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Climate change

About: Climate change is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 99222 publications have been published within this topic receiving 3572006 citations.


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28 Mar 2003-Science
TL;DR: Policy-makers should consider expanding research into abrupt climate change, improving monitoring systems, and taking actions designed to enhance the adaptability and resilience of ecosystems and economies.
Abstract: Large, abrupt, and widespread climate changes with major impacts have occurred repeatedly in the past, when the Earth system was forced across thresholds. Although abrupt climate changes can occur for many reasons, it is conceivable that human forcing of climate change is increasing the probability of large, abrupt events. Were such an event to recur, the economic and ecological impacts could be large and potentially serious. Unpredictability exhibited near climate thresholds in simple models shows that some uncertainty will always be associated with projections. In light of these uncertainties, policy-makers should consider expanding research into abrupt climate change, improving monitoring systems, and taking actions designed to enhance the adaptability and resilience of ecosystems and economies.

1,218 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present Communicating Climate Change: Why Frames Matter for Public Engagement, a framework for communicating climate change in the context of public engagement, and why frames matter for public engagement.
Abstract: (2009). Communicating Climate Change: Why Frames Matter for Public Engagement. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 12-23.

1,202 citations

Book
01 Jan 1985
TL;DR: The paper as discussed by the authors presents the papers given at a conference on the atmospheric chemistry of carbon dioxide, including the carbon cycle, tropospheric methane cycle, the last deglaciation, reef growth, climatic change, carbon deposition rates in the Atlantic Ocean, low-latitude biomass, carbon isotopes, geochemistry, charcoal fluxes, volcanism, geologic ages, tectonics, carbonate rocks, marine surveys, and biogeochemistry.
Abstract: This book presents the papers given at a conference on the atmospheric chemistry of carbon dioxide. Topics considered at the conference included the carbon cycle, the tropospheric methane cycle, the last deglaciation, reef growth, climatic change, carbon deposition rates in the Atlantic Ocean, low-latitude biomass, carbon isotopes, geochemistry, charcoal fluxes, volcanism, geologic ages, tectonics, carbonate rocks, marine surveys, and biogeochemistry.

1,201 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that the rapid Arctic warming has contributed to dramatic melting of Arctic sea ice and spring snow cover, at a pace greater than that simulated by climate models.
Abstract: The Arctic region has warmed more than twice as fast as the global average — a phenomenon known as Arctic amplification. The rapid Arctic warming has contributed to dramatic melting of Arctic sea ice and spring snow cover, at a pace greater than that simulated by climate models. These profound changes to the Arctic system have coincided with a period of ostensibly more frequent extreme weather events across the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes, including severe winters. The possibility of a link between Arctic change and mid-latitude weather has spurred research activities that reveal three potential dynamical pathways linking Arctic amplification to mid-latitude weather: changes in storm tracks, the jet stream, and planetary waves and their associated energy propagation. Through changes in these key atmospheric features, it is possible, in principle, for sea ice and snow cover to jointly influence mid-latitude weather. However, because of incomplete knowledge of how high-latitude climate change influences these phenomena, combined with sparse and short data records, and imperfect models, large uncer - tainties regarding the magnitude of such an influence remain. We conclude that improved process understanding, sustained and additional Arctic observations, and better coordinated modelling studies will be needed to advance our understanding of the influences on mid-latitude weather and extreme events.

1,199 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
20253
20247
202312,805
202223,277
20217,120
20206,646