Environmental health articles within Nature Climate Change

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  • Article |

    A model comparison shows that integrated and sector-specific models suggest different results for various climate impacts. The discrepancies are particularly pronounced for indicators such as food production and water exploitation.

    • Paula A. Harrison
    • , Robert W. Dunford
    •  & Mark D. A. Rounsevell

  • Letter |

    Modelling allows estimation of aerosol–climate feedbacks on the Earth’s radiative balance and suggests that climate change may increase aerosol burden and surface concentration, negatively affecting future air quality.

    • Robert J. Allen
    • , William Landuyt
    •  & Steven T. Rumbold

  • Perspective |

    Local weather influences perception of climate change. Although weather is not representative of climate, this study shows that the percentage of the population experiencing higher temperatures has increased, in line with climate model projections.

    • Flavio Lehner
    •  & Thomas F. Stocker

  • Letter |

    Modelling shows that although the impact of warmer summers and winters may cancel each other out, climate change could still have a significant impact on mortality rates in New England owing to changes in temperature variability.

    • Liuhua Shi
    • , Itai Kloog
    •  & Joel D. Schwartz

  • News & Views |

    Connected and automated vehicles enable new business models, such as self-driving taxis, that could transform transportation. These models have the potential to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse-gas emissions, but only if they are developed with energy use in mind.

    • Austin Brown

  • Article |

    Greenhouse-gas payback times are derived for biofuel production systems using five feedstocks under high- and low-input farm management to assess replacement of natural vegetation with crop-based biofuels. Estimates ranged from 1–162 years.

    • P. M. F. Elshout
    • , R. van Zelm
    •  & M. A. J. Huijbregts

  • Perspective |

    Clean electricity generation is good for the climate and improves the quality of the air that we breathe. An analysis of US power plants shows that the magnitude of the resulting health benefits depends greatly on the carbon standards adopted.

    • Charles T. Driscoll
    • , Jonathan J. Buonocore
    •  & Joel Schwartz

  • Letter |

    Extreme La Niña events occur when cold sea surface temperatures across the central Pacific Ocean create a strong temperature gradient to the Maritime continent in the west. This work projects an increase in frequency of La Niña events due to faster land warming relative to the ocean, and a greater chance of them occurring following extreme El Niño events.

    • Wenju Cai
    • , Guojian Wang
    •  & Eric Guilyardi

  • Letter |

    This study shows that climate change has the potential to substantially increase undernourishment rates and threaten food security in developing countries through crop damage, but that ozone regulation can significantly offset climate impacts, depending on the scenario. The findings should help policymakers devise optimal strategies for food production under global climate change.

    • Amos P. K. Tai
    • , Maria Val Martin
    •  & Colette L. Heald

  • Letter |

    Atmospheric stagnation can have serious health implications due to increased pollution exposure. This study investigates how global warming will alter atmospheric circulation and the resulting changes in the frequency and persistence of stagnation events. The authors find an overall increase in the size of the population exposed to these events and highlight the need to evaluate air pollution management.

    • Daniel E. Horton
    • , Christopher B. Skinner
    •  & Noah S. Diffenbaugh

  • News & Views |

    There has been much debate about whether winter warming due to climate change will substantially decrease mortality in that season. Research now finds that cold severity no longer predicts the number of excess winter deaths in England and Wales.

    • Cunrui Huang
    •  & Adrian Barnett

  • Research Highlights |

    • Monica Contestabile

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