Rising temperatures, extreme weather and climate change knowledge: Research roundup
Roundup of recent studies on global warming, rising average temperatures, and public and private opinions on climate change.
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of energy and the environment
Roundup of recent studies on global warming, rising average temperatures, and public and private opinions on climate change.
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2012 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the change in probability of extreme weather events such as heat waves.
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2012 study from the U.S. Forest Service and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry on the change in trees and greenery in 20 U.S. metropolitan areas.
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2012 study from Duke and Vanderbilt based on survey data to examine the effects of different recycling regimes on the recycling rates for plastic water bottles.
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2012 report from the Congressional Research Bureau on the history and current severity of U.S. national and regional droughts, including policy responses.
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2011 study in Environmental Health Perspectives on the health effects experienced by urban bike commuters while cycling in traffic.
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2012 study from the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center on how the production of oil may increase rapidly in the coming decade.
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2010 study in PNAS analyzing the beliefs of more than 1,000 scientists about human-induced climate change.
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2009 study from the National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies in World Development on how mobile technology can help farmers thrive.
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2011 study in Environmental Health Perspectives on responses in rodent brains to particulate matter from highway traffic.
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