University of East Anglia

About: University of East Anglia is a education organization based out in Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Climate change. The organization has 13250 authors who have published 37504 publications receiving 1669060 citations. The organization is also known as: UEA.

Northern Hemisphere Surface Air Temperature Variations: 1851–1984

Abstract: A new compilation of monthly mean surface air temperature for the Northern Hemisphere for 1851–1984 is presented based on land-based meteorological station data and fixed-position weather ship data. This compilation differs from others in two ways. First, a considerable amount of new data, previously hidden away in archives, has been included, thus improving both spatial and temporal coverage. Second, the station data have been analyzed to assess their homogeneity. Only reliable or corrected station data have been used in calculating area averages. Grid point temperature estimates have been made by interpolating onto a 5° latitude by 10° longitude grid for each month of the 134 years. In the period of best data coverage, 58% of the area of the Northern Hemisphere is covered by the available data network. (The remaining area is mainly ocean too far from land-based stations to warrant extrapolation.) The reliability of hemispheric estimates is assessed for earlier periods when coverage is less than...

China CO2 emission accounts 1997-2015.

Abstract: China is the world's top energy consumer and CO2 emitter, accounting for 30% of global emissions. Compiling an accurate accounting of China's CO2 emissions is the first step in implementing reduction policies. However, no annual, officially published emissions data exist for China. The current emissions estimated by academic institutes and scholars exhibit great discrepancies. The gap between the different emissions estimates is approximately equal to the total emissions of the Russian Federation (the 4th highest emitter globally) in 2011. In this study, we constructed the time-series of CO2 emission inventories for China and its 30 provinces. We followed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emissions accounting method with a territorial administrative scope. The inventories include energy-related emissions (17 fossil fuels in 47 sectors) and process-related emissions (cement production). The first version of our dataset presents emission inventories from 1997 to 2015. We will update the dataset annually. The uniformly formatted emission inventories provide data support for further emission-related research as well as emissions reduction policy-making in China.

Health risks associated with overweight and obesity.

Abstract: The intra-abdominal visceral deposition of adipose tissue,which characterizes upper body – central – obesity(assessed by waist circumference and/or waist : hip ratio)is a major contributor to the development of hypertension,elevated plasma insulin concentrations and insulin resis-tance, hyperglycaemia and hyperlipidaemia (metabolic syn-drome). The concept of the metabolic syndrome refers tothe phenomenon of risk-factor clustering – a collection ofmetabolic traits occurring in the same individual with theclustering presumably reflecting a unifying underlyingpathophysiology that requires a holistic approach to theirmanagement (5–7).Many of the health risks associated with increasing bodyweight begin to appear in children and young people. Ofgreat concern is the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetesand associated medical complications in childhood (8–10).This early onset needs to be reflected by active managementand research priorities to reduce the consequential healthand economic burdens (11).