Complexity revealed in the greening of the Arctic

IH Myers-Smith, JT Kerby, GK Phoenix… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
As the Arctic warms, vegetation is responding, and satellite measures indicate widespread
greening at high latitudes. This 'greening of the Arctic'is among the world's most important …

Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene

W Steffen, J Rockström, K Richardson… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
We explore the risk that self-reinforcing feedbacks could push the Earth System toward a
planetary threshold that, if crossed, could prevent stabilization of the climate at intermediate …

Superabsorbent polymer hydrogels for sustainable agriculture: A review

Y Oladosu, MY Rafii, F Arolu, SC Chukwu, MA Salisu… - Horticulturae, 2022 - mdpi.com
Water management is rapidly becoming one of the most pressing issues facing all countries
in semi-arid and arid parts of the world. Global water consumption is predicted to increase …

Satellite remote sensing of surface urban heat islands: Progress, challenges, and perspectives

D Zhou, J Xiao, S Bonafoni, C Berger, K Deilami… - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
The surface urban heat island (SUHI), which represents the difference of land surface
temperature (LST) in urban relativity to neighboring non-urban surfaces, is usually …

Meta-analyses of factors motivating climate change adaptation behaviour

AM Van Valkengoed, L Steg - Nature climate change, 2019 - nature.com
Adaptation behaviour is of critical importance to reduce or avoid negative impacts of climate
change. Many studies have examined which factors motivate individuals to adapt. However …

Drought tolerance strategies in plants: a mechanistic approach

M Ilyas, M Nisar, N Khan, A Hazrat, AH Khan… - Journal of Plant Growth …, 2021 - Springer
Anthropogenic activities in the past and present eras have created global warming and
consequently a storm of drought stress, affecting both plants and animals. Being sessile …

Food environment typology: advancing an expanded definition, framework, and methodological approach for improved characterization of wild, cultivated, and built …

SM Downs, S Ahmed, J Fanzo, A Herforth - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
The food environment is a critical place in the food system to implement interventions to
support sustainable diets and address the global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and …

Robust future changes in meteorological drought in CMIP6 projections despite uncertainty in precipitation

AM Ukkola, MG De Kauwe, ML Roderick… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying how climate change drives drought is a priority to inform policy and adaptation
planning. We show that the latest Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) …

Urban climates and climate change

V Masson, A Lemonsu, J Hidalgo… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Cities are particularly vulnerable to extreme weather episodes, which are expected to
increase with climate change. Cities also influence their own local climate, for example …

Impact of recent and future climate change on vector‐borne diseases

C Caminade, KM McIntyre… - Annals of the New York …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is one of the greatest threats to human health in the 21st century. Climate
directly impacts health through climatic extremes, air quality, sea‐level rise, and multifaceted …