: A Critical Assessment of the Oil and Gas Industry’s Contribution to Climate Change

Published:April 2019

Author(s):Marco Grasso

Publisher:Energy Research & Social Science

The article investigates the role the oil and gas industry has played in climate change.Read More →

Attaching a Price to Greenhouse Gas Emissions with a Carbon Tax or Emissions Fee: Considerations and Potential Impacts

Published:March 2019

Author(s):Jonathan L. Ramseur, Jane A. Leggett

Publisher:Congressional Research Service

This article focuses on the policy considerations and potential impacts of using a carbon tax or greenhouse gas emissions fee to control greenhouse gas emissions.Read More →

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