New research, February 11, 2016

Some new papers from last few days:

The roles of external forcing and natural variability in global warming hiatuses
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00382-016-3018-6

Evaluating the impact of U.S. Historical Climatology Network homogenization using the U.S. Climate Reference Network
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL067640/abstract

Significant recent warming over the northern Tibetan Plateau from ice core δ18O records (open access)
http://www.clim-past.net/12/201/2016/

Mid-2000s North Atlantic shift: Heat budget and circulation changes
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL067254/abstract

A large increase in US methane emissions over the past decade inferred from satellite data and surface observations
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016GL067987/abstract

Transatlantic flight times and climate change (open access)
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/11/2/024008/meta

Impact of progressive global warming on the global-scale yield of maize and soybean (open access)
http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-016-1601-9

Sequestration of carbon in the deep Atlantic during the last glaciation
http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2657.html

Cooling and societal change during the Late Antique Little Ice Age from 536 to around 660 AD
http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2652.html

Estimates of late middle Eocene pCO2 based on stomatal density of modern and fossil Nageia leaves (open access)
http://www.clim-past.net/12/241/2016/

Snow and albedo climate change impacts across the United States Northern Great Plains (open access)
http://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/329/2016/

Observed high-altitude warming and snow cover retreat over Tibet and the Himalayas enhanced by black carbon aerosols (open access)
http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/16/1303/2016/

Weather preferences of French tourists: lessons for climate change impact assessment
http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-016-1620-6

Evaluating forest transition based on a multi-scale approach: forest area dynamics in Switzerland 1850–2000
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10113-015-0911-1

Observed trends and impacts of tropical cyclones in the Philippines
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.4659/abstract

From global to regional and back again: common climate stressors of marine ecosystems relevant for adaptation across five ocean warming hotspots
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13247/abstract

Crossing regimes of temperature dependence in animal movement
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13245/abstract

Global trends of aerosol optical thickness using the ensemble empirical mode decomposition method
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.4637/abstract

The impact of observational sampling on time series of global 0–700 m ocean average temperature: a case study
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.4654/abstract

Winter precipitation and snow accumulation drive the methane sink or source strength of Arctic tussock tundra
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13242/abstract

Agricultural production and greenhouse gas emissions from world regions—The major trends over 40 years
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378015300753

Assessing local climate vulnerability and winegrowers’ adaptive processes in the context of climate change
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11027-015-9698-0

Mediterranean and temperate treelines are controlled by different environmental drivers
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.12555/abstract

Geographic divergence in upper thermal limits across insect life stages: does behavior matter?
http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00442-016-3561-1

Paradoxical acclimation responses in the thermal performance of insect immunity
http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00442-015-3529-6