Global climate change: research explorer--the exploratorium

2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (05) ◽  
pp. 40-2837-40-2837
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Climate Change Research

A thematic review of recent urban overheating impacts research in Asia and its applications to climate resilience

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manon Kohler ◽  
Winston T.L. Chow
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Spatial Organization ◽  
Developmental Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Climate Change Research ◽  
Climate Resilience ◽  
Urban Heat

<p>Urban areas will be subjected to temperature increases from a combination of global-scale climate change and local-scale urban heat island drivers. The resultant combined heat risk – urban overheating – will notably challenge cities in securing the resilience of public health to combined urban overheating. Although global climate change research is ubiquitous, the urban climate and biometeorological research literature of this century reveals a lag of (sub-) tropical Asian regional studies behind Europe and North America. Through a systematic research review of international urban-scale climate and biometeorological literature from 2000-2019, we propose to reflect the state of the art of the urban overheating issue in Asia alongside its penetration in the regional climate resilience discourses.</p><p>The review reveals (i.) a rise of the number of urban overheating studies throughout in the region in conjunction with rapid demographic and developmental change, except for the central Asia region; (ii.) a “metropolitisation” of the urban heat and biometeorological knowledge, meaning a spatial organization of the knowledge reinforcing the leading position of the Asian national and regional primate cities; (iii.) distinct themes of more research into: large focus on remote-sensed urban heat mapping of Chinese and Indian urban clusters, evaluation of heat mitigation strategies from modeling experiments in nations having economies in transition, compared to more focus on urban-wide heat mortality epidemiological studies in countries already facing aging issues.</p><p>Considering the lack of global climate change considerations in urban overheating and biometeorological studies, the review appeals for a more systematic vision of the urban heat issues where urban overheating consequences (i.e. thermal discomfort, heat morbidity, and mortality) are analyzed and discussed conjunctly with the geographical background of the cities, its urban fabric properties, and its socio-demographic dynamics.</p>

scholarly journals A collaborative approach to bring insights from local observations of climate change impacts into global climate change research

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Reyes-García ◽  
David García-del-Amo ◽  
Petra Benyei ◽  
Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares ◽  
Konstantina Gravani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
Climate Change Research

scholarly journals A new merge of global surface temperature datasets since the start of the 20th century

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1629-1643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Yun ◽  
Boyin Huang ◽  
Jiayi Cheng ◽  
Wenhui Xu ◽  
Shaobo Qiao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Sea Surface Temperature ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Climate Change Research ◽  
Global Surface Temperature ◽  
Spatial Coverage ◽  
Global Surface

Abstract. Global surface temperature (ST) datasets are the foundation for global climate change research. Several global ST datasets have been developed by different groups in NOAA NCEI, NASA GISS, UK Met Office Hadley Centre & UEA CRU, and Berkeley Earth. In this study, a new global ST dataset named China Merged Surface Temperature (CMST) was presented. CMST is created by merging the China-Land Surface Air Temperature (C-LSAT1.3) with sea surface temperature (SST) data from the Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature version 5 (ERSSTv5). The merge of C-LSAT and ERSSTv5 shows a high spatial coverage extended to the high latitudes and is more consistent with a reference of multi-dataset averages in the polar regions. Comparisons indicated that CMST is consistent with other existing global ST datasets in interannual and decadal variations and long-term trends at global, hemispheric, and regional scales from 1900 to 2017. The CMST dataset can be used for global climate change assessment, monitoring, and detection. The CMST dataset presented here is publicly available at https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.901295 (Li, 2019a) and has been published on the Climate Explorer website of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) at http://climexp.knmi.nl/select.cgi?id=someone@somewhere&field=cmst (last access: 11 August 2018; Li, 2019b, c).

scholarly journals Organizational and economic mechanisms of preventizing the impact of climate change on urborural territories

2020 ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
Hanna Obykhod ◽  
Alla Omelchenko
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Climate Change Research ◽  
Impact Of Climate Change ◽  
Economic Mechanisms ◽  
The Impact

The impact of climate change on the territory and population is only increasing every year. Extreme weather events are expected to be repetitive and difficult to predict. New research shows that the effects of global warming are felt in large cities, at least twice as strong as in rural areas. That is why taking the necessary precautionary measures becomes an urgent task. The key, according to researchers, is adaptation and prevention. The authors of the article, analyzing the prerequisites and consequences of climate change, propose a scheme of organizational and economic mechanisms to counteract climate change in complex urban environments. Long-term goals include reducing urban heat islands through urban planning and climate-friendly home design to create a conducive, non-air-conditioned environment. In order to maximize the effectiveness of such adaptation measures, active multidisciplinary collaboration is required with the involvement of professionals in many industries. The assessment of the impact of climate change on the environment and human health has identified a number of gaps in knowledge and problems in the implementation of appropriate health measures. The article substantiates the relevance of climate change research in Ukraine. In addition, the main results of the research on population safety in the global climate change are summarized. Factors of the impact of global climate change on the environment, man, society, economy and complex agglomerations are highlighted. The consequences of climate change of natural, economic and social nature are presented. Directions and measures to adapt natural and socio-economic systems to global climate change are substantiated. The classification of the mechanisms of counteraction and mitigation of the negative effects of global climate change is given.

scholarly journals Climate Change Research – What Do We Need Really?

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-121
Author(s):  
P. Rama Chandra Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Research Note ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Future Scenarios ◽  
Major Focus ◽  
Climate Change Research ◽  
Current Climate ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This research note focuses on the current climate change research scenario and discusses primarily what is required in the present global climate change conditions. Most of the climate change research and models predict adverse future conditions that have to be faced by humanity, with less emphasis on mitigation measures. Moreover, research ends as reports on the shelves of scientists and researchers and as publications in journals. At this juncture the major focus should be on research that helps in reducing the impact rather than on analysing future scenarios of climate change using different models. The article raises several questions and suggestions regards climate change research and lays emphasis on what we really need from climate change researchers.

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