Limited potential of no-till agriculture for climate change mitigation

DS Powlson, CM Stirling, ML Jat, BG Gerard… - Nature climate …, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract The Emissions Gap Report 2013 from the United Nations Environment Programme
restates the claim that changing to no-till practices in agriculture, as an alternative to …

[HTML][HTML] Heat waves, aging, and human cardiovascular health

WL Kenney, DH Craighead… - Medicine and science in …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This brief review is based on a President's Lecture presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American College of Sports Medicine in 2013. The purpose of this review is to assess the …

Climate change and health: on the latest IPCC report

A Woodward, KR Smith, D Campbell-Lendrum… - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
“The health of human populations is sensitive to shifts in weather patterns and other aspects
of climate change [very high confidence]. These effects occur directly, due to changes in …

Comparative assessment of the effects of climate change on heat-and cold-related mortality in the United Kingdom and Australia

S Vardoulakis, K Dear, S Hajat… - Environmental …, 2014 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: High and low ambient temperatures are associated with increased mortality in
temperate and subtropical climates. Temperature-related mortality patterns are expected to …

Effects of high temperature on photosynthesis and related gene expression in poplar

Y Song, Q Chen, D Ci, X Shao, D Zhang - BMC plant biology, 2014 - Springer
Background High temperature, whether transitory or constant, causes physiological,
biochemical and molecular changes that adversely affect tree growth and productivity by …

Carbon dioxide capturing technologies: a review focusing on metal organic framework materials (MOFs)

R Sabouni, H Kazemian, S Rohani - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2014 - Springer
In this study, a relevant literature has been reviewed focusing on the carbon dioxide capture
technologies in general, such as amine-based absorption as conventional carbon dioxide …

Effects of temperature and precipitation variability on the risk of violence in sub-Saharan Africa, 1980–2012

J O'Loughlin, AM Linke… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Ongoing debates in the academic community and in the public policy arena continue without
clear resolution about the significance of global climate change for the risk of increased …

Genetic diversity in caribou linked to past and future climate change

G Yannic, L Pellissier, J Ortego, N Lecomte… - Nature Climate …, 2014 - nature.com
Climate-driven range fluctuations during the Pleistocene have continuously reshaped
species distribution leading to populations of contrasting genetic diversity. Contemporary …

Positivist climate conflict research: a critique

J Selby - Geopolitics, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years a large body of work has emerged that uses a positivist epistemology and
quantitative methods to assess the likely conflict impacts of global climate change. This …

The role of networks in transforming Australian agriculture

AM Dowd, N Marshall, A Fleming, E Jakku… - Nature Climate …, 2014 - nature.com
It has been argued that major, purposeful action often resulting in significant changes in
structure or function, known as transformational adaptation, is required in some areas of the …