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The High Latitude Marine Heat Wave of 2016 and Its Impacts on Alaska

March 2018
John E. Walsh, Richard L. Thoman, Uma S. Bhatt, Peter A. Bieniek, Brian Brettschneider, Michael Brubaker, Seth Danielson, Rick Lader, Florence Fetterer, Kris Holderied Katrin Iken, Andy Mahoney, Molly McCammon, James Partain
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS)
This article describes how the 2016 Alaska marine heat wave was unprecedented in terms of sea surface temperatures and ocean heat content, and how CMIP5 data suggest human-induced climate change has greatly increased the risk of such anomalies.Read More →

CMIP5 Model-based Assessment of Anthropogenic Influence on Highly Anomalous Arctic Warmth During November–December 2016

March 2018
Jonghun Kam, Thomas R. Knutson, Fanrong Zeng, Andrew T. Wittenberg
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS)
This article presents the results from CMIP5 simulations which demonstrate that the highly anomalous Arctic warmth during November–December 2016 would most likely not have been possible without anthropogenic forcing.Read More →

Consumption-Based GHG Emissions Of C40 Cities

March 2018
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40), University of Leeds, University of New South Wales, Arup
C40 Cities
This report presents the methodology and results of a study investigating the consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions from 79 cities, carried out by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40).Read More →

Climate change, thermal niches, extinction risk and maternal‐effect rescue of toad‐headed lizards, Phrynocephalus, in thermal extremes of the Arabian Peninsula to the Qinghai—Tibetan Plateau

February 2018
Barry Sinervo, Donald B.Miles, Yayong Wu, Fausto R. Méndez-de la Cruz, Sebastián Kirchhof, Yin Qi
Integrative Zoology
This paper develops an eco-physiological model of extinction risk under climate change premised on behavioral thermoregulation. Read More →

Massive collapse of two glaciers in western Tibet in 2016 after surge-like instability

January 2018
Andreas Kääb, Silvan Leinss, Adrien Gilbert, Yves Bühler, Simon Gascoin, Stephen G. Evans, Perry Bartelt, Etienne Berthier, Fanny Brun, Wei-An Chao, Daniel Farinotti, Florent Gimbert, Wanqin Guo, Christian Huggel, Jeffrey S. Kargel, Gregory J. Leonard, Lide Tian, Désirée Treichler & Tandong Yao
Nature Geoscience
Twin collapses of two adjacent glaciers in western Tibet were caused by climate- and weather-driven external forcing.Read More →

Attribution of Extreme Rainfall from Hurricane Harvey

January 2018
Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Karin van der Wiel, Antonia Sebastian, Roop Singh, Julie Arrighi, Friederike Otto, Karsten Haustein, Sihan Li, Gabriel Vecchi, Heidi Cullen
Environmental Research Letters
This report explores Hurricane Harvey, a positive trend in the intensity of extreme precipitation, global warming, and flood protection in Houston. Read More →