Impact of regional climate change on human health
Abstract The World Health Organisation estimates that the warming and precipitation trends
due to anthropogenic climate change of the past 30 years already claim over 150,000 lives …
due to anthropogenic climate change of the past 30 years already claim over 150,000 lives …
Urbanization impact on regional climate and extreme weather: Current understanding, uncertainties, and future research directions
Urban environments lie at the confluence of social, cultural, and economic activities and
have unique biophysical characteristics due to continued infrastructure development that …
have unique biophysical characteristics due to continued infrastructure development that …
High-spatiotemporal-resolution map** of global urban change from 1985 to 2015
High-resolution global maps of annual urban land coverage provide fundamental
information of global environmental change and contribute to applications related to climate …
information of global environmental change and contribute to applications related to climate …
A large but transient carbon sink from urbanization and rural depopulation in China
X Zhang, M Brandt, X Tong, P Ciais, Y Yue, X ** global urban boundaries from the global artificial impervious area (GAIA) data
Urban boundaries, an essential property of cities, are widely used in many urban studies.
However, extracting urban boundaries from satellite images is still a great challenge …
However, extracting urban boundaries from satellite images is still a great challenge …
Couplings between changes in the climate system and biogeochemistry
S Menon, KL Denman, G Brasseur, A Chidthaisong… - 2007 - osti.gov
The Earth's climate is determined by a number of complex connected physical, chemical and
biological processes occurring in the atmosphere, land and ocean. The radiative properties …
biological processes occurring in the atmosphere, land and ocean. The radiative properties …
Land use/land cover change and its impact on surface urban heat island and urban thermal comfort in a metropolitan city
The increasing urban heat island intensity (UHII) is a matter of concern for the sustainable
urban planning and maintaining urban thermal comfort in the metropolitan cities of …
urban planning and maintaining urban thermal comfort in the metropolitan cities of …
Uncertainty estimates in regional and global observed temperature changes: A new data set from 1850
The historical surface temperature data set HadCRUT provides a record of surface
temperature trends and variability since 1850. A new version of this data set, HadCRUT3 …
temperature trends and variability since 1850. A new version of this data set, HadCRUT3 …