Increasing frequency of extremely severe cyclonic storms over the Arabian Sea

1. Tropical Cyclone Operational Plan for the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea WMO/TD-84 (WMO, 2015); www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/tcp/documents/TCP-21Edition2015_final.pdf 2. Kruk, M. C. Tropical cyclones, North Indian Ocean. Bull. Amer. Meteorol....

Measuring progress from nationally determined contributions to mid-century strategies

1. Adoption of the Paris Agreement FCCC/CP/2015/L.9/Rev.1(UNFCCC, 2015). 2. Communication of Long-Term Strategies (UNFCCC, 2016); http://unfccc.int/focus/long-term_strategies/items/9971.php 3. INDCs as Communicated by Parties (UNFCCC, 2015); http://www4.unfccc.int/submissions/indc/Submission%20Pages/submissions.aspx 4. Iyer, G. et al. GCAM-USA Analysis of US Electric...

Warming alters energetic structure and function but not resilience of soil food webs

1. Yvon-Durocher, G., Montoya, J. M., Trimmer, M. & Woodward, G. Warming alters the size spectrum and shifts the distribution of biomass in freshwater ecosystems....

Effectiveness of state climate and energy policies in reducing power-sector CO2 emissions

1. Friedrich, J. and T. Damassa. The History of Carbon Dioxide Emissions (World Resources Institute, last modified 21 May 2014, accessed 5 April 2017); http://www.wri.org/blog/2014/05/history-carbon-dioxide-emissions 2. Sources...

Marsh vulnerability to sea-level rise

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Spreading like wildfire

The 2017 wildfire season has seen unusually high fire levels in many parts of the world, with extensive and severe fires occurring in Chile,...

Assigning historic responsibility for extreme weather events

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Media coverage: Portraying indigenous peoples

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Towards process-informed bias correction of climate change simulations

1. Hewitson, B. C., Daron, J., Crane, R. G., Zermoglio, M. F. & Jack, C. Interrogating empirical-statistical downscaling. Climatic Change 122, 539–554 (2014). 2. Adams, P. et...

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