In the past decade, innovations in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling have fueled a
boom in the production of natural gas (as well as oil) from geological formations—primarily …

Quantitative estimates of the economic damages of climate change usually are based on
aggregate relationships linking average temperature change to loss in gross domestic …

Hydrologic responses of river basins in the Sierra Nevada of California to historical and
future climate variations and changes are assessed by simulating daily streamflow and …

Abstract The Platform for Regional Integrated Modeling and Analysis (PRIMA) is an
innovative modeling system developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) provide place-based management of marine ecosystems
through various degrees and types of protective actions. Habitats such as coral reefs are …

Early conceptual models and global climate model (GCM) simulations both indicated the
likelihood of an enhanced sensitivity to climate change in the polar regions, derived from the …

Extreme hot spells can have significant impacts on human society and ecosystems, and
therefore it is important to assess how these extreme events will evolve in a changing …

Due to its ability to grow in different agroecological conditions and its moderate drought
tolerance, sunflower may become the oil crop of preference in the future, especially in the …

Within the context of global warming, climate extremes, including extreme wet event and
drought events, have become one of the most significant and attractive themes around the …

The threat posed by climate change has not yet been matched by international agreements
and economic policies that can deliver sharp reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions …