Climate extremes and compound hazards in a warming world

A AghaKouchak, F Chiang, LS Huning… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Climate extremes threaten human health, economic stability, and the well-being of natural
and built environments (eg, 2003 European heat wave). As the world continues to warm …

Broad threat to humanity from cumulative climate hazards intensified by greenhouse gas emissions

C Mora, D Spirandelli, EC Franklin, J Lynham… - Nature climate …, 2018 - nature.com
The ongoing emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) is triggering changes in many climate
hazards that can impact humanity. We found traceable evidence for 467 pathways by which …

The GFDL Earth System Model version 4.1 (GFDL‐ESM 4.1): Overall coupled model description and simulation characteristics

JP Dunne, LW Horowitz, AJ Adcroft… - Journal of Advances …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We describe the baseline coupled model configuration and simulation characteristics of
GFDL's Earth System Model Version 4.1 (ESM4. 1), which builds on component and coupled …

Many risky feedback loops amplify the need for climate action

WJ Ripple, C Wolf, TM Lenton, JW Gregg, SM Natali… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Many feedback loops significantly increase warming due to greenhouse gas emissions.
However, not all of these feedbacks are fully accounted for in climate models. Thus …

[HTML][HTML] The MERRA-2 aerosol reanalysis, 1980 onward. Part I: System description and data assimilation evaluation

CA Randles, AM Da Silva, V Buchard… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 Onward. Part I: System Description and Data
Assimilation Evaluation in: Journal of Climate Volume 30 Issue 17 (2017) Jump to Content …

Dryland climate change: Recent progress and challenges

J Huang, Y Li, C Fu, F Chen, Q Fu, A Dai… - Reviews of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Drylands are home to more than 38% of the world's population and are one of the most
sensitive areas to climate change and human activities. This review describes recent …

A trans-oceanic flight of over 4,200 km by painted lady butterflies

T Suchan, CP Bataille, MS Reich… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The extent of aerial flows of insects circulating around the planet and their impact on
ecosystems and biogeography remain enigmatic because of methodological challenges …

[HTML][HTML] The MERRA-2 aerosol reanalysis, 1980 onward. Part II: Evaluation and case studies

V Buchard, CA Randles, AM Da Silva… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 Onward. Part II: Evaluation and Case Studies in:
Journal of Climate Volume 30 Issue 17 (2017) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation …

Mineral dust aerosol impacts on global climate and climate change

JF Kok, T Storelvmo, VA Karydis, AA Adebiyi… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Mineral dust aerosols impact the energy budget of Earth through interactions with radiation,
clouds, atmospheric chemistry, the cryosphere and biogeochemistry. In this Review, we …

Small islands

LA Nurse, RF McLean, J Agard, LP Briguglio… - Climate change 2014 …, 2014 - hal.science
Current and future climate-related drivers of risk for small islands during the 21st century
include sea level rise (SLR), tropical and extratropical cyclones, increasing air and sea …