Irrigation in the Earth system

S McDermid, M Nocco, P Lawston-Parker… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Irrigation accounts for~ 70% of global freshwater withdrawals and~ 90% of consumptive
water use, driving myriad Earth system impacts. In this Review, we summarize how irrigation …

[HTML][HTML] Emergent constraints on equilibrium climate sensitivity in CMIP5: do they hold for CMIP6?

M Schlund, A Lauer, P Gentine… - Earth System …, 2020 - esd.copernicus.org
An important metric for temperature projections is the equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS),
which is defined as the global mean surface air temperature change caused by a doubling …

Ancestral genetic diversity associated with the rapid spread of stress-tolerant coral symbionts in response to Holocene climate change

BCC Hume, CR Voolstra, C Arif… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Coral communities in the Persian/Arabian Gulf (PAG) withstand unusually high salinity
levels and regular summer temperature maxima of up to∼ 35° C that kill conspecifics …

Permafrost thaw and soil moisture driving CO2 and CH4 release from upland tundra

SM Natali, EAG Schuur, M Mauritz… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
As permafrost degrades, the amount of organic soil carbon (C) that thaws during the growing
season will increase, but decomposition may be limited by saturated soil conditions common …

The social cost of atmospheric release

DT Shindell - Climatic Change, 2015 - Springer
I present a multi-impact economic valuation framework called the Social Cost of Atmospheric
Release (SCAR) that extends the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) used previously for carbon …

Experimental and numerical studies on failure behaviours of sandstones subject to freeze-thaw cycles

J Yahaghi, H Liu, A Chan, D Fukuda - Transportation geotechnics, 2021 - Elsevier
The freeze-thaw induced damage of rock affects the durability and serviceability of geo-
structures, especially those constructed in the regions frequently impacted by climatic …

Laboratory study of water infiltration and evaporation in biochar-amended landfill covers under extreme climate

Z Chen, V Kamchoom, A Apriyono, R Chen, C Chen - Waste Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar has been used as an environment-friendly enhancer to improve the soil hydraulic
properties. Previous studies focused on the effect of biochar addition for irrigation in …

Combined effect of microplastics and global warming factors on early growth and development of the sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus)

JI Bertucci, J Bellas - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to estimate the potential risk of the combined effect of global
change factors (acidification, temperature increase) and microplastic (MP) pollution on the …

Increased wintertime CO2 loss as a result of sustained tundra warming

EE Webb, EAG Schuur, SM Natali… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Permafrost soils currently store approximately 1672 Pg of carbon (C), but as high latitudes
warm, this temperature‐protected C reservoir will become vulnerable to higher rates of …

Selection of CMIP5 GCM ensemble for the projection of Spatio-temporal changes in precipitation and temperature over the Niger Delta, Nigeria

I Hassan, RM Kalin, CJ White, JA Aladejana - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Selection of a suitable general circulation model (GCM) ensemble is crucial for effective
water resource management and reliable climate studies in developing countries with …