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Glacial changes in tropical climate amplified by the Indian Ocean

open access: yesScience Advances, 2018
Coupled ocean-atmosphere processes in the Indian Ocean amplify changes in Indo-Pacific climate under glacial conditions. The mechanisms driving glacial-interglacial changes in the climate of the Indo-Pacific warm pool are poorly understood.
P. DiNezio   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Impact of COVID-19 Control Measures on Trace Gases (NO2, HCHO and SO2) and Aerosols over India during Pre-monsoon of 2020

open access: yesAerosol and Air Quality Research, 2020
To prevent the transmission of COVID-19, India implemented country-wide restrictions on socio-economic activities. Using satellite observations for the pre-monsoon (March–April–May) season, we explore the effect of the extended lockdown, on nitrogen ...
Mriganka Sekhar Biswas, D. C. Ayantika
doaj   +1 more source

The economic value of tropical forests in meeting global climate stabilization goals

open access: yesGlobal Sustainability, 2021
Conserving tropical forests has many benefits, from protecting biodiversity, sustaining indigenous and local communities, and safeguarding climate. To achieve the ambitious climate goals of the Paris Agreement, forest protection is essential.
Sabine Fuss   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wind and Wave Extremes over the World Oceans from Very Large Ensembles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Global return values of marine wind speed and significant wave height are estimated from very large aggregates of archived ensemble forecasts at +240-h lead time.
Aarnes   +43 more
core   +2 more sources

Impact of Tropical Climate on Selective Attention and Affect

open access: yesJournal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments, 2018
Heat has an impact on several aspects of human cognition but the effects of the tropical climate (i.e., hot and wet) have rarely been explored. The purpose of this study was to determine whether selective attention and affect are negatively impacted by ...
Guillaume R. Coudevylle   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The impact of climate change on neglected tropical diseases: a systematic review

open access: yesTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2021
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a diverse group of diseases that continue to affect >1 billion people, with these diseases disproportionately impacting vulnerable populations and territories. Climate change is having an increasing impact on public
R. Tidman   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An umbrella review of health co-benefits from actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

open access: yesThe Lancet Planetary Health
Background: There have been many modelled studies of potential health co-benefits from actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but so far there have been no large-scale attempts to compare the magnitude of health and climate effects across sectors ...
Tamzin Reynolds, MSc   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tropical vegetation response to Heinrich Event 1 as simulated with the UVic ESCM and CCSM3 [PDF]

open access: yesClimate of the Past, 2013
We investigated changes in tropical climate and vegetation cover associated with abrupt climate change during Heinrich Event 1 (HE1, ca. 17.5 ka BP) using two different global climate models: the University of Victoria Earth System-Climate Model (UVic ...
D. Handiani   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deforestation and climate change: acting on the causes. What the (carbon) market cannot do... [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
With an estimated average loss of around 13 million hectares per year between 2000 and 2005 – 7.3 million hectares if reforestation is taken into account, according to FAO –, tropical deforestation is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. At around
Karsenty, Alain
core   +1 more source

COVID-19 Lockdowns Improve Air Quality in the South-East Asian Regions, as Seen by the Remote Sensing Satellites

open access: yesAerosol and Air Quality Research
The appearance of COVID-19 in December, 2019 in China and its rapid spread all over the globe, forced the governments to severely curb the social and economic activities of their respective countries.
Abirlal Metya   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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