Forest microclimates and climate change: Importance, drivers and future research agenda

P De Frenne, J Lenoir, M Luoto… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Forest microclimates contrast strongly with the climate outside forests. To fully understand
and better predict how forests' biodiversity and functions relate to climate and climate …

Exceeding 1.5 C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points

DI Armstrong McKay, A Staal, JF Abrams… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Climate tipping points occur when change in a part of the climate system becomes self-
perpetuating beyond a warming threshold, leading to substantial Earth system impacts …

Seasonal origin of the thermal maxima at the Holocene and the last interglacial

S Bova, Y Rosenthal, Z Liu, SP Godad, M Yan - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Proxy reconstructions from marine sediment cores indicate peak temperatures in the first half
of the last and current interglacial periods (the thermal maxima of the Holocene epoch …

Many risky feedback loops amplify the need for climate action

WJ Ripple, C Wolf, TM Lenton, JW Gregg, SM Natali… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Many feedback loops significantly increase warming due to greenhouse gas emissions.
However, not all of these feedbacks are fully accounted for in climate models. Thus …

Afforesting arid land with renewable electricity and desalination to mitigate climate change

U Caldera, C Breyer - Nature Sustainability, 2023 - nature.com
Afforestation is one of the most practised carbon dioxide removal methods but is constrained
by the availability of suitable land and sufficient water resources. In this research, existing …

Climate-driven decoupling of wetland and upland biomass trends on the mid-Atlantic coast

Y Chen, ML Kirwan - Nature Geoscience, 2022 - nature.com
Coastal ecosystems represent a disproportionately large but vulnerable global carbon sink.
Sea-level-driven tidal wetland degradation and upland forest mortality threaten coastal …

[HTML][HTML] Land surface dynamics and meteorological forcings modulate land surface temperature characteristics

OE Adeyeri, AH Folorunsho, KI Ayegbusi… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study examines the effect of land cover, vegetation health, climatic forcings, elevation
heat loads, and terrain characteristics (LVCET) on land surface temperature (LST) …

[HTML][HTML] Did increased flooding during the African Humid Period force migration of modern humans from the Nile Valley?

AS Zaki, GE King, N Haghipour, R Giegengack… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
During the Quaternary period, the eastern Sahara's hydroclimate oscillated between wet
and dry intervals. These oscillations caused drastic changes in precipitation rates, often …

Future changes in mean and extreme precipitation over the Mediterranean and Sahara regions using bias‐corrected CMIP6 models

H Babaousmail, R Hou, B Ayugi… - International Journal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines the projected changes in mean and extreme precipitation over the
Mediterranean (MED) and Sahara (SAH) regions based on the multi‐model ensemble mean …

End of Green Sahara amplified mid-to late Holocene megadroughts in mainland Southeast Asia

ML Griffiths, KR Johnson, FSR Pausata… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Between 5 and 4 thousand years ago, crippling megadroughts led to the disruption of
ancient civilizations across parts of Africa and Asia, yet the extent of these climate extremes …