An assessment of Earth's climate sensitivity using multiple lines of evidence

SC Sherwood, MJ Webb, JD Annan… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We assess evidence relevant to Earth's equilibrium climate sensitivity per doubling of
atmospheric CO2, characterized by an effective sensitivity S. This evidence includes …

Water scarcity and wastewater reuse in crop irrigation

N Ungureanu, V Vlăduț, G Voicu - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Due to climate change, two-thirds of mankind will face water scarcity by 2025, while by 2050,
global food production must increase by at least 50% to feed 9 billion people. To overcome …

Mapping carbon accumulation potential from global natural forest regrowth

SC Cook-Patton, SM Leavitt, D Gibbs, NL Harris… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
To constrain global warming, we must strongly curtail greenhouse gas emissions and
capture excess atmospheric carbon dioxide,. Regrowing natural forests is a prominent …

Future of the human climate niche

C Xu, TA Kohler, TM Lenton… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
All species have an environmental niche, and despite technological advances, humans are
unlikely to be an exception. Here, we demonstrate that for millennia, human populations …

Liquid thermo-responsive smart window derived from hydrogel

Y Zhou, S Wang, J Peng, Y Tan, C Li, FYC Boey… - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
Buildings account for 40% of global energy consumption, while windows are the least
energy-efficient part of buildings. Conventional smart windows only regulate solar …

[图书][B] The precipice: Existential risk and the future of humanity

T Ord - 2020 - books.google.com
This urgent and eye-opening book makes the case that protecting humanity's future is the
central challenge of our time. If all goes well, human history is just beginning. Our species …

Poverty, depression, and anxiety: Causal evidence and mechanisms

M Ridley, G Rao, F Schilbach, V Patel - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND Depression and anxiety disorders are together responsible for 8% of years
lived with disability globally. Contrary to widely held preconceptions, these are not diseases …

Wildfires, global climate change, and human health

R Xu, P Yu, MJ Abramson, FH Johnston… - … England Journal of …, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Wildfires, Global Climate Change, and Human Health Wildfires are increasingly common
and projected to worsen with climate change. Health consequences include burns and …

[HTML][HTML] Human health and ocean pollution

PJ Landrigan, JJ Stegeman, LE Fleming… - Annals of global …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Pollution–unwanted waste released to air, water, and land by human activity–is
the largest environmental cause of disease in the world today. It is responsible for an …

Bounding global aerosol radiative forcing of climate change

N Bellouin, J Quaas, E Gryspeerdt… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosols interact with radiation and clouds. Substantial progress made over the past 40
years in observing, understanding, and modeling these processes helped quantify the …