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Skeptical Science New Research for Week #35 2022

Posted on 1 September 2022 by Doug Bostrom, Marc Kodack

173 articles in 60 journals by 1101 contributing authors

Physical science of climate change, effects

Causes for the Negative Scaling of Extreme Precipitation at High Temperatures
Sun & Wang, Journal of Climate, 10.1175/jcli-d-22-0142.1

Centennial memory of the Arctic Ocean for future Arctic climate recovery in response to a carbon dioxide removal
Oh et al., Earth's Future, 10.1029/2022ef002804

Exploring the effects of climate change on the water balance of a continuously moving deep-seated landslide
Zieher et al., Natural Hazards, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s11069-022-05558-7

Observations of microphysical properties and radiative effects of contrail cirrus and natural cirrus over the North Atlantic
Wang et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.5194/acp-2022-537

The Arctic Surface Heating Efficiency of Tropospheric Energy Flux Events
Cardinale & Rose, Journal of Climate, 10.1175/jcli-d-21-0852.1

The impact of climate oscillations on the surface energy budget over the Greenland Ice Sheet in a changing climate
Silva et al., The Cryosphere, Open Access pdf 10.5194/tc-16-3375-2022

What controls the historical timeseries of shortwave fluxes in the North Atlantic?
Grosvenor & Carslaw, [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.5194/acp-2022-583

Observations of climate change, effects

A daily, 1 km resolution Greenland rainfall climatology (1958-2020) from statistical downscaling of a regional atmospheric climate model
Huai et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 10.1029/2022jd036688

A phenology- and trend-based approach for accurate mapping of sea-level driven coastal forest retreat
Chen & Kirwan, Remote Sensing of Environment, 10.1016/j.rse.2022.113229

Anthropogenic influence on extreme temperature changes over the mid-high latitudes of Asia
Jiang et al., International Journal of Climatology, 10.1002/joc.7753

Attributing heavy rainfall event in Berchtesgadener Land to recent climate change – Further rainfall intensification projected for the future
Poschlod, Weather and Climate Extremes, Open Access 10.1016/j.wace.2022.100492

Current Siberian heating is unprecedented during the past seven millennia
Hantemirov et al., Nature Communications, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41467-022-32629-x

Deciphering China’s complex pattern of summer precipitation trends
Li et al., Earth's Future, Open Access pdf 10.1029/2022ef002797

Observed influence of anthropogenic climate change on tropical cyclone heavy rainfall
Utsumi & Kim, Nature Climate Change, 10.1038/s41558-022-01344-2

Observed permafrost thawing and disappearance near the altitudinal limit of permafrost in the Qilian Mountains
Sun et al., Advances in Climate Change Research, Open Access 10.1016/j.accre.2022.08.004

Organic matter composition and greenhouse gas production of thawing subsea permafrost in the Laptev Sea
Wild et al., Nature Communications, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41467-022-32696-0

Permafrost thaw drives surface water decline across lake-rich regions of the Arctic
Webb et al., Nature Climate Change, 10.1038/s41558-022-01455-w

Robust Anthropogenic Signal Identified in the Seasonal Cycle of Tropospheric Temperature
Santer et al., Journal of Climate, 10.1175/jcli-d-21-0766.1

Spatial distribution of the trends in potential evapotranspiration and its influencing climatic factors in Iraq
Al-Hasani & Shahid Shahid, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s00704-022-04184-4

Spatiotemporal characteristics of dry-wet abrupt alternation events in China during 1960-2018
Zhao et al., International Journal of Climatology, 10.1002/joc.7850

Spatiotemporal Patterns and Evolution of Heavy Rainfall Trajectories in China
Xu et al., International Journal of Climatology, 10.1002/joc.7754

The changes in the frequency of warm nights in Asia and the new climatic norms
Kamangar & Shadman, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 10.1007/s00704-022-04183-5

West Antarctic Surface Climate Changes Since the Mid-20th Century Driven by Anthropogenic Forcing
Dalaiden et al., Geophysical Research Letters, 10.1029/2022gl099543

Instrumentation & observational methods of climate change, effects

A phenology- and trend-based approach for accurate mapping of sea-level driven coastal forest retreat
Chen & Kirwan, Remote Sensing of Environment, 10.1016/j.rse.2022.113229

A Satellite Climatology of Relative Humidity Profiles and Outgoing Thermal Radiation over Earth’s Oceans
Abraham & Goldblatt, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 10.1175/jas-d-21-0270.1

Global and regional carbon budget for 2015–2020 inferred from OCO-2 based on an ensemble Kalman filter coupled with GEOS-Chem
Kong et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.5194/acp-2022-183

Monitoring Arctic thin ice: A comparison between Cryosat-2 SAR altimetry data and MODIS thermal-infrared imagery
Müller et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.5194/tc-2022-98

Separating Annual, Interannual and Regional Change in Sea Surface Temperature in the Northeastern Atlantic and Nordic Seas
Saes et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Open Access pdf 10.1029/2022jc018630

Using Biogeochemical Argo floats to understand ocean carbon and oxygen dynamics
Addey, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 10.1038/s43017-022-00341-5

Modeling, simulation & projection of climate change, effects

Assessment of Tropical Atlantic ocean variability and associated rainfall sensibility due to atmospheric ozone changes
Silva et al., Atmospheric Environment, 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2022.119344

Bioclimatic change as a function of global warming from CMIP6 climate projections
Sparey et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.5194/bg-2022-74

Dynamic and Thermodynamic Factors Involved in Future Changes in Extreme Summertime Precipitation in Japan Projected by Convection-Permitting Regional Climate Model Simulations
Murata et al., Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 10.1175/jamc-d-21-0256.1

Dynamic and Thermodynamic Factors Involved in Future Changes in Extreme Summertime Precipitation in Japan Projected by Convection-Permitting Regional Climate Model Simulations
Murata et al., Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 10.1175/jamc-d-21-0256.1

Enhanced ENSO variability moderates future Southern Ocean warming
, Nature Climate Change, 10.1038/s41558-022-01406-5

Evaluating and projecting of climate extremes using a variable-resolution global climate model (VR-CESM)
Xu et al., Weather and Climate Extremes, Open Access 10.1016/j.wace.2022.100496

Future Changes in African Heatwaves and Their Drivers at the Convective Scale
Birch et al., Journal of Climate, 10.1175/jcli-d-21-0790.1

Future Changes of the Eddy Moisture Convergence in Winter over Coastal Lands in Eastern North America and East Asia
Liang & Zhang, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 10.1029/2022jd037149

Impact of global warming on summertime submonthly wave patterns and tropical cyclone activity in the western North Pacific
Ko et al., Climate Dynamics, 10.1007/s00382-022-06281-6

Increased variability of the western Pacific subtropical high under greenhouse warming
Yang et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Open Access 10.1073/pnas.2120335119

Intensification of Interannual Cross-Basin SST Interaction between the North Atlantic Tripole and Pacific Meridional Mode since the 1990s
Kao et al., Journal of Climate, 10.1175/jcli-d-21-0594.1

On the effect of historical SST patterns on radiative feedback
Andrews et al., [journal not provided], Open Access 10.1002/essoar.10510623.1

Slowdown and Recovery of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and a Persistent North Atlantic Warming Hole Induced by Arctic Sea Ice Decline
Ferster et al., Geophysical Research Letters, 10.1029/2022gl097967

The July 2019 European Heat Wave in a Warmer Climate: Storyline Scenarios with a Coupled Model Using Spectral Nudging
Sánchez-Benítez et al., Journal of Climate, Open Access pdf 10.1175/jcli-d-21-0573.1

Advancement of climate & climate effects modeling, simulation & projection

A Package of Momentum and Heat Transfer Coefficients for the Stable Surface Layer Extended by New Coefficients over Sea Ice
Gryanik & Lüpkes, Boundary, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s10546-022-00730-9

Evaluation of the CMIP6 precipitation simulations over global land
Li et al., Earth's Future, 10.1029/2021ef002500

Persistent Discrepancies between Observed and Modeled Trends in the Tropical Pacific Ocean
Seager et al., Journal of Climate, 10.1175/jcli-d-21-0648.1

Representation of soil hydrology in permafrost regions may explain large part of inter-model spread in simulated Arctic and subarctic climate
de Vrese et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1970347/v1

Showcasing MESMER-X: Spatially resolved emulation of annual maximum temperatures of Earth System Models
Quilcaille et al., Geophysical Research Letters, Open Access 10.1029/2022gl099012

What controls the large-scale efficiency of carbon transfer through the ocean’s mesopelagic zone? Insights from a new, mechanistic model (MSPACMAM)
Dinauer et al., Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 10.1029/2021gb007131

Cryosphere & climate change

Arctic sea-ice loss is projected to lead to more frequent strong El Niño events
Liu et al., Nature Communications, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41467-022-32705-2

Greenland ice sheet climate disequilibrium and committed sea-level rise
Box et al., Nature Climate Change, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41558-022-01441-2

Observed permafrost thawing and disappearance near the altitudinal limit of permafrost in the Qilian Mountains
Sun et al., Advances in Climate Change Research, Open Access 10.1016/j.accre.2022.08.004

Permafrost thaw drives surface water decline across lake-rich regions of the Arctic
Webb et al., Nature Climate Change, 10.1038/s41558-022-01455-w

Permafrost thaw drives surface water decline across lake-rich regions of the Arctic
Webb et al., Nature Climate Change, 10.1038/s41558-022-01455-w

The Influence of Pine Island Ice Shelf Calving on Basal Melting
Bradley et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 10.1029/2022jc018621

Thick and old sea ice in the Beaufort Sea during summer 2020/21 was associated with enhanced transport
Moore et al., Communications Earth & Environment, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s43247-022-00530-6

Towards critical white ice conditions in lakes under global warming
Weyhenmeyer et al., Nature Communications, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41467-022-32633-1

Sea level & climate change

A phenology- and trend-based approach for accurate mapping of sea-level driven coastal forest retreat
Chen & Kirwan, Remote Sensing of Environment, 10.1016/j.rse.2022.113229

Exceptionally stable preindustrial sea level inferred from the western Mediterranean Sea
Onac et al., Science Advances, Open Access 10.1126/sciadv.abm6185

Predicted Sea-Level Rise-Driven Biogeomorphological Changes on Fire Island, New York: Implications for People and Plovers
Zeigler et al., Earth's Future, Open Access pdf 10.1029/2021ef002436

The contribution of Humboldt Glacier, North Greenland, to sea-level rise through 2100 constrained by recent observations of speedup and retreat
Hillebrand et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.5194/tc-2022-20

Paleoclimate

Antarctic sea ice over the past 130 000 years – Part 1: a review of what proxy records tell us
Crosta et al., Climate of the Past, Open Access 10.5194/cp-18-1729-2022

Cenozoic evolution of deep ocean temperature from clumped isotope thermometry
Meckler et al., Science, 10.1126/science.abk0604

Response of calcareous nannoplankton to the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum in the Paratethys Seaway (Tarim Basin, West China)
Wang et al., Global and Planetary Change, 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103918

Retrieving a “Weather Balloon” From the Last Ice Age
Seltzer & Tyne, AGU Advances, 10.1029/2022av000747

Slow-growing reef corals as climate archives: A case study of the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum 40 Ma ago
Brachert et al., Science Advances, Open Access 10.1126/sciadv.abm3875

Southern Control of Interhemispheric Synergy on Glacial Marine Carbon Sequestration
Du et al., Geophysical Research Letters, 10.1029/2022gl099048

Biology & climate change, related geochemistry

Coral-bleaching responses to climate change across biological scales
van Woesik et al., Global Change Biology, 10.1111/gcb.16192

Developmental plasticity in thermal tolerance: Ontogenetic variation, persistence, and future directions
Pottier et al., Ecology Letters, Open Access pdf 10.1111/ele.14083

Different temporal trends in vascular plant and bryophyte communities along elevational gradients over four decades
Becker?Scarpitta et al., Ecology and Evolution, Open Access 10.1002/ece3.9102

Ecological lags govern the pace and outcome of plant community responses to 21st-century climate change
Block et al., Ecology Letters, 10.1111/ele.14087

Global forests are influenced by the legacies of past inter-annual temperature variability
Hansen et al., Environmental Research: Ecology, Open Access 10.1088/2752-664x/ac6e4a

Legume germination is delayed in dry soils and in sterile soils devoid of microbial mutualists: Species-specific implications for upward range expansions
Keeler & Rafferty, Ecology and Evolution, Open Access pdf 10.1002/ece3.9186

Mediterranean moth diversity is sensitive to increasing temperatures and drought under climate change
Uhl et al., Scientific Reports, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41598-022-18770-z

Nitrogen deposition drives response and recovery in the context of precipitation change and its reversal in an arid ecosystem
Yu et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 10.1029/2022jg006828

Nonlinear Thermal Responses Outweigh Water Limitation in the Attenuated Effect of Climatic Warming on Photosynthesis in Northern Ecosystems
Yin et al., Geophysical Research Letters, 10.1029/2022gl100096

Rates of future climate change in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea: Implications for coral reef ecosystems
Lawman et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 10.1029/2022jg006999

Resource limitation determines realized thermal performance of consumers in trophodynamic models
Vinton & Vasseur Vasseur David A. Vasseur David A. Vasseur, Ecology Letters, Open Access pdf 10.1111/ele.14086

Selection counteracts developmental plasticity in body-size responses to climate change
Shipley et al., Nature Climate Change, 10.1038/s41558-022-01457-8

Spatiotemporal influences of climate and humans on muskox range dynamics over multiple millennia
Canteri et al., Global Change Biology, 10.1111/gcb.16375

Species, taxonomic and functional group diversities of terrestrial mammals at risk under climate change and land use/cover change scenarios in Mexico
Ureta et al., Global Change Biology, 10.1111/gcb.16411

Swallows shrink as climate warms
Ryding & McQueen, Nature Climate Change, 10.1038/s41558-022-01463-w

The effect of climate change on Arcto-Tertiary Mexican beech forests: Exploring their past, present, and future distribution
Ames?Martínez et al., Ecology and Evolution, Open Access 10.1002/ece3.9228

The potential distributions of African Azolla species and their implications for African wetland ecosystems for the future
Karichu et al., Ecology and Evolution, 10.1002/ece3.9210

GHG sources & sinks, flux, related geochemistry

Convergence in phosphorus constraints to photosynthesis in forests around the world
Ellsworth et al., Nature Communications, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41467-022-32545-0

Coupled Land-Sea Warming Dominates the Net Land Carbon Uptake Variability in the Greater Bay Area of South China
Fan & Li, Earth's Future, 10.1029/2021ef002556

Divergent changes in particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon upon permafrost thaw
Liu et al., Nature Communications, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41467-022-32681-7

Estimating Driver and Pathways for Hydroelectric Reservoir Methane Emissions Using a New Mechanistic Model
Delwiche et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 10.1029/2022jg006908

Experimental carbon emissions from degraded Mediterranean seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadows under current and future summer temperatures.
Roca et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 10.1029/2022jg006946

Greenhouse gas emissions from global production and use of nitrogen synthetic fertilisers in agriculture
Menegat et al., Scientific Reports, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41598-022-18773-w

Greenhouse gas emissions from global production and use of nitrogen synthetic fertilisers in agriculture
Menegat et al., Scientific Reports, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41598-022-18773-w

Impacts of active vs. passive re-wetting on the carbon balance of a previously drained bog
Nyberg et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 10.1029/2022jg006881

Lateral carbon export has low impact on the net ecosystem carbon balance of a polygonal tundra catchment
Beckebanze et al., Biogeosciences, Open Access pdf 10.5194/bg-19-3863-2022

Methane emissions from China: a high-resolution inversion of TROPOMI satellite observations
Chen et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.5194/acp-2022-303

Organic matter composition and greenhouse gas production of thawing subsea permafrost in the Laptev Sea
Wild et al., Nature Communications, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41467-022-32696-0

Permafrost Landscape History Shapes Fluvial Chemistry, Ecosystem Carbon Balance, and Potential Trajectories of Future Change
Zolkos et al., Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 10.1029/2022gb007403

Quantifying Northern High Latitude Gross Primary Productivity (GPP)
Kuai et al., Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 10.1029/2021gb007216

Resolving scale-variance in the carbon dynamics of fragmented, mixed-use landscapes estimated using Model-Data Fusion
Milodowski et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.5194/bg-2022-160

The emerging role of drought as a regulator of dissolved organic carbon in boreal landscapes
Tiwari et al., Nature Communications, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41467-022-32839-3

Transitioning to low-GWP alternatives with enhanced energy efficiency in cooling non-residential buildings of China
Wang & Purohit, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Open Access 10.1007/s11027-022-10021-w

Uncertainty analysis of multiple terrestrial gross primary productivity products
Zhang & Ye, Global Ecology and Biogeography, 10.1111/geb.13578

Update on the Temperature Corrections of Global Air-Sea CO2 Flux Estimates
Dong et al., [journal not provided], 10.1002/essoar.10510573.1

Using atmospheric observations to quantify annual biogenic carbon dioxide fluxes on the Alaska North Slope
Schiferl et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.5194/bg-2022-167

CO2 capture, sequestration science & engineering

Post-flooding disturbance recovery promotes carbon capture in riparian zones
Zhu et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.5194/bg-2022-175

Study on calcium oxide pore size distribution changes during carbonation reaction for the greenhouse gas separation
Taghavi Golsefidi et al., International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 10.1007/s13762-022-04296-4

The global potential for increased storage of carbon on land
Walker et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Open Access 10.1073/pnas.2111312119

Decarbonization

A freeze-thaw molten salt battery for seasonal storage
Li et al., Cell Reports Physical Science, Open Access 10.1016/j.xcrp.2022.100821

Assessing flexibility for integrating renewable energies into carbon neutral multi-regional systems: The case of the Chilean power system
Vargas-Ferrer et al., Energy for Sustainable Development, 10.1016/j.esd.2022.08.010

Assessing the integration effect of inter-regional transmission on variable power generation under renewable energy consumption policy in China
Deng et al., Energy Policy, 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113219

Evaluation of energy extraction of PV systems affected by environmental factors under real outdoor conditions
Hassan et al., Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s00704-022-04166-6

Ex-ante and ex-post approaches of evaluating carbon emission reduction in urban rail transit
Wang et al., Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 10.1007/s11027-022-10020-x

Increased energy use for adaptation significantly impacts mitigation pathways
Colelli et al., Nature Communications, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41467-022-32471-1

Linking the long-term variability in global wave energy to swell climate and redefining suitable coasts for energy exploitation
Kamranzad et al., Scientific Reports, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41598-022-18935-w

Transfer learning strategies for solar power forecasting under data scarcity
Sarmas et al., Scientific Reports, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41598-022-18516-x

Geoengineering climate

Science-state alliances and climate engineering: A ‘longue durée’ picture
Schubert, WIREs Climate Change, 10.1002/wcc.801

The value of information about solar geoengineering and the two-sided cost of bias
Harding et al., Climate Policy, Open Access pdf 10.1080/14693062.2022.2091509

Black carbon

Mixing state of black carbon at different atmospheres in north and southwest China
Zhao et al., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Open Access pdf 10.5194/acp-22-10861-2022

Aerosols

Australian wildfires cause the largest stratospheric warming since Pinatubo and extends the lifetime of the Antarctic ozone hole
Damany-Pearce et al., Scientific Reports, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41598-022-15794-3

Evidence for anthropogenic organic aerosols contributing to ice nucleation
Tian et al., Geophysical Research Letters, 10.1029/2022gl099990

Source attribution of cloud condensation nuclei and their impact on stratocumulus clouds and radiation in the south-eastern Atlantic
Che et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.5194/acp-2022-43

Substantial uncertainties in Arctic aerosol simulations by microphysical processes within the global climate-aerosol model CAM-ATRAS
Matsui & Liu, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 10.1029/2022jd036943

Climate change communications & cognition

A review of air travel behavior and climate change
Gössling & Dolnicar , WIREs Climate Change, Open Access 10.1002/wcc.802

Civil disobedience by scientists helps press for urgent climate action
Capstick et al., Nature Climate Change, 10.1038/s41558-022-01461-y

Climate anxiety: Conceptual considerations, and connections with climate hope and action
Sangervo et al., Global Environmental Change, Open Access 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102569

Climate anxiety: Conceptual considerations, and connections with climate hope and action
Sangervo et al., Global Environmental Change, Open Access 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102569

Climate anxiety: What predicts it and how is it related to climate action?
Whitmarsh et al., Journal of Environmental Psychology, Open Access 10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101866

Climate Change Consensus Messages May Cause Reactance in Conservatives, But There is No Meta-Analytic Evidence That They Backfire
Rode et al., Environmental Communication, Open Access pdf 10.1080/17524032.2022.2101501

More Than Just an Audience: The New Approach to Public Engagement with Climate Change Communication on Chinese Knowledge-Sharing Networks
Yang, Environmental Communication, 10.1080/17524032.2022.2107552

Mortality management and climate action: A review and reference for using Terror Management Theory methods in interdisciplinary environmental research
Smith et al., WIREs Climate Change, 10.1002/wcc.776

“Israel is Drying, Again”: Constructing Resilience Discourses in Televised Water Conservation Campaigns
Kassirer, Environmental Communication, Open Access pdf 10.1080/17524032.2022.2105374

Agronomy, animal husbundry, food production & climate change

Changes in soil carbon and soil carbon sequestration potential under different types of pasture management in Brazil
de Oliveira et al., Regional Environmental Change, 10.1007/s10113-022-01945-9

Changes in soil carbon and soil carbon sequestration potential under different types of pasture management in Brazil
de Oliveira et al., Regional Environmental Change, 10.1007/s10113-022-01945-9

Climate and management impacts on crop growth and evapotranspiration in the North China Plain based on long-term eddy covariance observation
Yang & Lei, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109147

Climate-related disasters and agricultural land conversion: towards prevention policies
Azadi et al., Climate and Development, 10.1080/17565529.2021.2008291

Comparison of carbon footprint and water scarcity footprint of milk protein produced by cellular agriculture and the dairy industry
Behm et al., The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s11367-022-02087-0

Diagnosis and potential invasion risk of Thrips parvispinus under current and future climate change scenarios
Hulagappa et al., PeerJ, Open Access 10.7717/peerj.13868

Evaluating rice yield and adaptation strategies under climate change based on the CSM-CERES-Rice model: a case study for northern Iran
Darikandeh et al., Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 10.1007/s00704-022-04188-0

Expanding ocean food production under climate change
Free et al., Nature, 10.1038/s41586-022-04674-5

Situating climate change narrative for conceptualizing adaptation strategies: a case study of coffee growers in South India
Ogra, Regional Environmental Change, 10.1007/s10113-022-01919-x

Hydrology, hydrometeorology & climate change

Analysis of drought conditions and their impacts in a headwater stream in the Central European lower mountain ranges
Kaule & Frei, Regional Environmental Change, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s10113-022-01926-y

Attributing heavy rainfall event in Berchtesgadener Land to recent climate change – Further rainfall intensification projected for the future
Poschlod, Weather and Climate Extremes, Open Access 10.1016/j.wace.2022.100492

Drivers of Future Physical Water Scarcity and Its Economic Impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean
Birnbaum et al., Earth's Future, 10.1029/2022ef002764

Observed influence of anthropogenic climate change on tropical cyclone heavy rainfall
Utsumi & Kim, Nature Climate Change, 10.1038/s41558-022-01344-2

Spatio-temporal changes in daily extreme precipitation for the Lancang–Mekong River Basin
Li et al., Natural Hazards, 10.1007/s11069-022-05569-4

Climate change economics

Crude oil footprint in the rapidly changing world and implications from their income and price elasticities
Zheng et al., Energy Policy, 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113204

Gas, Guns, and Governments: Financial Costs of Anti-ESG Policies
Garrett & Ivanov, SSRN Electronic Journal, 10.2139/ssrn.4123366

Low-carbon energy strategies and financial development in developing economies: investigating long-run influence of credit and equity market development
Irfan & Shahbaz, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 10.1007/s11027-022-10007-8

Climate change mitigation public policy research

Accounting for ecosystem service values in climate policy
Druckenmiller, Nature Climate Change, 10.1038/s41558-022-01362-0

Altruistic Foreign Aid and Climate Change Mitigation
Goussebaïle et al., Environmental and Resource Economics, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s10640-022-00722-w

Beyond good faith: Why evidence-based policy is necessary to decarbonize buildings cost-effectively in Germany
Singhal et al., Energy Policy, 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113191

Climate-dependent scenarios of land use for biodiversity and ecosystem services in the New Aquitaine region
Andriamanantena et al., Regional Environmental Change, 10.1007/s10113-022-01964-6

Co-benefits of CO2 emission reduction from China’s clean air actions between 2013-2020
Shi et al., Nature Communications, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41467-022-32656-8

Deep energy retrofits: How effective and robust are policy instruments?
Cremer & Weber, Energy Policy, 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113210

Energy target-based responsibility system and corporate energy efficiency: Evidence from the eleventh Five Year Plan in China
Shi et al., Energy Policy, 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113214

How injustice can lead to energy policy failure: A case study from Guatemala
Alford-Jones, Energy Policy, Open Access 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112849

How Robust Are Social Structural Predictors of Carbon Dioxide Emissions? A Multiverse Analysis
Theis & York, Environmental Sociology, 10.1080/23251042.2022.2116361

Impact of government subsidies on the innovation performance of the photovoltaic industry: Based on the moderating effect of carbon trading prices
Xu et al., Energy Policy, 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113216

Life cycle inventories and life cycle assessment for an electricity grid network: case study of the Jamali grid, Indonesia
Nugroho et al., The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 10.1007/s11367-022-02082-5

The countervailing effects of stocks of knowledge on low-carbon innovation through international collaboration
Kim, Energy Policy, 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113217

The direct rebound effect for two income groups: The case of Paraguay
Bordón-Lesme et al., Energy for Sustainable Development, Open Access 10.1016/j.esd.2022.08.002

The emissions responsibility accounting of multinational enterprises for an efficient climate policy
Jiang et al., Global Environmental Change, 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102545

The grid access of energy communities a comparison of power grid governance in France and Germany
Wainer et al., Energy Policy, Open Access 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113159

Climate change adaptation & adaptation public policy research

Catching maladaptation before it happens
Schipper, Nature Climate Change, 10.1038/s41558-022-01409-2

Cost-benefit analysis: What limits its use in policy making and how to make it more usable? A case study on climate change adaptation in Germany
Dehnhardt et al., Environmental Science & Policy, Open Access 10.1016/j.envsci.2022.08.005

Future trends in compound concurrent heat extremes in Swiss cities - An assessment considering deep uncertainty and climate adaptation options
Vaghefi et al., Weather and Climate Extremes, Open Access 10.1016/j.wace.2022.100501

Increased energy use for adaptation significantly impacts mitigation pathways
Colelli et al., Nature Communications, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41467-022-32471-1

Social inequalities in climate change-attributed impacts of Hurricane Harvey
Smiley et al., Nature Communications, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41467-022-31056-2

Climate change impacts on human health

Integrated Assessment of Urban Overheating Impacts on Human Life
Nazarian et al., [journal not provided], Open Access 10.1002/essoar.10508877.1

Probabilistic projections of increased heat stress driven by climate change
Vargas Zeppetello et al., Communications Earth & Environment, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s43247-022-00524-4

Climate change & geopolitics

(Climate) Migrants welcome? Evidence from a survey experiment in Austria
Henning et al., Regional Environmental Change, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s10113-022-01955-7

Understanding equity-efficiency interaction in the distribution of global carbon budgets
Pan et al., Advances in Climate Change Research, Open Access 10.1016/j.accre.2022.08.002

Other

Aviation contrail climate effects in the North Atlantic from 2016 to 2021
Teoh et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.5194/acp-2022-169

Contrasting temperature effects on the velocity of early- versus late-stage vegetation green-up in the Northern Hemisphere
Hong et al., Global Change Biology, 10.1111/gcb.16414

Contrasting temperature effects on the velocity of early- versus late-stage vegetation green-up in the Northern Hemisphere
Hong et al., Global Change Biology, 10.1111/gcb.16414

Near Invariance of Poleward Atmospheric Heat Transport in Response to Midlatitude Orography
Cox et al., Journal of Climate, 10.1175/jcli-d-21-0888.1

Rapid warming of the Arctic troposphere in the winter during 2015–2016 and its relationship to the mid-high latitude teleconnection wave train
Tian et al., International Journal of Climatology, 10.1002/joc.7836

The metacoupled Arctic: Human–nature interactions across local to global scales as drivers of sustainability
Kapsar et al., Ambio, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s13280-022-01729-9

Informed opinion, nudges & major initiatives

Accounting for ecosystem service values in climate policy
Druckenmiller, Nature Climate Change, 10.1038/s41558-022-01362-0

After announced carbon neutrality targets, more homework ahead for research
JIANG, Advances in Climate Change Research, Open Access 10.1016/j.accre.2022.02.007

Climate risk assessment needs urgent improvement
Arribas et al., Nature Communications, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41467-022-31979-w

Diminishing Arctic lakes
Finger-Higgens, Nature Climate Change, 10.1038/s41558-022-01466-7

Enhance climate technology deployment in the Global South
Ratledge, Nature Climate Change, 10.1038/s41558-022-01458-7

Introduction to the special feature on managing climate risks for a sustainable future: adaptation strategies and resilience-building
Ji et al., Sustainability Science, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s11625-022-01229-5

Invited perspectives: Challenges and step changes for natural hazard – perspectives from the German Committee for Disaster Reduction (DKKV)
Thiebes et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.5194/nhess-2021-197

Metrics as tools for bridging climate science and applications
Reed et al., WIREs Climate Change, 10.1002/wcc.799

The eco–climate nexus
, Nature Climate Change, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41558-022-01418-1

The European Green Deal, Energy Transition and Decarbonization
Borghesi & Vergalli, Environmental and Resource Economics, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s10640-022-00726-6

Value wild animals’ carbon services to fill the biodiversity financing gap
Berzaghi et al., Nature Climate Change, 10.1038/s41558-022-01407-4


Articles/Reports from Agencies and Non-Governmental Organizations Addressing Aspects of Climate Change

Kansas City, Missouri, Climate Protection and Resilience PlanActiona, Kansas City, Missouri

The plan is an equity-centeted roadmap to help Kansas City achieve it's greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals of climate neutrality for city operations by 2030 and citywide by 2040 and adapt to flooding, extreme heat, and other climate change impacts Kansas City is already facing.

City of San Diego Climate Action Plan, City of San Diego

To meet the magnitude of the crisis, San Diego is setting an ambitious goal to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2035. San Diego can and must lead with bold and inclusive steps. The plan is the City’s policy commitment to set clear goals to reduce GHG emissions and details the strategies and actions that San Diego will collectively take to make San Diego a more sustainable, healthy and thriving city. The plan outlines federal, regional and local actions to avoid GHG emissions and allows San Diego to hold itself accountable as it implements the plan.

Closing the Gap: Priorities for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building RD&D Portfolio, Hoyu Chong, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation

The building sector is not on track to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Federal research development and demonstration investments have been disproportionately low, while national strategies that address the key hurdles of decarbonizing the building sector have been lacking.

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