Geomorphic and Sedimentary Effects of Modern Climate Change: Current and Anticipated Future Conditions in the Western United States
Amy E. East,Joel B. Sankey +1 more
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This article is published in Reviews of Geophysics.The article was published on 2020-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 60 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Climate change.read more
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Climate-induced variations in global wildfire danger from 1979-2013
TL;DR: It is shown that fire weather seasons have lengthened across 29.6 million km2 (25.3%) of the Earth's vegetated surface, resulting in an 18.7% increase in global mean fire weather season length.
Responses of Wind Erosion to Climate-Induced Vegetation Changes on the Colorado Plateau
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a two-stage approach to compare the susceptibility of grasslands and three different shrublands to wind erosion on the Colorado Plateau and demonstrate how climate can indirectly moderate the magnitude of aeolian sediment flux through different responses of dominant plants in these communities.
Robust spatially aggregated projections of climate extremes
TL;DR: The authors showed that the uncertainties associated with the projection of climate extremes are mainly due to internal climate variability and that model projections are consistent when averaged across regions, allowing robust projection of future extremes.
Enhancement of wind erosion by fire-induced water repellency in soils: a wind tunnel study
TL;DR: In this paper, a series of wind tunnel experiments, laboratory tests, and theoretical analyses were carried out to assess the effect of fire-induced water repellency on the soil susceptibility to wind erosion.
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High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability
Dongfeng Li,Xixi Lu,Desmond E. Walling,Ming Zhang,Jakob F. Steiner,Robert J. Wasson,Stephan Harrison,S. Nepal,Yong Nie,Walter W. Immerzeel,Dan H. Shugar,Michele Koppes,Stuart N. Lane,Zhenzhong Zeng,Xiaofei Sun,Alexandr Yegorov,Tobias Bolch +16 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors recommend forward-looking design and maintenance measures and sustainable sediment management solutions that can help transition towards climate change-resilient dams and reservoirs in High Mountain Asia, in large part based on improved monitoring and prediction of compound and cascading hazards.
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Hylke E. Beck,Niklaus E. Zimmermann,Tim R. McVicar,Tim R. McVicar,Noemi Vergopolan,Alexis Berg,Eric F. Wood +6 more
TL;DR: New global maps of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification at an unprecedented 1-km resolution for the present-day and for projected future conditions under climate change are presented, providing valuable indications of the reliability of the classifications.