Regional dry-season climate changes due to three decades of Amazonian deforestation
Region and period of investigation.
The study is performed over the deforested regions of the Brazilian state of Rondônia, which lie between 65° W, 60°...
Long-term warming amplifies shifts in the carbon cycle of experimental ponds
Respiration and methanogenesis respond more strongly to temperature change than photosynthesis6, 7, 8, 9. Consequently, warming has been shown to increase CO2 and CH4...
Species’ traits influenced their response to recent climate change
Using ISI Web of Knowledge we conducted a systematic literature search of all relevant articles—published between 1990 and 2015—that reported an observed change in...
COP21 climate negotiators’ responses to climate model forecasts
We conducted a framed field experiment23 at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP21, held in Paris. We recruited 217 participants, representing more...
Communication: Influencing policymakers
Climate change policy needs to be based on rational thinking and scientific data. However, this can be a challenge because most policymakers are not...
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