Towards scenario representation of adaptive capacity for global climate change assessments

M Andrijevic, CF Schleussner… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Climate change adaptation needs, as well as the capacity to adapt, are unequally distributed
around the world. Global models that assess the impacts of climate change and policy …

Social-ecological outcomes of agricultural intensification

LV Rasmussen, B Coolsaet, A Martin, O Mertz… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Land-use intensification in agrarian landscapes is seen as a key strategy to simultaneously
feed humanity and use ecosystems sustainably, but the conditions that support positive …

Future socio-ecosystem productivity threatened by compound drought–heatwave events

J Yin, P Gentine, L Slater, L Gu, Y Pokhrel… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Compound drought–heatwave (CDHW) events are one of the worst climatic stressors for
global sustainable development. However, the physical mechanisms behind CDHWs and …

Global 1 km× 1 km gridded revised real gross domestic product and electricity consumption during 1992–2019 based on calibrated nighttime light data

J Chen, M Gao, S Cheng, W Hou, M Song, X Liu, Y Liu - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
As fundamental data, gross domestic product (GDP) and electricity consumption can be
used to effectively evaluate economic status and living standards of residents. Some …

[HTML][HTML] Projections of global-scale extreme sea levels and resulting episodic coastal flooding over the 21st Century

E Kirezci, IR Young, R Ranasinghe, S Muis… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Global models of tide, storm surge, and wave setup are used to obtain projections of
episodic coastal flooding over the coming century. The models are extensively validated …

Importance and vulnerability of the world's water towers

WW Immerzeel, AF Lutz, M Andrade, A Bahl… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Mountains are the water towers of the world, supplying a substantial part of both natural and
anthropogenic water demands,. They are highly sensitive and prone to climate change,, yet …

Future of the human climate niche

C Xu, TA Kohler, TM Lenton… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
All species have an environmental niche, and despite technological advances, humans are
unlikely to be an exception. Here, we demonstrate that for millennia, human populations …

An optimal parameters-based geographical detector model enhances geographic characteristics of explanatory variables for spatial heterogeneity analysis: Cases …

Y Song, J Wang, Y Ge, C Xu - GIScience & Remote Sensing, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Spatial heterogeneity represents a general characteristic of the inequitable distributions of
spatial issues. The spatial stratified heterogeneity analysis investigates the heterogeneity …

Evaluating trends, profits, and risks of global cities in recent urban expansion for advancing sustainable development

C Zhong, H Guo, I Swan, P Gao, Q Yao, H Li - Habitat International, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent decades, the world has witnessed a remarkable surge in urban expansion, leading
to profound consequences for the global climate, biodiversity, and ecological environment …

[HTML][HTML] Observed inequality in urban greenspace exposure in China

Y Song, B Chen, HC Ho, MP Kwan, D Liu… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Given the important role of green environments playing in healthy cities, the inequality in
urban greenspace exposure has aroused growing attentions. However, few comparative …