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Building trust in large-scale water quality models: 13 alternative strategies beyond validation

Discover Water
Validating large-scale water quality models is challenging because of the variety of water quality constituents, and scales for which observations are limited.
Maryna Strokal, Mengru Wang, Ilaria Micella, Annette B. G. Janssen   +3 more
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Limited increases in Arctic offshore oil and gas production with climate change and the implications for energy markets

Scientific Reports
Climate change impacts on sea ice thickness is opening access to offshore Arctic resources. The degree to which these resources are exploited will depend on sea-ice conditions, technology costs, international energy markets, and the regulatory ...
Ying Zhang, Siwa Msangi, James Edmonds, Stephanie Waldhoff   +3 more
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Public support for carbon pricing policies and revenue recycling options: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the survey literature

npj Climate Action
Since public support is critical for implementing carbon pricing policies, we conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the survey-based literature on change in public support for direct and indirect carbon pricing policies with and ...
Farah Mohammadzadeh Valencia, Cornelia Mohren, Anjali Ramakrishnan, Marlene Merchert, Jan C. Minx, Jan Christoph Steckel   +5 more
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Development and Evaluation of an Explicit Treatment of Aerosol Processes at Cloud Scale Within a Multi‐Scale Modeling Framework (MMF)

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2018
Modeling the aerosol lifecycle in traditional global climate models (GCM) is challenging for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the coarse grid.
Guangxing Lin, Steven J. Ghan, Minghuai Wang, Po‐Lun Ma, Richard C. Easter, Mikhail Ovchinnikov, Jiwen Fan, Kai Zhang, Hailong Wang, Duli Chand, Yun Qian   +10 more
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Extreme event attribution using km-scale simulations reveals the pronounced role of climate change in the Durban floods

Communications Earth & Environment
The Durban floods of 11–12 April 2022 is the worst flood disaster in South Africa’s history and raised questions about the role of climate change in the event. Meso-scale dynamics, involving processes that cannot be resolved at the spatial resolutions of
Francois A. Engelbrecht, Jessica Steinkopf, Nicolette Chang, Sophie Biskop, Johan Malherbe, Christien J. Engelbrecht, Stefan Grab, Alize le Roux, Coleen Vogel, Jonathan Padavatan, Marcus Thatcher, John L. McGregor   +11 more
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Traceable and Scalable Food Balance Sheets from Agricultural Commodity Supply and Utilization Accounts (2010–2022)

Scientific Data
The Food Balance Sheets (FBS), compiled by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), serve as a cornerstone dataset for studies on agricultural development, food security, and dietary health, providing a broad overview of global and regional food ...
Xin Zhao, Maksym Chepeliev, Neus Escobar, Matthew T. Binsted, Pralit Patel, Page Kyle, Marshall A. Wise   +6 more
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Gaming the unknown: learning to differentiate and respond to uncertainty through a serious game

npj Climate Action
Effective climate adaptation planning requires understanding various sources and types of uncertainty. We investigated how a serious game can improve participants’ understanding of uncertainty in adaptation decision-making.
Wout Jan-Willem Sommerauer, Bregje van der Bolt, Saskia Werners, Wouter Julius Smolenaars, Marlies van Ree, Fulco Ludwig   +5 more
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Linking satellite-derived vegetation health parameters to arborist ground observations in urban environment

Scientific Reports
Trees in cities play a crucial role in regulating the urban environment and promoting citizens’ health and well-being. However, trees are under constant stress, causing reduction of provided ecosystem services, faster decline, and a need for intensive ...
Lenka Foltýnová, Marek Fajstavr, Marko Stojanović, Martin Vokřál, Daniel Bicák, Sergei Mikhailov, Ondřej Nezval, Petr Horáček, Jan Labohý   +8 more
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The Optimal Distribution of Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Proposed Matrix for Determining Country-Level Organization of Surgical Services – A Response to the Recent Commentaries [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2022
Katherine R. Iverson, Emma Svensson, Kristin Sonderman, Ernest J. Barthélemy, Isabelle Citron, Kerry A. Vaughan, Brittany L. Powell, John G. Meara, Mark G. Shrime   +8 more
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Practitioners’ Needs for Addressing the Challenges of Sea‐Level Rise—A Qualitative Assessment

Earth's Future
Practitioners at the local and regional scale are under increased pressure to reduce risks to people and property posed by the threats of sea‐level rise (SLR) and associated impacts.
D. Hirschfeld, K. M. Archie, E. Mateo, J. C. Arnott, J. A. Vano   +4 more
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