Conservation implications of ecological responses to extreme weather and climate events

SL Maxwell, N Butt, M Maron… - Diversity and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Many conservation efforts now focus on mitigating biodiversity loss due to climate
change. While a focus on impacts from mean, long‐term changes in climate is warranted …

Compound climate extremes in China: Trends, causes, and projections

Y Yu, Q You, Z Zuo, Y Zhang, Z Cai, W Li, Z Jiang… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Human society and ecosystems are impacted by climate extremes more than by climate
averages. In contrast with climate extremes that are driven by individual climatic variables …

Approaches to defining deltaic sustainability in the 21st century

JW Day, J Agboola, Z Chen, C D'Elia, DL Forbes… - Estuarine, coastal and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Deltas are among the most productive and economically important of global ecosystems but
unfortunately they are also among the most threatened by human activities. Here we discuss …

Meaningful climate science

TG Shepherd, EA Lloyd - Climatic Change, 2021 - Springer
Within the climate science community, useable climate science has been understood as
quantitative, usually as a best estimate together with a quantified uncertainty. Physical …

Ice-dominated Arctic deltas

I Overeem, JH Nienhuis, A Piliouras - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Arctic deltas form the critical interface between the Arctic landscape and the ocean. They
filter freshwater, sediment, carbon and biochemical fluxes from approximately 14 million km2 …

Environmental catastrophes, climate change, and attribution

EA Lloyd, TG Shepherd - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In our discussion of environmental and ecological catastrophes or disasters resulting from
extreme weather events, we unite disparate literatures, the biological and the physical. Our …

Arctic climate warming and sea ice declines lead to increased storm surge activity

JC Vermaire, MFJ Pisaric, JR Thienpont… - Geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The combined effects of climate warming (ie, increased storminess, reduced sea ice extent,
and rising sea levels) make low‐lying Arctic coastal regions particularly susceptible to storm …

Archaeological site vulnerability modelling: the influence of high impact storm events on models of shoreline erosion in the western Canadian Arctic

MJE O'Rourke - Open Archaeology, 2017 - degruyter.com
Much of the Inuvialuit archaeological record is situated along shorelines of the western
Canadian Arctic. These coastal sites are at substantial risk of damage due to a number of …

The effect of changing sea ice on nearshore wave climate trends along Alaska's central Beaufort Sea coast

K Nederhoff, L Erikson, A Engelstad… - The Cryosphere …, 2021 - tc.copernicus.org
Diminishing sea ice is impacting the wave field across the Arctic region. Recent observation
and model-based studies highlight the spatiotemporal influence of sea ice on offshore wave …

Observed trends and climate projections affecting marine ecosystems in the Canadian Arctic

N Steiner, K Azetsu-Scott, J Hamilton… - Environmental …, 2015 - cdnsciencepub.com
Past trends and future projections of key atmospheric, oceanic, sea ice, and biogeochemical
variables were assessed to increase our understanding of climate change impacts on …