The Paris agreement has been widely hailed as a positive step forward in addressing climate change for all, although the details on addressing “climate justice” can be best described as sketchy. The goal of keeping global temperature rise “well below”2℃ is commendable but the emissions-reduc...
aA Rainforest can be described as a tall, dense jungle. The reason it is called a "rain" forest is because of the high amount of rainfall it gets per year. The climate of a rain forest is very hot and humid so the animals and plants that exist there must learn to adapt to this ...
These are not nature-based solutions but forms of armor. And designers are showing how this armature can be woven into the public realm, creating new kinds of infrastructure. Smart design is resulting in retractable gates and walls, landscaped berms, and raised platforms. No concrete walls separa...
That said, we think our findings point more clearly to the onset of the YD as driving megafauna declines and extinctions. As can be seen in Fig. 5, the density of megafauna dated events increases during the B-A before decreasing shortly after the onset of the YD. The same can be said...
38). Similarly, bottom-up exercises from land cover/vegetation type classification maps, though valuable for upscaling, can be affected by heterogeneity issues and uncertainties, leading to potential biases when extrapolating from such analyses. Coupled climate models remain the best and currently the ...
When dealing with politicians, I always hope for the best, but assume the worst. P.S. Here are my seven reasons to support free trade, as well as my eight questions for protectionists. P.P.S. You shouldn’t be surprised to learn that the French were early advocates of carbon protectio...
(BIPOC), low-income, and other frontline communities are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. These outcomes can be traced to historical municipal planning practices rooted in racism and discrimination, such as prioritizing the needs and development of affluent communities, and ...
Different actors will have different views on complex questions of what emissions are ‘readily abatable’, but establishing clear best practice across different sectors and contexts is necessary to maintain societal buy-in. This principle can accommodate such differences while also serving as a ...
regulation oflatent heatflux by vegetation can influence climate at local to global scales. As a result, changes in vegetation, which are partially controlled by climate, can in turn influence the climate system. Vegetation also influences greenhouse gas concentrations; living plantsconstitutean ...
These extrapolated estimates for the climate change-induced cost of extreme weather can be calculated as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP), as shown in Fig. 3. Using the global average extrapolation method, the total economic cost, inclusive of damages and statistical loss of life, ...