Skeptical Science New Research for Week #10 2023

Posted on 9 March 2023 by Doug Bostrom, Marc Kodack

Open access notables

What if the natural gas now flowing through natural gas distribution system and burned for heating purposes was replaced by hydrogen derived from renewalble energy sources, avoiding a wholesale change to heat pumps? Pretty much what we'd expect from the overall comparative thermodynamics of the two heating methods; the result would be a massive net increase in electricity requirements in order to produce the required hydrogen according to Impact of Green Hydrogen Production on the Availability of Clean Electricity for the Grid, a report authored by M. Roetter and G. Richardson for Gas Transition Allies and included in this week's government/NGO section. 

Dealing with climate change on a systems level affords us an opportunity for a fresh start in paying attention to marginalized population groups. Much research is being dedicated to ensuring that climate mitigation and adaptation plans include the needs of all people,  staritng with identifiying population clusters easily overlooked in urgent and titanic policy matters. In their opinion piece in PLOS Climate Nothing about us without us: The urgent need for disability-inclusive climate research by Jodoin et al. the authors point out that even while people with disabilities are increasingly being affected by climate change disproportionate their numbers, there are serious gaps in assessment of this harm. As well, there is important information to be gatthered from people with direct knowledge of living with disabilities, an opportuntity for co-generation. 

"Disruptive policy packages that fundamentally change the current unsustainable passenger transport structures and enable low-carbon mobility transformation are inevitable." That's the premise of Pushing low-carbon mobility: a survey experiment on the public acceptance of disruptive policy packages of Annina Thaller and coauthors, who seek to identify key friction points in public acceptance of necessary changes of behavior we need to make in order to deal with our climate mess with sufficient alacrity. Broadly speaking, results suggest it may be the case that a collection of nudges could be more effective at overcoming current policy paralysis, especially when policy proposals include interventions directly affecting wallets. 

Future warming from global food consumption: employing significantly improved methods of assessment, authors Catherine Ivanovich et al. report  that we'll break our fading 1 .5C° warming limit by food production in BAU-mode alone. Mitigation methods and outcomes are modeled.  We have some means of controlling this, leaving aside cultural difficulties. 

How does a shifting energy security landscape affect public beliefs about the connection between climate change and natural gas? Evenson et al. look into this via their report Growing importance of climate change beliefs for attitudes towards gas, concluding "Our research suggests that, despite major geopolitical shifts over the last few years (for example, responses to the pandemic, effects of the Ukraine war), the link between climate change and gas has strengthened; climate change beliefs increasingly predict opposition to gas."

The response of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current (AMOC) to anthropogenic climate change is a matter of strong interest not least becaue of potentially profound impacts on European climate. With improved techniques to eliminate natural variability from the signal of interest (human effects on the AMOC), Chenyu Zhu et al. reporting via Nature Communications add another brick to a growing stack of evidence suggesting that we're having some effect on this important natural phenomenon, in Likely accelerated weakening of Atlantic overturning circulation emerges in optimal salinity fingerprint.

152 articles in 59 journals by 1,026 contributing authors

Physical science of climate change, effects

Competing effects of vegetation on summer temperature in North Korea
Oh & Lee Lee, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Open Access 10.1007/s00704-023-04413-4

Large Contribution of Ozone-Depleting Substances to Global and Arctic Warming in the Late 20th Century
Sigmond et al., Geophysical Research Letters, 10.1029/2022gl100563

Observations of climate change, effects

A Storyline Approach to the June 2021 Northwestern North American Heatwave
Terray, [journal not provided], Open Access 10.1002/essoar.10512596.1

Heat Storage in the Upper Indian Ocean: The Role of Wind-Driven Redistribution
Duan et al., Journal of Climate, Open Access pdf 10.1175/jcli-d-22-0534.1

Likely accelerated weakening of Atlantic overturning circulation emerges in optimal salinity fingerprint
Zhu et al., Nature Communications, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41467-023-36288-4

Maximum Northern Hemisphere warming rates before and after 1880 during the Common Era
Seip & Wang, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s00704-023-04398-0

Precipitation and drought trends (1952–2021) in a key hydrological recharge area of the eastern Iberian Peninsula
Miró et al., Atmospheric Research, 10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.106695

Record-breaking pre-flood rainfall over South China in 2022: role of historic warming over the Northeast Pacific and Maritime Continent
Liu et al., Climate Dynamics, 10.1007/s00382-023-06734-6

Satellite remote sensing of regional and seasonal Arctic cooling showing a multi-decadal trend towards brighter and more liquid clouds
Lelli et al., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Open Access pdf 10.5194/acp-23-2579-2023

The reduced Siberian spring snow cover modulation on southward northernmost margin of East Asia summer monsoon
Wu et al., Climate Dynamics, 10.1007/s00382-023-06732-8

Instrumentation & observational methods of climate change, effects

QOMS: A Comprehensive Observation Station for Climate Change Research on the Top of Earth
Ma et al., Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Open Access pdf 10.1175/bams-d-22-0084.1

Modeling, simulation & projection of climate change, effects

Changes and Mechanisms of Long-Lived Warm Blobs in the Northeast Pacific in Low-Warming Climates
Tang et al., Journal of Climate, 10.1175/jcli-d-22-0152.1

Clear-air turbulence trends over the North Atlantic in high-resolution climate models
Smith et al., Climate Dynamics, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s00382-023-06694-x

Downscaled compound heatwave and heavy-precipitation analyses for Guangdong, China in the twenty-first century
Ren et al., Climate Dynamics, 10.1007/s00382-023-06712-y

European Winter Climate Response to Projected Arctic Sea-Ice Loss Strongly Shaped by Change in the North Atlantic Jet
Ye et al., [journal not provided], 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-7373

Evaluation and Future Projection of the Extreme Precipitation over India and its homogeneous regions: A Regional Earth System Model Perspective
Kumari & Kumar, International Journal of Climatology, 10.1002/joc.8052

Evolution and copula modelling of drought duration and severity over Africa using CORDEX-CORE regional climate models
Olusegun et al., International Journal of Climatology, 10.1002/joc.8049

Future Changes in Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Affecting Hokkaido and Their Related Precipitation Based on Large-Ensemble Climate Simulations
Kawazoe et al., Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 10.1175/jamc-d-22-0018.1

Future changes of circulation types and their effects on surface air temperature and precipitation in the SMHI large ensemble
Hansen et al., Climate Dynamics, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s00382-023-06704-y

Future projection of the African easterly waves in a high-resolution atmospheric general circulation model
Raj et al., Climate Dynamics, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s00382-023-06720-y

High-resolution intra-urban assessments of future heat events and heat waves for the city of Augsburg, Germany
Merkenschlager et al., Urban Climate, 10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101472

Historical Ocean Heat Uptake in Two Pairs of CMIP6 Models: Global and Regional Perspectives
Kuhlbrodt et al., of Journal Climate, Open Access pdf 10.1175/jcli-d-22-0468.1

Non-monotonic changes in Asian Water Towers’ streamflow at increasing warming levels
Cui et al., Nature Communications, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41467-023-36804-6

Substantial Differences in Compound Long-Duration Dry and Hot Events Over China Between Transient and Stabilized Warmer Worlds at 1.5°C Global Warming
Yang & Tang, Earth's Future, Open Access pdf 10.1029/2022ef002994

Advancement of climate & climate effects modeling, simulation & projection

A brief review of the coupled human-Earth system modeling: Current state and challenges
Tan et al., The Anthropocene Review, 10.1177/20530196221149121

An Assessment of the Oceanic Physical and Biogeochemical Components of CMIP5 and CMIP6 Models for the Ross Sea Region
Rickard et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 10.1029/2022jc018880

Bias Correction of CMIP6 Simulations of Precipitation over Indian Monsoon Core Region using Deep Learning Algorithms
Kesavavarthini et al., International Journal of Climatology, 10.1002/joc.8056

Shortest path length for evaluating general circulation models for rainfall simulation
Deepthi & Sivakumar, Climate Dynamics, 10.1007/s00382-023-06713-x

Significance of Diapycnal Mixing Within the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Cimoli et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.1002/essoar.10512257.1

The representation of sea salt aerosols and their role in polar climate within CMIP6
Lapere et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.1002/essoar.10512918.1

Uncertainty of multi-source vegetation products on regional climate simulation in China
Yan et al., Climate Dynamics, 10.1007/s00382-023-06739-1

Cryosphere & climate change

Distinct role of a Spring atmospheric circulation mode in the Arctic sea ice decline in Summer
Bi et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 10.1029/2022jd037477

Impacts of frozen ground degradation and vegetation greening on upper Brahmaputra runoff during 1981-2019
Wang et al., International Journal of Climatology, 10.1002/joc.8057

Permafrost Thermal Responses to Asymmetrical Climate Changes: An Integrated Perspective
Wang et al., Geophysical Research Letters, Open Access pdf 10.1029/2022gl100327

Sea Ice Melt Pond Fraction Derived From Sentinel-2 Data: Along the MOSAiC Drift and Arctic-Wide
Niehaus et al., Geophysical Research Letters, Open Access pdf 10.1029/2022gl102102

Sea level & climate change

Increased exposure of coastal cities to sea-level rise due to internal climate variability
Becker et al., Nature Climate Change, 10.1038/s41558-023-01603-w

The influence of future weather pattern changes and projected sea-level rise on coastal flood impacts around the UK
Perks et al., Climatic Change, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s10584-023-03496-2

Paleoclimate & paleogeochemistry

3D climate simulations of the Archean find that methane has a strong cooling effect at high concentrations
Eager?Nash et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Open Access pdf 10.1029/2022jd037544

A 440-Year Reconstruction of Heavy Precipitation in California from Blue Oak Tree Rings
Howard et al., Journal of Hydrometeorology, 10.1175/jhm-d-22-0062.1

Mechanisms for African easterly wave changes in simulations of the mid-Holocene
Bian et al., Climate Dynamics, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s00382-023-06736-4

Biology & climate change, related geochemistry

Climate warming erodes tropical reef habitat through frequency and intensity of episodic hypoxia
Lucey et al., PLOS Climate, Open Access pdf 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000095

Coastal phytoplankton blooms expand and intensify in the 21st century
Dai et al., Nature, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41586-023-05760-y

Differences in climate-growth relationships between two tree species that co-occur in a seasonally dry tropical forest in Northeastern Brazil
Costa et al., Dendrochronologia, 10.1016/j.dendro.2023.126072

Ecosystems threatened by intensified drought with divergent vulnerability
Chen et al., Remote Sensing of Environment, Open Access 10.1016/j.rse.2023.113512

Extreme drought disrupts plant phenology: Insights from 35 years of cloud forest data in Venezuela
Flores et al., Ecology, 10.1002/ecy.4012

Identifying historical and future global change drivers that place species recovery at risk
Geary et al., Global Change Biology, 10.1111/gcb.16661

Impact of climate warming on phenological asynchrony of plankton dynamics across Europe
Gronchi et al., Ecology Letters, Open Access pdf 10.1111/ele.14190

Increasing tree growth in subalpine forests of central China due to earlier onset of the thermal growing season
Zhao et al., Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109391

Indicators of the effects of climate change on freshwater ecosystems
Rose et al., Climatic Change, 10.1007/s10584-022-03457-1

Interspecific interactions alter the metabolic costs of climate warming
Alton & Kellermann, Nature Climate Change, 10.1038/s41558-023-01607-6

Long- and short-term impacts of climate and dry-season on wood traits of Cedrela fissilis Vell. in southern Brazilian Amazon
Ortega Rodriguez et al., Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109392

Net climate effects of moose browsing in early successional boreal forests by integrating carbon and albedo dynamics
Salisbury et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 10.1029/2022jg007279

Phenotypic plasticity increases exposure to extreme climatic events that reduce individual fitness
Regan & Sheldon, Global Change Biology, 10.1111/gcb.16663

Protected areas not likely to serve as steppingstones for species undergoing climate-induced range shifts
Parks et al., Global Change Biology, 10.1111/gcb.16629

Reduced fire severity offers near-term buffer to climate-driven declines in conifer resilience across the western United States
Davis et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Open Access 10.1073/pnas.2208120120

Response to climate change can be altered by species competition
Videlier, Nature Climate Change, 10.1038/s41558-023-01621-8

The influence of ambient temperature and polyphenols from plant leaves on growth and the response to oxidative and nitrosative stress in African nightcrawler earthworm, Eudrilus eugeniae (Kinberg, 1867)
ponsen et al., International Journal of Biometeorology, 10.1007/s00484-023-02448-w

Vulnerability of diked marsh ecosystems under climate change
Dorau & Mansfeldt, Climatic Change, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s10584-023-03498-0

When things get MESI: The Manipulation Experiments Synthesis Initiative—A coordinated effort to synthesize terrestrial global change experiments
Van Sundert et al., Global Change Biology, Open Access 10.1111/gcb.16585

GHG sources & sinks, flux, related geochemistry

An extended STIRPAT model and forecast of carbon emission based on green consumption behaviors: evidence from China
Wu et al., Environment, Development and Sustainability, 10.1007/s10668-023-03077-4

Climate Change and Rising CO2 Amplify the Impact of Land Use/Cover Change on Carbon Budget Differentially Across China
Huang et al., Earth's Future, Open Access pdf 10.1029/2022ef003057

Climate warming alters the relative importance of plant root and microbial community in regulating the accumulation of soil microbial necromass carbon in a Tibetan alpine meadow
Cai et al., Global Change Biology, 10.1111/gcb.16660

Controls on terrestrial carbon fluxes in simulated networks of connected streams and lakes
Vachon et al., Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 10.1029/2022gb007597

Conversion of surface CH4 concentrations from GOSAT satellite observations using XGBoost algorithm
Wan et al., Atmospheric Environment, 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.119694

Decadal Changes in Ventilation and Anthropogenic Carbon in the Nordic Seas
Jeansson et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 10.1029/2022jc019318

Effects of farmland use transition on soil organic carbon in dry farming areas
Lyu et al., Environment, Development and Sustainability, 10.1007/s10668-023-02998-4

Isotopic evidence for increased carbon and nitrogen exchanges between peatland plants and their symbiotic microbes with rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations since 15,000 cal. year BP
Yang et al., Global Change Biology, 10.1111/gcb.16578

Large increases in methane emissions expected from North America’s largest wetland complex
Bansal et al., Science Advances, Open Access pdf 10.1126/sciadv.ade1112

Observing system choice can minimize interference of the biosphere in studies of urban CO2 emissions
Lal & Kort, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 10.1029/2022jd037452

Physiological responses of Humboldt current system diatoms to Fe and Cu co-limitation
Huapaya & Echeveste, Marine Environmental Research, 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.105937

Shifts in above- versus below-ground carbon gains to terrestrial ecosystems carbon sinks under excess nitrogen inputs
Lu et al., Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 10.1029/2022gb007638

Spatial and temporal variations of gross primary production simulated by land surface model BCC&AVIM2.0
Wei-Ping et al., Advances in Climate Change Research, Open Access 10.1016/j.accre.2023.02.001

Spatiotemporal spillover effect and efficiency of carbon emissions from land use in China
Wang et al., Environment, Development and Sustainability, 10.1007/s10668-023-03076-5

Stationary and drone-assisted methane plume localization with dispersion spectroscopy
Soskind et al., Remote Sensing of Environment, 10.1016/j.rse.2023.113513

Wetland soil carbon dioxide emission dynamics with external dissolved organic matter in mid–high-latitude forested watershed
Wang et al., Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109381

CO2 capture, sequestration science & engineering

CO? shallow groundwater interaction and related hydrogeochemical mechanisms: a review on reduced-scale CO2 release field experiments
Zielinski et al., Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, 10.1002/ghg.2205

Direct air capture (DAC) and sequestration of CO2: Dramatic effect of coordinated Cu(II) onto a chelating weak base ion exchanger
Chen et al., Science Advances, 10.1126/sciadv.adg1956

Sustainable and scalable continuous synthesis of metal-organic frameworks for CO2 capture
Chen & Wu, Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, 10.1002/ghg.2204

Decarbonization

A comparative evaluation of different PV soiling estimation models using experimental investigations
Sharma et al., Energy for Sustainable Development, 10.1016/j.esd.2023.02.008

China’s electric vehicle and climate ambitions jeopardized by surging critical material prices
Wang et al., Nature Communications, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41467-023-36957-4

Comparative sustainability assessment of lithium-ion, lithium-sulfur, and all-solid-state traction batteries
Popien et al., The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s11367-023-02134-4

Comparative sustainability assessment of lithium-ion, lithium-sulfur, and all-solid-state traction batteries
Popien et al., The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s11367-023-02134-4

Daily electrical energy consumption characteristics and design implications for off-grid homes on the Navajo Nation
Louie et al., Energy for Sustainable Development, 10.1016/j.esd.2023.02.012

Economic and ecological evaluation and optimization of the life cycle of a wind farm
Tahtah et al., International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 10.1007/s13762-023-04784-1

Effects of habitat factors on the plant diversity on naturally-restored wind farm slopes
Wang et al., PeerJ, Open Access 10.7717/peerj.14912

Efficiency enhancement of photovoltaic panel by heat harvesting techniques
Kumari et al., Energy for Sustainable Development, 10.1016/j.esd.2023.02.007

Hydrothermal Deposition of UV-Absorbing Passivation Layers for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells
AL-Shuaa et al., Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, Open Access pdf 10.1002/aesr.202200203

Manganese-based polyanionic cathodes for sodium-ion batteries
Niu et al., Carbon Neutralization, Open Access pdf 10.1002/cnl2.48

Prediction of aerodynamic performance of NREL offshore 5-MW baseline wind turbine considering power loss at varying wind speeds
Lin et al., Wind Energy, Open Access pdf 10.1002/we.2812

Supercritical carbon dioxide technology in synthesis, modification, and recycling of battery materials
Han et al., Carbon Neutralization, 10.1002/cnl2.49

The mayor said so? The impact of local political figures and social norms on local responses to wind energy projects
Karakislak & Schneider, Energy Policy, 10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113509

Climate change communications & cognition

Breaking the climate spiral of silence: lessons from a COP26 climate conversations campaign
Ettinger et al., Climatic Change, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s10584-023-03493-5

Growing importance of climate change beliefs for attitudes towards gas
Evensen et al., Nature Climate Change, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41558-023-01622-7

Mirror or Hammer? News Media Coverage of Climate-Related Art
Gleeson, ACM SIGGRAPH 97 Visual Proceedings: The art and interdisciplinary programs of SIGGRAPH '97 on , Open Access 10.1145/259081.259136

The impact of psychological distance to climate change and urban informality on adaptation planning
Rana et al., Urban Climate, 10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101460

The social media context interferes with truth discernment
Epstein et al., Science Advances, Open Access pdf 10.1126/sciadv.abo6169

Agronomy, animal husbundry, food production & climate change

Effects of farmland use transition on soil organic carbon in dry farming areas
Lyu et al., Environment, Development and Sustainability, 10.1007/s10668-023-02998-4

Estimating net carbon and greenhouse gas balances of potato and pea crops on a conventional farm in western Canada
Quan et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 10.1029/2022jg007113

Farmers‘ Use of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and their Impacts on Food Security in Kenya
Gezimu Gebre et al., Climate Risk Management, Open Access 10.1016/j.crm.2023.100495

Future warming from global food consumption
Ivanovich et al., Nature Climate Change, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41558-023-01605-8

Greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural land use in the coastal area of Red River Delta
Ha et al., International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 10.1007/s13762-023-04847-3

Rebuilding rural community cooperative institutions and their role in herder adaptation to climate change
Zeren et al., Climate Policy, 10.1080/14693062.2023.2184763

Sustainable intensification and carbon sequestration research in agricultural systems: A systematic review
Haughey et al., Environmental Science & Policy, Open Access 10.1016/j.envsci.2023.02.018

Synchronous climate hazards pose an increasing challenge to global coffee production
Richardson et al., PLOS Climate, Open Access pdf 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000134

Unintended consequences of combating desertification in China
Wang et al., Nature Communications, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41467-023-36835-z

Unraveling diurnal asymmetry of surface temperature under warming scenarios in diverse agroclimate zones of India
Singh et al., Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 10.1007/s00704-023-04407-2

Hydrology, hydrometeorology & climate change

Compensating effects between climate and underlying characteristics on watershed water loss
Liu et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 10.1029/2022jd038353

Evaluation of Changes in Dry and Wet Precipitation Extremes in Warmer Climates Using a Passive Water Vapor Modeling Approach
Labonté & Merlis Merlis, Journal of Climate, Open Access 10.1175/jcli-d-22-0048.1

Impacts of frozen ground degradation and vegetation greening on upper Brahmaputra runoff during 1981-2019
Wang et al., International Journal of Climatology, 10.1002/joc.8057

Non-monotonic changes in Asian Water Towers’ streamflow at increasing warming levels
Cui et al., Nature Communications, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41467-023-36804-6

Precipitation and drought trends (1952–2021) in a key hydrological recharge area of the eastern Iberian Peninsula
Miró et al., Atmospheric Research, 10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.106695

Quantifying the Role of Internal Climate Variability and Its Translation from Climate Variables to Hydropower Production at Basin Scale in India
Upadhyay et al., Journal of Hydrometeorology, Open Access pdf 10.1175/jhm-d-22-0065.1

Uncertainties regarding the natural mortality of fish can increase due global climate change
Pereira Campos et al., PeerJ, Open Access 10.7717/peerj.14989

Climate change economics

Can conditional cash transfers reduce vulnerability to climate change?
Arena et al., Climate Policy, Open Access 10.1080/14693062.2023.2183174

Carbon emissions regulations and FDI inflow: moderating effects of bank credit availability and fiscal capacity for China's prefecture-level cities
Chen et al., Environment, Development and Sustainability, 10.1007/s10668-023-03080-9

Climate-related prudential regulation tools in the context of sustainable and responsible investment: a systematic review
Hidalgo-Oñate et al., Climate Policy, Open Access 10.1080/14693062.2023.2179587

Empowering sustainability practices through energy transition for sustainable development goal 7: The role of energy patents and natural resources among European Union economies through advanced panel
Chen et al., Energy Policy, 10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113499

Impact of Belt and Road countries’ renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on ecological footprint
Kongkuah, Environment, Development and Sustainability, 10.1007/s10668-023-03068-5

Marginal abatement cost curve of carbon emissions in China: a functional data analysis
Shi et al., Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 10.1007/s11027-023-10047-8

Paving the ways toward sustainable development: the asymmetric effect of economic complexity, renewable electricity, and foreign direct investment on the environmental sustainability in BRICS-T
Ullah et al., Environment, Development and Sustainability, 10.1007/s10668-023-03085-4

The nexus between electricity consumption, carbon dioxide emissions, and economic growth in Sudan (1971–2019)
Eldowma et al., Energy Policy, 10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113510

The role of energy and economic growth towards sustainable environment through carbon emissions mitigation
Gyimah et al., PLOS Climate, Open Access pdf 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000116

Climate change mitigation public policy research

Climate Change and Rising CO2 Amplify the Impact of Land Use/Cover Change on Carbon Budget Differentially Across China
Huang et al., Earth's Future, Open Access pdf 10.1029/2022ef003057

Climate change governance and Indigenous Peoples participation: an analysis from the Chilean case
Carmona, Environmental Politics, 10.1080/09644016.2023.2180911

Collective action by community groups: solutions for climate change or different players in the same game?
Tierney, [journal not provided], Open Access 10.56021/9780801886577

Controversy in wind energy construction projects: How social systems impact project performance
LaPatin et al., Energy Policy, 10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113507

Ecosystem-based adaptation in Africa: integrating mitigation and adaptation
Rawlins et al., Regional Environmental Change, 10.1007/s10113-023-02035-0

Energy transition to decarbonize the energy system in Mauritius
Surroop, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101268

Phasing out coal power in a developing country context: Insights from Vietnam
Do & Burke, Energy Policy, Open Access 10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113512

Pushing low-carbon mobility: a survey experiment on the public acceptance of disruptive policy packages
Thaller et al., Climate Policy, Open Access 10.1080/14693062.2023.2182755

Shedding light on large-scale solar impacts: An analysis of property values and proximity to photovoltaics across six U.S. states
Elmallah et al., Energy Policy, Open Access 10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113425

The social acceptability of a personal carbon allowance: a discrete choice experiment in Belgium
Van Der Cam et al., Climate Policy, 10.1080/14693062.2023.2183176

Which is the more important factor of carbon emission, coal consumption or industrial structure?
, Industrial Shift, Open Access 10.1057/9781137340313.0005

Climate change adaptation & adaptation public policy research

Critical public infrastructure underwater: the flood hazard profile of Florida hospitals
Sun et al., Natural Hazards, 10.1007/s11069-023-05869-3

Downscaled compound heatwave and heavy-precipitation analyses for Guangdong, China in the twenty-first century
Ren et al., Climate Dynamics, 10.1007/s00382-023-06712-y

Ecosystem-based adaptation in Africa: integrating mitigation and adaptation
Rawlins et al., Regional Environmental Change, 10.1007/s10113-023-02035-0

Municipal authorities' climate change adaptation plans: Barriers to the inclusion of intensified needs of vulnerable populations
Krigel et al., Urban Climate, 10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101433

The impact of psychological distance to climate change and urban informality on adaptation planning
Rana et al., Urban Climate, 10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101460

Climate change impacts on human health

Evaluating public health strategies for climate adaptation: Challenges and opportunities from the climate ready states and cities initiative
Joseph et al., PLOS Climate, Open Access pdf 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000102

Hospital admission tendencies caused by day-to-day temperature changes during summer: a case study for the city of Novi Sad (Serbia)
Savi? et al., International Journal of Biometeorology, 10.1007/s00484-023-02447-x

How the new climate scenarios will affect air quality trends: An exploratory research
Coelho et al., Urban Climate, Open Access 10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101479

Climate change & geopolitics

Climate change and security research: Conflict, securitisation and human agency
Arnall, PLOS Climate, Open Access pdf 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000072

Climate change impacts on human culture

Climate, caribou and human needs linked by analysis of Indigenous and scientific knowledge
Gagnon et al., Nature Sustainability, Open Access 10.1038/s41893-023-01085-w

Other

Observational evidence for on-shelf heat transport driven by dense water export in the Weddell Sea
Darelius et al., Nature Communications, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41467-023-36580-3

Informed opinion, nudges & major initiatives

An immediate, very low-cost method for reducing methane emissions from the US oil and gas supply chain
Townsend-Small, PLOS Climate, Open Access pdf 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000151

Biodiversity transformations in the global ocean: a climate change and conservation management perspective
Belgrano & Lindmark, Global Change Biology, Open Access pdf 10.1111/gcb.16665

Learning and community building in support of collective action: Toward a new climate of communication at the COP
Mar et al., WIREs Climate Change, 10.1002/wcc.832

Making protected areas effective for biodiversity, climate and food
Arneth et al., Global Change Biology, 10.1111/gcb.16664

Meeting the challenges of large-scale carbon storage and hydrogen production
Zoback & Smit, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Open Access 10.1073/pnas.2202397120

Modern food emissions
Chavdarov, JOURNAL OF MECHANICS OF CONTINUA AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, Open Access 10.26782/jmcms.spl.10/2020.06.00048

Nothing about us without us: The urgent need for disability-inclusive climate research
Jodoin et al., PLOS Climate, Open Access pdf 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000153

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

North Carolina Clean Transportation Plan, North Carolina Department of Transportation

The North Carolina Clean Transportation Plan (NCCTP) is a guidance document that provides a coordinated strategy for accelerating decarbonization in the transportation sector. The plan outlines how North Carolina can prepare for a clean transportation future and provide equitable outcomes for everyone. The NCCTP was co-created with local, regional and state agencies; transportation providers; non-profit organizations; social justice and equity-focused groups; environmentally focused groups; academic partners; clean cities coalitions; advocacy groups; utility providers; and private companies. While clean transportation efforts are happening all around our state, Executive Orders (E.O.) 80, 246, and 271 all encouraged a more coordinated strategy.

A Call to Action: Climate Resilient California Schools. Safeguarding Children’s Health and Opportunity to Learn in TK-12, Patel et al,, Stanford University

Once again, California stands on the future’s edge. As the Earth warms, Californians are confronting unprecedented heat, drought, wildfire, and flooding – among other effects of climate change. In response, the state is stepping forward as a leader in a global campaign to reduce emissions of carbon and other greenhouse gasses. California’s commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2045 is a visionary aim that compels both its technical ingenuity and its political will. Yet even as it races to claw back the causes of climate change, its children are emerging into a world where the effects are already as close as the air they breathe. In this urgent context, a statewide coalition of nearly 50 stakeholders – including doctors, medical and environmental health researchers, educators, youth, and community groups, and other experts – convened in 2021 to examine the challenges of climate change from the perspective of children’s health and education. The authors present a transformative vision for California schools that are climate-resilient and sustainable and lay out a path to realizing this vision.

Climate Change’s Four Irelands: An Audience Segmentation Analysis, Leiserowitz et al, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

The authors conducted a nationally representative survey of public climate change beliefs, risk perceptions, policy preferences, and behavior in Ireland. The authors identified four distinct audiences based on views about climate change among the Irish public. The four climate audiences strongly differ on their knowledge, levels of worry, and willingness to take personal action on climate change. These audiences reflect a spectrum of views about climate change and are labelled as The Alarmed, Concerned, Cautious and Doubtful.

Impact of Green Hydrogen Production on the Availability of Clean Electricity for the Grid, M. Roetter and G. Richardson, Gas Transition Allies

Gas utilities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are proposing to use variable renewable energy sources, particularly wind power, to produce green hydrogen to replace various proportions of fossil methane (natural gas), now burned for heat in 1.3 million homes and hundreds of thousands of commercial buildings across the Commonwealth. In order to meet the goals of the Commonwealth’s Climate Action Roadmap, gas utilities or LDCs (local distribution companies) intend to use green hydrogen and renewable natural gas (RNG), pumped through the gas distribution system, to achieve reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) and other harmful emissions attributable to the building sector. The authors estimate the increase in the demand for clean electricity that would result from using green hydrogen as a replacement for varying proportions of the methane currently burned in buildings in Massachusetts versus a similar calculation using the option of electric-powered heat pumps. If this were to occur, they found that electric supply needs more than triple, electric demand rises, more turbines are required, and the green grid is delayed.

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