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New research – June and July 2015

Posted by Ari Jokimäki on August 7, 2015

Below are some new climate related papers from June and July 2015. They are not ordered by subject but roughly by publication time.

Recent changes in Antarctic Sea Ice
http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/373/2045/20140163

Arctic sea ice trends, variability and implications for seasonal ice forecasting
http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/373/2045/20140159

Arctic sea ice reduction: the evidence, models and impacts
http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/373/2045/20140171

Variability of Arctic sea ice thickness and volume from CryoSat-2
http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/373/2045/20140157

Evidence linking rapid Arctic warming to mid-latitude weather patterns (open access)
http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/373/2045/20140170

Time scales and ratios of climate forcing due to thermal versus carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels (open access)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL063514/abstract

Feedback temperature dependence determines the risk of high warming
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL064240/abstract

Simulated climatology and evolution of aridity in the 21st century
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014JD022912/abstract

Seasonal changes in tropical SST and the surface energy budget under global warming projected by CMIP5 models
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0055.1

An inventory of glacial lakes in the Third Pole region and their changes in response to global warming
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818115001101

Exceptionally cold and mild winters in Europe (1951–2010) (open access)
http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00704-015-1524-9

Climatic warming above the Arctic Circle: are there trends in timing and length of the thermal growing season in Murmansk Region (Russia) between 1951 and 2012?
http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00484-014-0880-y

Casualties as a moral measure of climate change
http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-014-1131-2

Sensitivity of Caspian sea-ice to air temperature
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/qj.2592/abstract

Increase in flood and drought disasters during 1500–2000 in Southwest China
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11069-015-1679-9

Spring–summer albedo variations of Antarctic sea ice from 1982 to 2009 (open access)
http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/10/6/064001

Why we should help people understand our scientific literature (open access)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.12543/abstract

How has soil carbon stock changed over recent decades? http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.12992/abstract

International trends in public perceptions of climate change over the past quarter century (open access) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.343/abstract

The relationship between temperature and assault in New Zealand http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-015-1438-7

Observation-based modelling of permafrost carbon fluxes with accounting for deep carbon deposits and thermokarst activity (open access) http://www.biogeosciences.net/12/3469/2015/bg-12-3469-2015.html

Evolution of ice-shelf channels in Antarctic ice shelves (open access) http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/1169/2015/tc-9-1169-2015.html

Asymmetric Impact of Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation on El Niño and La Niña Characteristics http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL064381/abstract

Subtropical and mid-latitude ozone trends in the stratosphere: implications for recovery http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014JD022371/abstract

Surface melt dominates Alaska glacier mass balance http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL064349/abstract

Stratospheric sulfate aerosol injections cannot preserve the West Antarctic Ice Sheet http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL064314/abstract

Greenland Ice Sheet melt increases Baffin Bay heat content on the west Greenland shelf http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL064626/abstract

Uncertainty of Arctic summer ice drift assessed by high-resolution SAR data http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JC010810/abstract

The seasonal cycle of the Arctic Ocean under climate change http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL064514/abstract

Effects of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation on Drought Impacts in the U.S. http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/WCAS-D-14-00020.1

Drought and Pluvial Dipole Events within the Great Plains of the United States http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JAMC-D-15-0002.1

Dramatic loss of glacier accumulation area on the Tibetan Plateau revealed by ice core tritium and mercury records (open access) http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/1213/2015/tc-9-1213-2015.html

Changes in the firn structure of the western Greenland Ice Sheet caused by recent warming (open access) http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/1203/2015/tc-9-1203-2015.html

Comparison of in-situ, aircraft, and satellite land surface temperature measurements over a NOAA Climate Reference Network site http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425715300109

Can we infer avalanche–climate relations using tree-ring data? Case studies in the French Alps http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10113-015-0823-0

Effects of anthropogenic aerosols on temperature changes in China during the twentieth century based on CMIP5 models http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00704-015-1527-6

Unambiguous warming in the western tropical Pacific primarily caused by anthropogenic forcing http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.4395/abstract

Understanding the contribution of non-carbon dioxide gases in deep mitigation scenarios http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378015000709

Climate Change in the North American Arctic: A One Health Perspective http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10393-015-1036-1

Stronger warming amplification over drier ecoregions observed since 1979 (open access) http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/10/6/064012

U.S. oil dependence 2014: Is energy independence in sight? http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421515002104

Skillful prediction of Barents Sea ice cover
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL064359/abstract

How well do simulated last glacial maximum tropical temperatures constrain equilibrium climate sensitivity?
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL064903/abstract

The climatological distribution of extreme Arctic winds, and implications for ocean and sea ice processes
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JD023189/abstract

The evolution of habitable climates under the brightening Sun
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JD023302/abstract

The Anthropocene biosphere
http://anr.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/06/17/2053019615591020.abstract

The Impact of Arctic Winter Infrared Radiation on Early Summer Sea Ice
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00773.1

Weak precipitation, warm winters and springs impact glaciers of south slopes of Mt. Everest (central Himalaya) in the last 2 decades (1994–2013) (open access)
http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/1229/2015/tc-9-1229-2015.html

Super El Niños in response to global warming in a climate model
http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-015-1439-6

Is a White Christmas becoming rarer in southern parts of Sweden?
http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00704-014-1220-1

Sponge erosion under acidification and warming scenarios: differential impacts on living and dead coral
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13002/abstract

Similarities in butterfly emergence dates among populations suggest local adaptation to climate (open access)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.12920/abstract

Using regime analysis to identify the contribution of clouds to surface temperature errors in weather and climate models
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/qj.2603/abstract

Disciplinary reporting affects the interpretation of climate change impacts in global oceans (open access)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.12978/abstract

Scepticism in a changing climate: A cross-national study
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378015000758

Determining the likelihood of pauses and surges in global warming http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL064458/abstract

Laurentide ice-sheet instability during the last deglaciation http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2463.html

Massive nitrous oxide emissions from the tropical South Pacific Ocean http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2469.html

Disappearance of the southeast U.S. “warming hole” with the late-1990s transition of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL064586/abstract

Modern solar maximum forced late 20th century Greenland cooling http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL064764/abstract

Transports and budgets of anthropogenic CO2 in the tropical North Atlantic in 1992–93 and 2010–11 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014GB005075/abstract

Recent Spatio-temporal patterns in Temperature Extremes across Conterminous United States http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JD023598/abstract

Effects of CO2-driven ocean acidification on early life stages of marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma) (open access) http://www.biogeosciences.net/12/3861/2015/bg-12-3861-2015.html

Nonlinear response of modelled stratospheric ozone to changes in greenhouse gases and ozone depleting substances in the recent past (open access) http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/15/6897/2015/acp-15-6897-2015.html

A ground temperature map of the North Atlantic permafrost region based on remote sensing and reanalysis data (open access) http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/1303/2015/tc-9-1303-2015.html

Assessment of urban effect on observed warming trends during 1955–2012 over China: a case of 45 cities http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-015-1446-7

Coral population dynamics across consecutive mass mortality events http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13014/abstract

Decoding the precision of historical temperature observations http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/qj.2612/abstract

Will A Warmer and Wetter Future Cause Extinction of Native Hawaiian Forest Birds? http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13005/abstract

Seasonality of soil moisture mediates responses of ecosystem phenology to elevated CO2 and warming in a semi-arid grassland http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.12440/abstract

The distribution of precipitation and the spread in tropical upper tropospheric temperature trends in CMIP5/AMIP simulations http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL064966/abstract

Undercutting of marine-terminating glaciers in West Greenland http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL064236/abstract

Estimating global and North American methane emissions with high spatial resolution using GOSAT satellite data (open access) http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/15/7049/2015/acp-15-7049-2015.html

Terrestrial net primary productivity in India during 1901–2010: contributions from multiple environmental changes http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-015-1448-5

Climate change impacts on freshwater fish, coral reefs, and related ecosystem services in the United States (open access) http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-014-1107-2

The effects of climate sensitivity and carbon cycle interactions on mitigation policy stringency (open access) http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-013-1026-7

Net aboveground biomass declines of four major forest types with forest ageing and climate change in western Canada’s boreal forests http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.12994/abstract

An assessment of methods for computing radiative forcing in climate models (open access) http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/10/7/074004

Aboveground carbon loss in natural and managed tropical forests from 2000 to 2012 (open access) http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/10/7/074002

Sensitivity of regional climate to global temperature and forcing (open access) http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/10/7/074001

Vulnerability to climate change and sea-level rise of the 35th biodiversity hotspot, the Forests of East Australia http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9817008&utm_source=First_View&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=ENC

Evidence for long-term shift in plant community composition under decadal experimental warming http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.12449/abstract

The influence of coral reefs and climate change on wave-driven flooding of tropical coastlines http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL064861/abstract

The Observed State of the Energy Budget in the Early 21st Century http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00556.1

The Observed State of the Water Cycle in the Early 21st Century http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00555.1

Why does aerosol forcing control historical global-mean surface temperature change in CMIP5 models? http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00712.1

Hybrid glacier Inventory, Gravimetry and Altimetry (HIGA) mass balance product for Greenland and the Canadian Arctic http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425715300468

Assessing temperature sensitivity of subalpine shrub phenology in semi-arid mountain regions of China http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168192315001926

Can changes in the distribution of lizard species over the past 50 years be attributed to climate change? http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00704-015-1553-4

Increased record-breaking precipitation events under global warming http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-015-1434-y

Projected climate change impacts on vegetation distribution over Kashmir Himalayas http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-015-1456-5

Ice storm frequencies in a warmer climate http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-015-1460-9

On the predictability of extremes: does the butterfly effect ever decrease? http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/qj.2627/abstract

Framework of barrier reefs threatened by ocean acidification http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13023/abstract

Decadal warming causes a consistent and persistent shift from heterotrophic to autotrophic respiration in contrasting permafrost ecosystems http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13032/abstract

A cyclone climatology of the British-Irish Isles 1871–2012 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.4425/abstract

The shifting influence of drought and heat stress for crops in Northeast Australia http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13022/abstract

The vulnerability of the US food system to climate change http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13412-015-0290-4

What if solar energy becomes really cheap? A thought experiment on environmental problem shifting http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343515000494

Climate change implications for the nest site selection process and subsequent hatching success of a green turtle population http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11027-015-9668-6

Large increase in nest size linked to climate change: an indicator of life history, senescence and condition http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00442-015-3385-4

Amplified melt and flow of the Greenland ice sheet driven by late-summer cyclonic rainfall http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2482.html

Methane emissions from an alpine wetland on the Tibetan Plateau: Neglected but vital contribution of non-growing season http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JG003043/abstract

The recent hiatus in global warming of the land surface: scale-dependent breakpoint occurrences in space and time http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL064884/abstract

Trends in the Local Hadley and Local Walker Circulations http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014JD022652/abstract

Increasing evaporation amounts seen in the Arctic between 2003-2013 from AIRS data http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JD023258/abstract

An oceanic impact of the Kuroshio on surface air temperature on the Pacific coast of Japan in summer: Regional H2O greenhouse gas effect http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00763.1

Wintertime storage of water in buried supraglacial lakes across the Greenland Ice Sheet (open access) http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/1333/2015/tc-9-1333-2015.html

Projections of oceanic N2O emissions in the 21st century using the IPSL Earth system model (open access) http://www.biogeosciences.net/12/4133/2015/bg-12-4133-2015.html

The Greenland ice sheet during the last glacial cycle: current ice loss and contribution to sea-level rise from a palaeoclimatic perspective http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825215300167

Ways of knowing climate: Hubert H. Lamb and climate research in the UK http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.349/abstract

Extreme seasonal droughts and floods in Amazonia: causes, trends and impacts http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.4420/abstract

Guidance for representing uncertainty on global temperature change maps http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.4408/abstract

Allocating a 2 °C cumulative carbon budget to countries (open access) http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/10/7/075004

Impact of short-lived non-CO2 mitigation on carbon budgets for stabilizing global warming (open access) http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/10/7/075001

Additional contributions to CMIP5 regional sea level projections resulting from Greenland and Antarctic ice mass loss (open access) http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/10/7/074008

Priority threat management of invasive animals to protect biodiversity under climate change http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13034/abstract

Sea-air CO2 exchange in the western Arctic coastal ocean http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GB005153/abstract

The impact of stored solar heat on Arctic sea-ice Growth http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL064541/abstract

Causes of the 2011 to 2014 California drought http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00860.1

Patterns of Asian Winter Climate Variability and Links to Arctic Sea Ice http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00274.1

Climate changes, lead pollution and soil erosion in south Greenland over the past 700 years http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033589415000599

Detecting recent changes in the areal extent of North Cascades glaciers, U.S.A. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033589415000629

On the climate and climate change of Sitka, Southeast Alaska (open access) http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00704-015-1542-7

How climate proof is the European Union’s biodiversity policy? http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10113-014-0647-3

Decreasing US aridity in a warming climate http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.4421/abstract

Linking interannual variability in extreme Greenland blocking episodes to the recent increase in summer melting across the Greenland ice sheet http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.4440/abstract

An estimate of anthropogenic heat emissions in China http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.4407/abstract

Effect of changes in temperature scales on historical temperature data http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.4404/abstract

Regional modelling of permafrost thicknesses over the past 130 ka: implications for permafrost development in Great Britain http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bor.12136/abstract

Plant phenological responses to a long-term experimental extension of growing season and soil warming in the tussock tundra of Alaska http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13040/abstract

It is not just about the ice: a geochemical perspective on the changing Arctic Ocean (open access) http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13412-015-0302-4

Species traits and climate velocity explain geographic range shifts in an ocean-warming hotspot http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.12474/abstract

Detecting mismatches of bird migration stopover and tree phenology in response to changing climate http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00442-015-3293-7

Effects of climate and plant phenology on recruitment of moose at the southern extent of their range http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00442-015-3296-4

The second Chinese glacier inventory: data, methods and results http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/igsoc/jog/2015/00000061/00000226/art00014

Mass-balance changes of the debris-covered glaciers in the Langtang Himal, Nepal, from 1974 to 1999 http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/igsoc/jog/2015/00000061/00000226/art00015

Globally significant greenhouse-gas emissions from African inland waters http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2486.html

The Global Land Rush and Climate Change (open access) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014EF000281/abstract

Hidden carbon sink beneath desert http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL064222/abstract

Determining Regional Weather Patterns from a Historical Diary http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/WCAS-D-15-0016.1

Robust Future Changes in Temperature Variability under Greenhouse Gas Forcing and the Relationship with Thermal Advection http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00735.1

Reconstructing European forest management from 1600 to 2010 (open access) http://www.biogeosciences.net/12/4291/2015/bg-12-4291-2015.html

Source contributions to 2012 summertime aerosols in the Euro-Mediterranean region (open access) http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/15/8013/2015/acp-15-8013-2015.html

Impact of Climate Change on Urban Heat Island Effect and Extreme Temperatures: A Case Study http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/qj.2642/abstract

Evaluating changes in season length, onset, and end dates across the United States (1948–2012) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.4422/abstract

Destruction or persistence of coral atoll islands in the face of 20th and 21st century sea-level rise? http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.350/abstract

Fishers’ perceptions of climate change, impacts on their livelihoods and adaptation strategies in environmental change hotspots: a case of Lake Wamala, Uganda http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10668-015-9690-6

Facilitating climate-change-induced range shifts across continental land-use barriers http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.12556/abstract

Derivation and analysis of a complete modern-date glacier inventory for Alaska and northwest Canada http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/igsoc/jog/2015/00000061/00000227/art00001

Local Trend Disparities Of European Minimum And Maximum Temperature Extremes http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL065011/abstract

Rising methane emissions from northern wetlands associated with sea ice decline http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL065013/abstract

Climate responses to anthropogenic emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (open access) http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/15/8201/2015/acp-15-8201-2015.html

The Earth’s energy balance http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809515002070

Contrasting effects of warming and increased snowfall on Arctic tundra plant phenology over the past two decades http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13051/abstract

Surface ocean CO2 in 1990–2011 modelled using a feed-forward neural network (open access) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gdj3.26/abstract

Glaciers and climate change: narratives of ruined futures http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.351/abstract

Ocean warming ameliorates the negative effects of ocean acidification on Paracentrotus lividus larval development and settlement http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141113615300179

The evolution of the evidence base for observed impacts of climate change http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343515000470

How resilient are farming households and communities to a changing climate in Africa? A gender-based perspective http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378015000825

Effects of wind-energy facilities on breeding grassland bird distributions http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.12569/abstract

Robust comparison of climate models with observations using blended land air and ocean sea surface temperatures http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL064888/abstract

Sensitivity of flowering phenology to changing temperature in China http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JG003112/abstract

What hindered the El Niño pattern in 2014? http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL064899/abstract

Anthropogenic Weakening of the Tropical Circulation: The Relative Roles of Direct CO2 Forcing and Sea Surface Temperature Change http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0205.1

Repeat storm surge disasters of Typhoon Haiyan and its 1897 predecessor in the Philippines http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00245.1

Extremely Intense Hurricanes: Revisiting Webster et al. (2005) after 10 Years http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0188.1

Tropospheric temperature climatology and trends observed over the middle east http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364682615300250

Climate context of the cold summer of 2014 in Toronto, ON, Canada http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00704-015-1571-2

The climate of war: violence, warfare, and climatic reductionism http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.352/abstract

 

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