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View ArticleDeglacial rapid sea level rises caused by ice-sheet saddle collapses
The last deglaciation (21 to 7 thousand years ago) was punctuated by several abrupt meltwater pulses, which sometimes caused noticeable climate change. Around 14 thousand years ago, meltwater pulse 1A...
View ArticleEvidence-based intervention in physical activity: lessons from around the world
Promotion of physical activity is a priority for health agencies. We searched for reviews of physical activity interventions, published between 2000 and 2011, and identified effective, promising, or...
View ArticleComing out of the dark
The recent massive blackouts in India caused many observers of India’s emergence as an economic powerhouse to wonder whether the country’s economic growth can be sustained with a power sector subje
View ArticleWater balance of global aquifers revealed by groundwater footprint
Groundwater is a life-sustaining resource that supplies water to billions of people, plays a central part in irrigated agriculture and influences the health of many ecosystems. Most assessments of...
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A generic method for hydrological drought identification across different...
The identification of hydrological drought at global scale has received considerable attention during the last decade. However, climate-induced variation in runoff across the world makes such analyses...
View ArticleRegional differences in worldwide emissions of mercury to the atmosphere
Annual emissions of anthropogenic Hg to the atmosphere in different regions of the world during the last decade show an interesting dichotomy: the emissions in the developed countries increased at the...
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Control of the multimillennial wildfire size in boreal North America by...
Wildfire activity in North American boreal forests increased during the last decades of the 20th century, partly owing to ongoing human-caused climatic changes. How these changes affect regional fire...
View ArticleClimate and development outlook
The January 2013 edition of the Climate and development Outlook focuses on Low Emissions Development Strategies (LEDS) and the work CDKN is undertaking with its partners in Central America, Togo,...
View ArticleRobust projections of combined humidity and temperature extremes
This study investigates uncertainties in impact assessments when using climate projections. The uncertainties in health-related metrics combining temperature and humidity are much smaller than if the...
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Stress and the city: Urban decay
In 1965, health authorities in Camberwell, a bustling quarter of London's southward sprawl, began an unusual tally. They started to keep case records for every person in the area who was diagnosed with...
View ArticleVery high-temperature impact melt products as evidence for cosmic airbursts...
It has been proposed that fragments of an asteroid or comet impacted Earth, deposited silica-and iron-rich microspherules and other proxies across several continents, and triggered the Younger Dryas...
View ArticleDeglacial rapid sea level rises caused by ice-sheet saddle collapses
The last deglaciation (21 to 7 thousand years ago) was punctuated by several abrupt meltwater pulses, which sometimes caused noticeable climate change. Around 14 thousand years ago, meltwater pulse 1A
View ArticleEvidence-based intervention in physical activity: lessons from around the world
Promotion of physical activity is a priority for health agencies. We searched for reviews of physical activity interventions, published between 2000 and 2011, and identified effective, promising, or...
View ArticleA generic method for hydrological drought identification across different...
The identification of hydrological drought at global scale has received considerable attention during the last decade. However, climate-induced variation in runoff across the world makes such analyses
View ArticleComing out of the dark
The recent massive blackouts in India caused many observers of India’s emergence as an economic powerhouse to wonder whether the country’s economic growth can be sustained with a power sector subject to
View ArticleWater balance of global aquifers revealed by groundwater footprint
Groundwater is a life-sustaining resource that supplies water to billions of people, plays a central part in irrigated agriculture and influences the health of many ecosystems. Most assessments of global
View ArticleStress and the city: Urban decay
In 1965, health authorities in Camberwell, a bustling quarter of London's southward sprawl, began an unusual tally. They started to keep case records for every person in the area who was diagnosed with
View ArticleControl of the multimillennial wildfire size in boreal North America by...
Wildfire activity in North American boreal forests increased during the last decades of the 20th century, partly owing to ongoing human-caused climatic changes. How these changes affect regional fire...
View ArticleClimate and development outlook
The January 2013 edition of the Climate and development Outlook focuses on Low Emissions Development Strategies (LEDS) and the work CDKN is undertaking with its partners in Central America, Togo,...
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