Urban warming in Japanese cities and its relation to climate change monitoring

AbstractCollaborative networks that involve the compilation of observations from diverse sources can provide important data, but are difficult to maintain over long periods. The International Phenological Garden (IPG) network, begun in 1959 and still functioning 60 years later, has been no exception. Here we document its history, its monitored 23 species (initially all propagated by cloning), and the locations and years of data contribution of its 131 gardens, of which 63 from 19 countries contributed data in 2021. The decision to use clones, rather than multiple, locally adapted individuals, was based on the idea that this would “control” for genetic effects, and it affects the applicability of the data and duration of the network. We also describe the overlap among the IPG network, the Pan-European Phenology network (PEP725), and the phenological data offered by the German Weather Service. Sustainable data storage and accessibility, as well as the continued monitoring of all 23 species/clones, are under discussion at the moment, as is the fate of other phenological networks, despite a politically mandatory plant-based climate-change monitoring.

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Assist Climate Change Monitoring

Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Systems ◽

10.33969/ais.2020.21011 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 168-190

Author(s):

Rahul Malik ◽

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Sagar Pande ◽

Nishi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Artificial Intelligence ◽

Machine Learning ◽

Change Monitoring

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Validation of Carbon Dioxide and Temperature Distribution in South-South and South-East of Nigeria

International Journal of Environment and Climate Change ◽

10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i930234 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 112-122

Author(s):

G. F. Ibeh ◽

E. O. Echeweozo ◽

L. O. Onuorah ◽

E. E. Akpan

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽

Fossil Fuel ◽

Climatic Parameters ◽

Fuel Gas ◽

Urban Warming ◽

High Emission ◽

Perceived Impacts ◽

Impacts Of Climate Change

The study determined the variations of carbon dioxide and temperature within south-south and south-eastern parts of Nigeria from January 2009 to December 2014. The study specifically focused on the perceived impacts posed by climate change on environment within these regions due to carbon dioxide emissions. The results revealed that rise in temperature within these regions could significantly be dependent on the increase in CO2 emissions and other greenhouse gases. It was observed that CO2 emission increases continuously over all the years of study at each station. This could be attributed to high percent occurrences of urban warming experienced in these areas. The results also revealed that various impacts of climate change and weather within these regions could be due to high emission of carbon dioxide caused by fossil fuel, gas flaring etc found within these regions. It was also observed from the results that no gaseous pollutant or greenhouse gas can have 100% influences on climatic parameters like temperature.

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