Peer-reviewed Study Archives - Page 17 of 51

Compound flood hazard at Lake Como, Italy, is driven by temporal clustering of rainfall events

Published:October 2022

Author(s):Fabiola Banfi, Carlo De Michele

Publisher:Nature Communications Earth & Environment

This peer-reviewed study analyzes data on lake floods at Lake Como in Northern Italy, identifying the effect of temporal clustering of rainfall on lake flooding. This study contributes to an understanding of compound climate-based events.Read More →

Impact of recent climate change on corn, rice, and wheat in southeastern USA

Published:October 2022

Author(s):Ramandeep Kumar Sharma, Sunny Kumar, Kamal Vatta, Raju Bheemanahalli, Jagmandeep Dhillon, Krishna N. Reddy

Publisher:Nature Scientific Reports

This peer-reviewed study computes the effects of climactic variables, including daily maximum and minimum temperatures and rainfall, on the yield of corn, rice, and wheat in the southeastern U.S.Read More →

Climate-driven decoupling of wetland and upland biomass trends on the mid-Atlantic coast

Published:October 2022

Author(s):Yaping Chen, Matthew L. Kirwan

Publisher:Nature Geoscience

This peer-reviewed study uses 36 years of satellite observations to understand the impact of climate change and sea-level rise on the role that coastal ecosystems play as a global carbon sink.Read More →

Accelerated Transition Between Dry and Wet Periods in a Warming Climate

Published:October 2022

Author(s):Huijiao Chen, Shuo Wang

Publisher:Geophysical Research Letters

Peer-reviewed study concludes that, as global warming intensifies, approximately 59% of global land area is expected to experience a shorter transition time between dry and wet periods, in so-called "climate whiplash."Read More →

Economic impacts of melting of the Antarctic Ice Sheet

Published:October 2022

Author(s):Simon Dietz, Felix Koninx

Publisher:Nature Communications

This peer-reviewed study couples models of arctic ice sheet melting due to rising temperatures, sea level rise (SLR), and economic impacts of SLR to estimate the economic impact of arctic melting.Read More →

Increasing western wildfire impacts on snowpack in the western U.S.

Published:September 2022

Author(s):Stephanie Kampf, Daniel McGrath, Megan Sears, Steven Fassnacht, Leonie Kiewiet, and John Hammond

Publisher:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

This peer-reviewed study uses satellite mapping of snow pack in the western United States and government wildfire area datasets to show that wildfires are decreasing snow pack and shifting towards areas with late snow melt.Read More →

Climate Change Alters Aging Patterns of Reservoir Aquatic Habitats

Published:September 2022

Author(s):Leandro E. Miranda, Nicky M. Faucheux

Publisher:Climatic Change

This study assesses the likely impact of projected temperature and precipitation changes on freshwater reservoir habitats in the continental United States.Read More →

Impact of Climate Change on Productivity of Food Crops: A Sub-National Level Assessment for India

Published:September 2022

Author(s):C A Rama Rao, B M K Raju, Samuel Josily, A V M S Rao, R Nagarjuna Kumar, M Srinivasa Rao, N Swapna, G Samba Siva, Y L Meghana, M Prabhakar, V K Singh

Publisher:Environmental Research Communications

Impact assessment of climate change on food crops in India. Study projects that crop yields will decrease across most of India over the 21st century due to climate change.Read More →

Extreme Heat in New Zealand: A Synthesis

Published:September 2022

Author(s):Luke J. Harrington, David Frame

Publisher:Climatic Change

Report assessing the impacts of climate change on extreme heat in New Zealand's microclimates.Read More →

Recent Climate Change Has Driven Divergent Hydrological Shifts in High-Latitude Peatlands

Published:August 2022

Author(s):Hui Zhang, Minna Väliranta, Graeme T. Swindles, Marco A. Aquino-López, Donal Mullan, Ning Tan, Matthew Amesbury, Kirill V. Babeshko, Kunshan Bao, Anatoly Bobrov, Viktor Chernyshov, Marissa A. Davies, Andrei-Cosmin Diaconu, Angelica Feurdean, Sarah A. Finkelstein, Michelle Garneau, Zhengtang Guo, Miriam C. Jones, Martin Kay, Eric S. Klein, Mariusz Lamentowicz, Gabriel Magnan, Katarzyna Marcisz, Natalia Mazei, Yuri Mazei, Richard Payne, Nicolas Pelletier, Sanna R. Piilo, Steve Pratte, Thomas Roland, Damir Saldaev, William Shotyk, Thomas G. Sim, Thomas J. Sloan, Michał Słowiński, Julie Talbot, Liam Taylor, Andrey N. Tsyganov, Sebastian Wetterich, Wei Xing, Yan Zhao

Publisher:Nature Communications

This article analyzes historical changes to high-latitude peatlands, which store one third of the global soil carbon.Read More →