Much attention has been given to forecasting the likely effects of ongoing climate change on
biodiversity. A large and often contentious literature has developed about how changes in …

Based on climate extreme indices calculated from a high-resolution daily observational
dataset in China during 1961–2005, the performance of 12 climate models from phase 6 of …

The impacts of the changing climate on the biological world vary across latitudes, habitats
and spatial scales. By contrast, the time of day at which these changes are occurring has …

China has the largest afforested area in the world (∼ 62 million hectares in 2008), and these
forests are carbon sinks. The climatic effect of these new forests depends on how radiant …

In the latter half of the twentieth century, a significant climate phenomenon “diurnal
asymmetric warming” emerged, wherein global land surface temperatures increased more …

East Africa is one of the most vulnerable regions of Africa to extreme weather and climate
events. Regional and local information on climate extremes is critical for monitoring and …

The observed warming of the surface air temperature (SAT) over the last 50 years has not
been homogenous. There are strong differences in the temperature changes both …

Determining organismal responses to climate change is one of biology's greatest
challenges. Recent forecasts for future climates emphasize altered temperature variation …

Correlative species distribution models are frequently used to predict species' range shifts
under climate change. However, climate variables often show high collinearity and most …

The wind industry in the United States has experienced a remarkably rapid expansion of
capacity in recent years and this fast growth is expected to continue in the future,,. While …