Category: Climate & Environment
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Southern land evaporation precedes many North China rain extremes
This research indicates that antecedent terrestrial evaporation in southern China is linked to extreme summer precipitation in North China, often with a 1–2 day lead time.
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Ozone and secondary aerosol formation shifted across summer in Guanzhong basin
This research indicates that ozone formation and secondary aerosol formation in the Guanzhong Basin changed by sub-season and location, with different pollution-control needs across the summer.
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Physical activity initiatives may support climate and health goals
This research indicates that well-designed physical activity initiatives can contribute to climate mitigation, support adaptation, and promote health and equity.
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Cooperative allocation lowers China’s carbon reduction costs
This research indicates that a cost-based inter-provincial cooperation mechanism can reduce China's total carbon emission reduction costs and help more provinces reach carbon peaks before 2030.
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Ecocide is discussed as a possible fifth international crime
This research indicates that the concept of ecocide is being explored as a way to strengthen environmental security within international law.
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The article identifies a prescriptive positivist discourse in SDG interaction studies
This research indicates that discussion of Sustainable Development Goal interactions often favors technical and managerial solutions, measurable outcomes, and coordination, while overlooking pluralism and treating equity, justice, and nature as intrinsic.
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Symbolic power shapes which nature values gain legitimacy
This research indicates that symbolic power and socially endorsed beliefs help explain how values of nature form, become legitimate, and are institutionalised.
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RGGI linked to lower wages for unskilled energy-sector workers
This research indicates that the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative was associated with an immediate decline in annual wage income for unskilled workers in energy-intensive sectors, while other labor market outcomes showed little change.
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Laptev Sea sediments show widespread methane cycling
This research indicates that time-integrated lipid signals in Laptev Sea surface sediments show widespread aerobic methane oxidation and enhanced methane cycling across the shelf, with the strongest signals on the outer shelf.
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Landfalling atmospheric river trends are becoming more widespread
This research indicates that landfalling atmospheric river trends over the South Pacific are expected to become more widespread and that the frequency of extreme landfalling atmospheric rivers could double before mid-century.
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