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Attributing extreme fire risk in Western Canada to human emissions

July 2017
Megan C. Kirchmeier-Young, Francis W. Zwiers, Nathan P. Gillett, Alex J. Cannon
Climatic Change
This peer-reviewed article applies an event attribution framework to quantify the influence of human-created greenhouse gas emissions on extreme fire risk in the current climate of a western Canada.Read More →

The Status of Climate Change Litigation: A Global Review

May 2017
Michael Burger, Justin Gundlach
United Nations Environment Programme
This report offers a comprehensive survey of global climate change litigation, an overview of litigation trends, and descriptions of key issues that courts must resolve in the course of climate change cases. Read More →

The Bramble Cay melomys Melomys rubicola (Rodentia: Muridae): a first mammalian extinction caused by human-induced climate change?

March 2017
Natalie L. Waller, Ian C. Gynther, Alastair B. Freeman, Tyrone H. Lavery and Luke K.-P. Leung
Wildlife Research
This study aimed to confirm the current conservation status of the species, to seek information about the key factor or factors responsible for the population decline and to recover any remaining individuals for a captive insurance population.Read More →

Influence of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Planetary Wave Resonance and Extreme Weather Events

March 2017
Michael E. Mann, Stefan Rahmstorf, Kai Kornhuber, Byron A. Steinman, Sonya K. Miller, Dim Coumou
Scientific Reports
This study uses climate models and observational surface temperature datasets to demonstrate an increase in the projection for a fingerprint in the zonal mean surface temperature profile that is associated with QRA-favorable conditions. Read More →