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Environmental impact
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Bureaucrat incentives reduce crop burning and child mortality in South Asia
Data For our empirical analysis, we use data from a variety of sources. Fires: we measure crop burning…
Mortality caused by tropical cyclones in the United States
Data Wind speed data We measure TC incidence using the LICRICE model (version 4)28. LICRICE is a parametric…
Effective realization of abatement measures can reduce HFC-23 emissions
Liang, Q. et al. in Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2022. GAW Report No. 278, Ch. 2 (World…
Highest ocean heat in four centuries places Great Barrier Reef in danger
Australian Institute of Marine Science. Long-Term Monitoring Program. https://www.aims.gov.au/research-topics/monitoring-and-discovery/monitoring-great-barrier-reef/long-term-monitoring-program (2024). Hughes, T. P. et al. Global warming and…
One-third of Southern Ocean productivity is supported by dust deposition
Martin, J. H. Glacial–interglacial CO2 change: the iron hypothesis. Paleoceanography 5, 1–13 (1990). Article ADS Google Scholar Boyd,…
Environmental drivers of increased ecosystem respiration in a warming tundra
Data collection Study design We quantified and analysed the effect of warming on ecosystem CO2 respiration (ER) across…
Ghost roads and the destruction of Asia-Pacific tropical forests
Dulac, J. Global Land Transport Infrastructure Requirements: Estimating Road and Railway Infrastructure Capacity and Costs to 2050 (International…
FSC-certified forest management benefits large mammals compared to non-FSC
Blaser, J., Sarre, A., Poore, D. & Johnson, S. Status of Tropical Forest Management 2011 (ITTO, 2011). Romero,…
Global prediction of extreme floods in ungauged watersheds
AI model The AI streamflow forecasting model reported in this paper extends work in ref. 35, which developed…
US oil and gas system emissions from nearly one million aerial site measurements
Duren, R. M. et al. California’s methane super-emitters. Nature 575, 180–184 (2019). Article ADS CAS PubMed Google Scholar …