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Even Heavier Weather

December 2018
Richard Black
Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit
This report shows that in 2018, scientists published at least 43 research papers looking at links between climate change and extreme weather events, of which 32 found that climate change made the events more likely or more intense.Read More →

The role of aerosols and greenhouse gases in Sahel drought and recovery

December 2018
Alessandra Giannini and Alexey Kaplan
Climatic Change/Springer
This is only one of a variety of peer-reviewed articles that expand on the role of aerosols and greenhouse gases in late 20th century Sahel drought. It makes a case for attribution by linking human emissions to the changes in sea surface temperaturesRead More →

Climate change induced eutrophication of cold-water lake in an ecologically fragile nature reserve

November 2018
Xiaotian Lu, Yonglong Lu, Deliang Chen, Chao Su, Shuai Song, Tieyu Wang, Hanqin Tian, Ruoyu Liang, Meng Zhang, Kifayatullah Khan
Journal of Environmental Sciences
This peer-reviewed study examines the extent to which the eutrophication of Tianchi Lake can be attributed to climate change. Climate change is determined to have played a significant role, suggesting similar impacts on other lakes and ponds.Read More →

California Wildfires: New Records Set by 2018 Fires

November 2018
Luis Gomez
The San Diego Union Tribune
This article describes the devastating effects of the California fires in fall 2018. At the time of publishing, the fires had burned 210,603 acres of land, destroyed 7,072 homes and structures, and led to the evacuation of 265,000 individuals.Read More →

Fourth National Climate Assessment

November 2018
David Reidmiller, Christopher W. Avery, Daniel Barrie, Apurva Dave, Benjamin DeAngelo, Matthew Dzaugis, Michael Kolian, Kristin Lewis, Katie Reeves, Darrell Winner, David R. Easterling, David W. Fahey, Sarah Doherty, James P. Kossin, William V. Sweet, Russell S. Vose, Michael F. Wehner, Donald J. Wuebbles, Thomas Johnson, Peter Colohan, Amir AghaKouchak, Sankar Arumugam, Casey Brown, Gregory McCabe, Roger Pulwarty, Craig D. Zamuda, Daniel E. Bilello, Guenter Conzelmann, Ellen Mecray, Ann Satsangi, Vincent Tidwell, Brian J. Walker, Thomas Loveland, James Wickham, Grant Domke, Nate Herold, Nathan Wood, James M. Vose, David L. Peterson, Grant M. Domke, Christopher J. Fettig, Linda A. Joyce, Robert E. Keane, Charles H. Luce, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Shawn Carter, Jay Peterson, Lisa Crozier, Michael Fogarty, Sarah Gaichas, Kimberly J. W. Hyde, Toni Lyn Morelli, Jeffrey Morisette, Hassan Moustahfid, Roldan Muñoz, Rajendra Poudel, Michelle D. Staudinger, Charles Stock, Laura Thompson, Robin Waples, Jake F. Weltzin, Je
U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)
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 →