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Climate, Volume 13, Issue 7

July 2025 - 22 articles

Cover Story: Clouds influence net radiative flux by affecting both shortwave (SW) and longwave (LW) radiation, but their impact in polar regions is uncertain due to limited ground data and satellite challenges. This study examines sky conditions from 2010 to 2020 at six polar stations (two Arctic, four Antarctic) by using BSRN radiation measurements. Cloud fractions were estimated via the RADFLUX method from SW and LW fluxes, classifying skies as clear, cloudy, or overcast. These labels trained machine learning models—Random Forest, KNN, and XGBoost—with features like LW radiation and temperature. XGBoost performed best, achieving a balanced accuracy of 0.78. The results suggest that clustering similar stations and feature normalization improve model generalization across sites. View this paper

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Climate-Sensitive Health Outcomes in Kenya: A Scoping Review of Environmental Exposures and Health Outcomes Research, 2000–2024

Jessica Gerard,
Titus Kibaara,
Iris Martine Blom,
Jane Falconer,
Shamsudeen Mohammed,
Zaharat Kadri-Alabi,
Roz Taylor,
Leila Abdullahi,
Robert C. Hughes and
Bernard Onyango
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Climate2025, 13(7), 133;https://doi.org/10.3390/cli13070133

20 June 2025

Climate change threatens health and social development gains in Kenya, necessitating health policy planning for risk reduction and mitigation. To understand the state of knowledge on climate-related health impacts in Kenya, a scoping review of 25 yea...

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Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies of the Populations of Abuja and Ouagadougou in West Africa to the Various Impacts of Extreme Climate Events in Urban Areas

Aliou Gadiaga,
Appollonia Aimiosino Okhimamhe,
Michael Thiel and
Oble Neya

Climate2025, 13(7), 132;https://doi.org/10.3390/cli13070132

20 June 2025

Urban settings in West Africa are increasingly experiencing extreme weather events, such as heat waves, floods, and windstorms. Climate phenomena exacerbated by global climate change are not unique to this region but reflect a broader trend of worldw...

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