Publications

The rôle of knowledge in system risk identification and assessment: The 2014 Ebola outbreak

Publication ID: pub.1104605471

Publication date: 28/11/2017

Keywords: Ebola; Health; Knowledge; Risk

Current approaches to risk management stress the need for dynamic approaches to risk identification aimed at reducing the expected consequences of undesired outcomes. We contend that these approaches place insufficient emphasis on the system knowledge available to the assessor, particularly in respect of three related factors, namely the dynamic behaviour of the system under threat, […]

A library of ATMO forward model transmission spectra for hot Jupiter exoplanets

Publication ID: pub.1092926334

Publication date: 23/11/2017

Keywords: Atmospheres; Composition; Gaseous Planets; Hot Jupiter Exoplanets; Planets; Satellites; Spectroscopic

Implications of improved representations of plant respiration in a changing climate

Publication ID: pub.1092669206

Publication date: 17/11/2017

Keywords: Acclimatization; Atmosphere; Biomass; Carbon Dioxide; Climate; Climate Change; Geography; Global; Global Warming; Models, Theoretical; Oxygen; Oxygen Consumption; Photosynthesis; Plants; Temperature; Trees

Land-atmosphere exchanges influence atmospheric CO2. Emphasis has been on describing photosynthetic CO2 uptake, but less on respiration losses. New global datasets describe upper canopy dark respiration (Rd) and temperature dependencies. This allows characterisation of baseline Rd, instantaneous temperature responses and longer-term thermal acclimation effects. Here we show the global implications of these parameterisations with a […]

Reconstructing Past Seasonal to Multicentennial‐Scale Variability in the NE Atlantic Ocean Using the Long‐Lived Marine Bivalve Mollusk Glycymeris glycymeris

Publication ID: pub.1092099629

Publication date: 09/11/2017

Keywords: Climate Variability; North Atlantic Ocean; Sclerochronology; Seawater Temperatures/SST; Stable Isotope Geochemistry

The lack of long-term, highly resolved (annual to subannual) and absolutely dated baseline records of marine variability extending beyond the instrumental period (last ~50–100 years) hinders our ability to develop a comprehensive understanding of the role the ocean plays in the climate system. Specifically, without such records, it remains difficult to fully quantify the range of […]

Universal Human Rights? Breaking the Institutional Barriers Facing Climate-Vulnerable Small-Island Developing States

Publication ID: pub.1092799635

Publication date: 09/11/2017

Keywords: Capacity Building; Climate Finance; Fiji; Human Rights; Institutional Barriers; Small-Island Developing States (SIDS); South Pacific; Vanuatu

There is a need to overcome the dichotomy in international responses to climate change between, on the one hand, a recognition of the significant threat posed by climate impacts for the continued enjoyment of fundamental rights, and, on the other, the lack of provision made for strengthening the legal protections available to climate-vulnerable states. The […]

Tropical protected areas reduced deforestation carbon emissions by one third from 2000–2012

Publication ID: pub.1092297856

Publication date: 25/10/2017

Keywords: Carbon; Climate Change; Conservation of Natural Resources; Ecosystem; Forestry; Humans; Trees; Tropical Climate

Tropical deforestation is responsible for around one tenth of total anthropogenic carbon emissions, and tropical protected areas (PAs) that reduce deforestation can therefore play an important role in mitigating climate change and protecting biodiversity and ecosystem services. While the effectiveness of PAs in reducing deforestation has been estimated, the impact on global carbon emissions remains […]