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Land system intensification within safe limits balances crop production–antibiotic pollution tradeoffs
Crop intensification has increased agricultural production albeit with an increase in field antibiotic pollution. Here, we project how antibiotic pollution undermines production and how intensification needs to be kept below a threshold.
Cold extremes: surprisingly mostly more of the same
It is intuitive that Northern Hemisphere cold extremes would become less intense and frequent not only with global warming but as the Arctic warms at an accelerated pace. However, our analysis of cold extremes in the populated regions shows that little has changed with cold extremes since 1990.
Warm-rain and ice crystal pathways of precipitation formation co-exist in convective storms
Warm-rain and ice crystal pathways of precipitation formation can co-exist in storms and the balance between each is determined by cloud base temperature and solute aerosol conditions, suggest numerical simulations of aerosol-cloud processes in convective storms.
Efficient Market vs Regulatory Capture: the Political Economy of China's Power Market Reform
China's power sector reform has been a topic of significant interest as the sector accounts for 45% of its carbon emissions. We delve into the efficiency changes spurred by market reforms and explores the influences of both market-driven and politically driven mechanisms in the reform process.
Greenhouse warming can lead to greater destructiveness in the mid-latitudes by tropical cyclones
The impact of tropical cyclones can extend beyond the population in tropical regions. Our recent study suggests that with the rise in greenhouse gas emissions, there can be a greater proportion of highly destructive storms originating from tropical areas in the mid-latitudes.
The anthropogenic component of recent and future warming in the Arctic, under observational constraints
The study aims to constrain the 21st century projections of Arctic winter temperatures. Results show that the recently observed four-fold Arctic amplification of global warming is mostly but not entirely due to a human influence, and will decrease with increasing radiative forcings.
