Climate Attribution

Growth in emission transfers via international trade from 1990 to 2008

May 2011
Glen P. Peters, Jan C. Minx, Christopher L. Weber, and Ottmar Edenhofer
PNAS
This study explores the growth in emission transfers via international trade and suggests that countries monitor emission transfers via international trade, in addition to territorial emissions, to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions. Read More →

Climate Trends and Global Crop Production Since 1980

May 2011
David B. Lobell, Wolfram Schlenker, Justin Costa-Roberts
Sciencexpress
This study highlights that that in the cropping regions and growing seasons of most countries, with the important exception of the United States, temperature trends for 1980-2008 exceeded one standard deviation of historic year-to-year variability.Read More →

The Supply Chain of CO2 Emissions

January 2011
Steven Joseph Davis, Glen P. Peters, Ken Caldeira
PNAS
This study presents a consistent set of carbon inventories that spans the full supply chain of global CO2 emissions and reveals vulnerabilities and benefits related to current patterns of energy use relevant to climate and energy policy. Read More →

Specific Climate Impact of Passenger and Freight Transport

July 2010
Jens Borken-Kleefeld, Terje Berntsen, and Jan Fuglestvedt
Environmental Science and Technology
This peer-reviewed study uses global climate models to determine the net climate impact of various modes of transportation. Climate impact of transportation can vary over time because of competing cooling and warming effects. Read More →

Detection and attribution of climate change: a regional perspective

March 2010
Peter A. Stott, Nathan P. Gillett, Gabriele C. Hegerl, David J. Karoly, Dáithí A. Stone, Xuebin Zhang, Francis Zwiers
Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews evidence of anthropogenic forcings from a regional perspective to reflect a growing interest in understanding the regional effects of climate change, which can differ markedly across the globe.Read More →

Incorporating Model Quality Information in Climate Change Detection and Attribution Studies

August 2009
B. D. Santer, K. E. Taylor, P. J. Gleckler, C. Bonfils, T. P. Barnett, D. W. Pierce, T. M. L. Wigley, C. Mears, F. J. Wentz, W. Brüggemann, N. P. Gillett, S. A. Klein, S. Solomon, P. A. Stott, M. F. Wehner
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
This study examines whether water vapor detection and attribution results are sensitive to the quality of climate models, finding that estimates of an anthropogenic water vapor fingerprint are insensitive to current model uncertainties.Read More →

Climate Change and Human Health

June 2009
George Luber, PhD, and Natasha Prudent, MPH
Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association
Increased global temperatures and extreme weather events have led to human health problems. This paper stresses the need for public health strategies that incorporate climate mitigation efforts to manage the impacts of climate change effectively. Read More →

Non‐annular atmospheric circulation change induced by stratospheric ozone depletion and its role in the recent increase of Antarctic sea ice extent

April 2009
John Turner, Josefino C. Comiso, Gareth J. Marshall, Tom A. Lachlan‐Cope, Tom Bracegirdle, Ted Maksym, Michael P. Meredith, Zhaomin Wang, Andrew Orr
Geophysical Research Letters
This study demonstrates that the annual mean extent of Antarctic sea ice has increased at a statistically significant rate since the late 1970s.Read More →