Natural gas hydrate resources and hydrate technologies: a review and analysis of the associated energy and global warming challenges

YS Yu, X Zhang, JW Liu, Y Lee, XS Li - Energy & Environmental …, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The new scenario involving the rapid energy supply transition from oil-based to natural gas-
based undoubtedly affects the future carbon capture and storage (CCS) and offers an …

Catalytic materials for direct synthesis of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) from CO2

M Zhang, Y Xu, BL Williams, M **ao, S Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The direct synthesis of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) from CO 2 and methanol is a green
synthetic route owing to nontoxicity of starting materials and synthetic process. DMC is …

Changing state of the climate system

SK Gulev, PW Thorne, J Ahn, FJ Dentener… - 2021‏ - centaur.reading.ac.uk
2 Chapter 2 assesses observed large-scale changes in climate system drivers, key climate
indicators and 3 principal modes of variability. Chapter 3 considers model performance and …

The Zealandia Switch: Ice age climate shifts viewed from Southern Hemisphere moraines

GH Denton, AE Putnam, JL Russell, DJA Barrell… - Quaternary Science …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Two fundamental questions about the ice-age climate system await satisfactory resolution.
First, if summer solar radiation intensity truly controls the orbital signature of the last glacial …

Direct astronomical influence on abrupt climate variability

X Zhang, S Barker, G Knorr, G Lohmann… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Abstract Changes in the magnitude of millennial-scale climate variability (MCV) during the
Late Pleistocene occur as a function of changing background climate state over tens of …

Persistent orbital influence on millennial climate variability through the Pleistocene

Y Sun, JF McManus, SC Clemens, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Abundant evidence from marine, ice-core and terrestrial records demonstrates that Earth's
climate has experienced co-evolution of orbital-and millennial-scale variability through the …

Water isotopes, climate variability, and the hydrological cycle: Recent advances and new frontiers

S Dee, A Bailey, JL Conroy, A Atwood… - Environmental …, 2023‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The hydrologic cycle is a fundamental component of the climate system with critical societal
and ecological relevance. Yet gaps persist in our understanding of water fluxes and their …

Plio-Pleistocene deep-sea ventilation in the eastern Pacific and potential linkages with Northern Hemisphere glaciation

L Yi, M Medina-Elizalde, L Tan, DB Kemp, Y Li… - Science …, 2023‏ - science.org
Antarctic bottom water (AABW) production is a key factor governing global ocean circulation,
and the present disintegration of the Antarctic Ice Sheet slows it. However, its long-term …

The deglaciation of the Americas during the Last Glacial Termination

D Palacios, CR Stokes, FM Phillips, JJ Clague… - Earth-Science …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
This paper reviews current understanding of deglaciation in North, Central and South
America from the Last Glacial Maximum to the beginning of the Holocene. Together with …

High-sedimentation-rate loess records: A new window into understanding orbital-and millennial-scale monsoon variability

Y Sun, SC Clemens, F Guo, X Liu, Y Wang, Y Yan… - Earth-Science …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Chinese loess and stalagmites are two classic terrestrial archives that have been intensively
studied to reconstruct the characteristics and dynamics of orbital-and millennial-scale …