New research – April 2014

Some selected papers as included in my New research stream in Twitter and in Facebook during April 2014. There are 116 papers, which makes it about 3.9 papers per day.

CLIMATE SCIENCE

Croll revisited: Why is the northern hemisphere warmer than the southern hemisphere? [ABSTRACT]

Observed and SST-forced multidecadal variability in global land surface air temperature [ABSTRACT]

Recent Global Temperature ‘Plateau’ in Context of a New Proxy Reconstruction (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Long-term trends observed in the middle atmosphere temperatures using ground based LIDARs and satellite borne measurements (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Scaling fluctuation analysis and statistical hypothesis testing of anthropogenic warming [ABSTRACT]

Does pre-industrial warming double the anthropogenic total? (open access) [ABSTRACT]

What is the link between temperature and carbon dioxide levels? A Granger causality analysis based on ice core data [ABSTRACT]

Climate variability analysis of winter temperatures in the central Mediterranean since 1500 AD [ABSTRACT]

Blue Hill Observatory Sunshine – Assessment of Climate Signals in the Longest Continuous Meteorological Record in North America (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Climate variability in the Carpathian Mountains region over 1961-2010 [ABSTRACT]

Uncertainties of the ocean heat content estimation induced by insufficient vertical resolution of historical ocean subsurface observations [ABSTRACT]

Impact of increased water vapor on precipitation efficiency over northern Eurasia [ABSTRACT]

Evidence of increasing drought severity caused by temperature rise in southern Europe (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Probable causes of the abnormal ridge accompanying the 2013-14 California drought: ENSO precursor and anthropogenic warming footprint [ABSTRACT]

Atmosphere and Ocean Origins of North American Droughts [ABSTRACT]

Causes of increasing aridification of the Mediterranean region in response to rising greenhouse gases [ABSTRACT]

Strong subsurface soil temperature feedbacks on summer climate variability over the arid/semi-arid regions of East Asia [ABSTRACT]

Understanding Multidecadal Variability in ENSO Amplitude [ABSTRACT]

Forcing of the wintertime atmospheric circulation by the multidecadal fluctuations of the North Atlantic ocean (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Trends in Southern Hemisphere wind-driven circulation in CMIP5 models over the 21st century: Ozone recovery versus greenhouse forcing [ABSTRACT]

An Expanded Dataset of Hurricane Eyewall Sizes and Slopes [ABSTRACT]

Long-term changes in Australian tropical cyclone numbers [ABSTRACT]

Interdecadal changes in summer tropical cyclone activity in East China Sea [ABSTRACT]

A Global Land Cover Climatology Using MODIS Data [ABSTRACT]

Relative humidity in troposphere and its influence on outgoing longwave radiation [ABSTRACT]

Global radiative and climate effect of the water vapour continuum at visible and near-infrared wavelengths [ABSTRACT]

Evaluations of Atmospheric Downward Longwave Radiation from 44 Coupled General Circulation Models of CMIP5 [ABSTRACT]

The use of variable CO2 in the data assimilation of AIRS and IASI radiances [ABSTRACT]

On the possible interaction between internal climate variability and forced climate change [ABSTRACT]

Contributions from the lapse-rate and the surface-albedo feedbacks to polar amplification [ABSTRACT]

Effect of solar variations on particle formation and cloud condensation nuclei (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Trends in U.S. total cloud cover from a homogeneity-adjusted dataset [ABSTRACT]

On the spread of changes in marine low cloud cover in climate model simulations of the 21st century [ABSTRACT]

Multi-decadal aerosol variations from 1980 to 2009: a perspective from observations and a global model (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Offsetting effects of aerosols on Arctic and global climate in the late 20th century (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Real-time measurements of the concentration and isotope composition of atmospheric and volcanic CO2 at Mt. Etna (Italy) [ABSTRACT]

On the distribution of CO2 and CO in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere [ABSTRACT]

The impact of spectral resolution on satellite retrieval accuracy of CO2 and CH4 (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Long-term changes in the upper stratospheric ozone at Syowa, Antarctica (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Seasonal variation of ozone in the tropical lower stratosphere: Southern tropics are different from Northern tropics [ABSTRACT]

How do Laypeople Evaluate the Degree of Certainty in a Weather Report? A Case Study of the Use of the Web Service yr.no [ABSTRACT]

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS

A data set of worldwide glacier length fluctuations (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Continental heat anomalies and the extreme melting of the Greenland ice surface in 2012 and 1889 [ABSTRACT]

Assessing the role of sublimation in the dry snow zone of the Greenland ice sheet in a warming world [ABSTRACT]

Empirical estimation of present-day Antarctic glacial isostatic adjustment and ice mass change (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Uncertainties in Arctic sea ice thickness and volume: new estimates and implications for trends (open access) [ABSTRACT]

The Met Office Hadley Centre sea ice and sea surface temperature data set, version 2: 1. Sea ice concentrations [ABSTRACT]

The early winter sea ice variability under the recent Arctic climate shift [ABSTRACT]

Less winter cloud aids summer 2013 Arctic sea ice return from 2012 minimum (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Multimodel estimates of the changes in the Baltic Sea ice cover during the present century (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Oscillatory dynamics do not mask linear trends in the timing of ice breakup for Northern Hemisphere lakes from 1855 to 2004 [ABSTRACT]

River ice responses to a warming Arctic—recent evidence from Russian rivers (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Snow cover sensitivity to black carbon deposition in the Himalayas: from atmospheric and ice core measurements to regional climate simulations (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Measuring soil frost depth in forest ecosystems with ground penetrating radar [ABSTRACT]

Permafrost warming and vegetation changes in continental Antarctica (open access) [ABSTRACT]

The impacts of recent permafrost thaw on land–atmosphere greenhouse gas exchange (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Timing of sea ice retreat can alter phytoplankton community structure in the western Arctic Ocean (open access) [ABSTRACT]

The influence of sea-ice cover on air-sea gas exchange estimated with radon-222 profiles [ABSTRACT]

Climate extremes drive changes in functional community structure [ABSTRACT]

Soil respiration under climate warming: differential response of heterotrophic and autotrophic respiration [ABSTRACT]

Patterns of climate-induced density shifts of species: poleward shifts faster in northern boreal birds than in southern birds [ABSTRACT]

Ecological and life-history traits explain recent boundary shifts in elevation and latitude of western North American songbirds [ABSTRACT]

A warmer world will reduce tree growth in evergreen broadleaf forests: evidence from Australian temperate and subtropical eucalypt forests (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Forest summer albedo is sensitive to species and thinning: how should we account for this in Earth system models? (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Temperature sensitivity of plant phenology in temperate and subtropical regions of China from 1850 to 2009 [ABSTRACT]

Identifying the driving factors behind observed elevational range shifts on European mountains (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Predicting the responsiveness of soil biodiversity to deforestation: a cross-biome study [ABSTRACT]

Climate change impacts on freshwater fish, coral reefs, and related ecosystem services in the United States (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Defining and observing stages of climate-mediated range shifts in marine systems [ABSTRACT]

Melanin-based colour polymorphism responding to climate change [ABSTRACT]

A study of the longest tide gauge sea–level record in Greenland (Nuuk/Godthab, 1958–2002) [ABSTRACT]

Changes in extreme sea-levels in the Baltic Sea (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Is the 2004–2012 reduction of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation significant? [ABSTRACT]

Wave Heights in the 21st Century Arctic Ocean Simulated with a Regional Climate Model [ABSTRACT]

Increasing Storm Tides in New York Harbor, 1844-2013 [ABSTRACT]

Salinity changes in the World Ocean since 1950 in relation to changing surface freshwater fluxes [ABSTRACT]

Rapid and sustained surface ocean acidification during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum [ABSTRACT]

The influence of seawater pH on U / Ca ratios in the scleractinian cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Biological modulation of upper ocean physics: Simulating the biothermal feedback effect in Monterey Bay, California [ABSTRACT]

Livestock and food security: vulnerability to population growth and climate change [ABSTRACT]

Climate change impacts and adaptation of commercial marine fisheries in Australia (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Global crop yield response to extreme heat stress under multiple climate change futures (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Mortality reduction following the air pollution control measures during the 2010 Asian Games [ABSTRACT]

The impact of climate change on meningitis in northwest Nigeria: an assessment using CMIP5 climate model simulations [ABSTRACT]

Half of the world’s population experience robust changes in the water cycle for a 2 °C warmer world (open access) [ABSTRACT]

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION

Determination of tropical deforestation rates and related carbon losses from 1990 to 2010 [ABSTRACT]

Markedly divergent estimates of Amazon forest carbon density from ground plots and satellites (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Carbon emissions from tropical forest degradation caused by logging (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Mitigating greenhouse gas fluxes from cultivated organic soils with raised water table [ABSTRACT]

Greenhouse gas mitigation in Chinese agriculture: Distinguishing technical and economic potentials [ABSTRACT]

Inferring regional sources and sinks of atmospheric CO2 from GOSAT XCO2 data (open access) [ABSTRACT]

A comparative analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions intensity of wheat and beef in the United States (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Spatial scale-dependent land–atmospheric methane exchanges in the northern high latitudes from 1993 to 2004 (open access) [ABSTRACT]

A synthesis of methane emissions from 71 northern, temperate, and subtropical wetlands [ABSTRACT]

The effects and side-effects of the EU emissions trading scheme [ABSTRACT]

Uncertainty in an emissions-constrained world [ABSTRACT]

Coal’s medium-run future under atmospheric greenhouse gas stabilization [ABSTRACT]

Global implications of joint fossil fuel subsidy reform and nuclear phase-out: an economic analysis [ABSTRACT]

Why have some people changed their attitudes toward nuclear power after the accident in Fukushima? [ABSTRACT]

Local biofuel production for rural electrification potentially promotes development but threatens food security in Laela, Western Tanzania [ABSTRACT]

Is green energy expensive? Empirical evidence from the Spanish electricity market [ABSTRACT]

Thinking globally and siting locally – renewable energy and biodiversity in a rapidly warming world (open access) [ABSTRACT]

The asymmetry of the climate system’s response to solar forcing changes and its implications for geoengineering scenarios [ABSTRACT]

Scientific uncertainty and climate change: Part I. Uncertainty and unabated emissions [ABSTRACT]

Scientific uncertainty and climate change: Part II. Uncertainty and mitigation [ABSTRACT]

Mapping the climate sceptical blogosphere [ABSTRACT]

Douglas-fir plantations in Europe: a retrospective test of assisted migration to address climate change [ABSTRACT]

Social Process of Adaptation to Environmental Changes: How Eastern African Societies Intervene between Crops and Climate [ABSTRACT]

PALAEOCLIMATE

Remote vegetation feedbacks and the mid-Holocene Green Sahara [ABSTRACT]

Resolved Snowball Earth Clouds [ABSTRACT]

Refugium for surface life on Snowball Earth in a nearly enclosed sea? A numerical solution for sea-glacier invasion through a narrow strait [ABSTRACT]

Climate warming during Antarctic ice sheet expansion at the Middle Miocene transition [ABSTRACT]

Sea salt as an ice core proxy for past sea ice extent: a process-based model study [ABSTRACT]

A probabilistic model of chronological errors in layer-counted climate proxies: applications to annually banded coral archives (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Biochemical evidence for minimal vegetation change in peatlands of the West Siberian Lowland during the Medieval Climate Anomaly and Little Ice Age [ABSTRACT]

The role of ocean gateways on cooling climate on long time scales [ABSTRACT]