Peer-reviewed Study Archives - Page 27 of 51

Sex-specific ornament evolution is a consistent feature of climatic adaptation across space and time in dragonflies

Published:July 2021

Author(s):Michael P. Moore, Kaitlyn Hersch, Chanont Sricharoen, Sarah Lee, Caitlin Reice, Paul Rice, Sophie Kronick, Kim A. Medley, and Kasey D. Fowler-Finn.

Publisher:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Dragonflies consistently adapt to warmer climates across space and time by evolving less male melanin ornamentation—a mating-related trait that also absorbs solar radiation and heats individuals above ambient temperatures.Read More →

Anthropogenic influence on extreme precipitation over global land areas seen in multiple observational datasets

Published:July 2021

Author(s):Gavin D. Madakumbura, Chad W. Thackeray, Jesse Norris, Naomi Goldenson & Alex Hall

Publisher:Nature Communications

Climate change is rendering hurricanes, monsoons and other extreme events more destructive all over the world. Read More →

Attribution of the Role of Climate Change in the Forest Fires in Sweden 2018

Published:July 2021

Author(s):Folmer Krikken, Flavio Lehner, Karsten Haustein, Igor Drobyshev, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh

Publisher:Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union

This study investigates the impact of climate change on forest fires in Sweden during the summer of 2018. The findings suggest a moderate increase in fire weather probability with a more robust increase projected under future warming scenarios.Read More →

Filling the evidentiary gap in climate litigation

Published:June 2021

Author(s):Rupert F. Stuart-Smith, Friederike E. L. Otto, Aisha I. Saad, Gaia Lisi, Petra Minnerop, Kristian Cedervall Lauta, Kristin van Zwieten & Thom Wetzer

Publisher:Nature Climate Change

The evidence submitted and referenced in climate mitigation cases lags considerably behind the state of the art in climate science, impeding causation claims.Read More →

High ambient temperature and child emergency and hospital visits in New York City

Published:June 2021

Author(s):Li Niu, Maria Teresa Herrera, Blean Girma, Bian Liu, Leah Schinasi, Jane E. Clougherty, Perry E. Sheffield

Publisher:Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

This study assesses the differing associations between high ambient temperatures and risk of emergency department visits and hospitalizations among children by age group in New York City.Read More →

The impacts of changing climate and streamflow on nutrient speciation in a large Prairie reservoir

Published:June 2021

Author(s):E. Akomeah, L.A. Morales-Marın, M. Carr, A. Sadeghian, K.E. Lindenschmidt

Publisher:Elsevier

In this study, the impact of climate change on nutrient speciation in Lake Diefenbaker is examined using loosely linked SpAtially Referenced Regression On Watershed attributes (SPARROW) and CE-QUAL-W2 models. Read More →

Extent and Causes of Chesapeake Bay Warming

Published:June 2021

Author(s):Kyle E. Hinson, Marjorie A.M. Friedrichs, Pierre St-Laurent, Fei Da, Raymond G. Najjar

Publisher:Journal of the American Water Resources Association

This study quantifies Chesapeake Bay warming and its causes since 1985.Read More →

The burden of heat-related mortality attributable to recent human-induced climate change

Published:May 2021

Author(s):A. M. Vicedo-Cabrera, N. Scovronick, A. Gasparrini

Publisher:Nature Climate Change

Thirty-seven percent of warm-season heat-related deaths can be attributed to anthropogenic climate change and increased mortality is evident on every continent.Read More →

Rhetoric and frame analysis of ExxonMobil’s climate change communications

Published:May 2021

Author(s):Geoffrey Supran; Naomi Oreskes

Publisher:One Earth

ExxonMobil shapes public discourse on climate change using patterns that mimic the tobacco industry's documented strategy of shifting responsibility away from corporations.Read More →

Cloudiness reduces the bleaching response of coral reefs exposed to heat stress

Published:May 2021

Author(s):Pedro C. Gonzalez‐Espinosa, Simon D. Donner

Publisher:Wiley

This study analyzes the impacts of temperature and cloudiness on coral bleaching. Read More →