[HTML][HTML] Yield gaps in oil palm: A quantitative review of contributing factors

LS Woittiez, MT Van Wijk, M Slingerland… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Oil palm, currently the world's main vegetable oil crop, is characterised by a large
productivity and a long life span (≥ 25 years). Peak oil yields of 12 t ha− 1 yr− 1 have been …

Ecological impacts of global warming and water abstraction on lakes and reservoirs due to changes in water level and related changes in salinity

E Jeppesen, S Brucet, L Naselli-Flores… - Hydrobiologia, 2015 - Springer
Abstract According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report released in
September 2014, unprecedented changes in temperature and precipitation patterns have …

Flood risk and climate change: global and regional perspectives

ZW Kundzewicz, S Kanae, SI Seneviratne… - Hydrological …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
A holistic perspective on changing rainfall-driven flood risk is provided for the late 20th and
early 21st centuries. Economic losses from floods have greatly increased, principally driven …

Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment

S Seneviratne, N Nicholls, D Easterling… - 2012 - academiccommons.columbia.edu
An extreme (weather or climate) event is generally defined as the occurrence of a value of a
weather or climate variable above (or below) a threshold value near the upper (or lower) …

Near-term climate change: projections and predictability

B Kirtman, SB Power, AJ Adedoyin, GJ Boer, R Bojariu… - 2013 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
This chapter assesses the scientific literature describing expectations for near-term climate
(present through mid-century). Unless otherwise stated," near-term" change and the …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of climate change over South America under RCP 4.5 and 8.5 downscaling scenarios

SC Chou, A Lyra, C Mourão, C Dereczynski… - American Journal of …, 2014 - scirp.org
Four sets of downscaling simulations based on the Eta Regional Climate Model forced by
two global climate models, the HadGEM2-ES and the MIROC5, and two RCP scenarios …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale control on the Patagonian climate

R Garreaud, P Lopez, M Minvielle… - Journal of Climate, 2013 - journals.ametsoc.org
Large-Scale Control on the Patagonian Climate in: Journal of Climate Volume 26 Issue 1 (2013)
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Air quality in the megacity of São Paulo: Evolution over the last 30 years and future perspectives

M de Fatima Andrade, P Kumar, ED de Freitas… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present a comprehensive review of published results from the last 30 years regarding
the sources and atmospheric characteristics of particles and ozone in the Metropolitan Area …

Regional differences in aridity/drought conditions over Northeast Brazil: present state and future projections

JA Marengo, M Bernasconi - Climatic Change, 2015 - Springer
The focus of this study is to investigate the risk of aridification in the semiarid lands of
Northeast Brazil, using a variety of observational information and climate change projections …

Changes in extreme temperature and precipitation events in the Loess Plateau (China) during 1960–2013 under global warming

W Sun, X Mu, X Song, D Wu, A Cheng, B Qiu - Atmospheric Research, 2016 - Elsevier
In recent decades, extreme climatic events have been a major issue worldwide. Regional
assessments on various climates and geographic regions are needed for understanding …