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Climate, Volume 5, Issue 3

September 2017 - 32 articles

Cover Story: The positive health effects of systematic cycling are weighted against the negative effects due to higher pollutant inhalation in the urban area of Milan in Northern Italy, where high PM concentrations are frequent. The study uses two different models to assess such effects. The overall balance for public health turns out to be highly positive: of the order of hundreds of millions of euros per year, if the biking level of more bike-friendly cities, such as Amsterdam, is reached. Despite being much less relevant from an economic viewpoint, the study also estimates the reduction of pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions corresponding to the assumed bike use. The approach can easily be adapted to other urban environments to quantitatively evaluate the effectiveness of planning measures to foster active mobility. View this paper
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Articles (32)

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
11,809 Views
14 Pages

20 September 2017

Originating from Asia, the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) is a significant pest of horticultural/agricultural crops, grapes, woody ornamental and herbaceous plants, and is also a nuisance to people, due to its overwintering behavior in human habit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,435 Views
28 Pages

Decreasing Past and Mid-Century Rainfall Indices over the Ouémé River Basin, Benin (West Africa)

  • Yèkambèssoun N’Tcha M’Po,
  • Emmanuel Agnidé Lawin,
  • Benjamin Kouassi Yao,
  • Ganiyu Titilope Oyerinde,
  • André Attogouinon and
  • Abel Akambi Afouda

19 September 2017

This study analyzed the trends of extreme daily rainfall indices over the Ouémé basin using the observed data from 1950 to 2014 and the projected rainfall of regional climate model REMO (REgional MOdel) for the period 2015–2050. For future trends ana...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,002 Views
12 Pages

18 September 2017

Climate change is prevalent across the world and can have large influence on plant regeneration, recruitment, survival and diversity. Regeneration and recruitment are the key phases in the plant life cycle and these two aspects are related to surviva...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
7,031 Views
20 Pages

7 September 2017

The urban heat island effect (UHI) for inner land regions was investigated using satellite data, ground observations, and simulations with an Single-Layer Urban Canopy Parameterization (SLUCP) coupled into the regional Weather Research Forecasting mo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,690 Views
19 Pages

6 September 2017

This study aims to estimate the influence of atmospheric circulation modes on future Baltic Sea level rise under the Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 (RCP8.5) climate scenario for the period 2006–2100. For this estimation, the connection betw...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
11,676 Views
17 Pages

2 September 2017

Given the growing evidence and scientific consensus on global climate change, carbon emission trading schemes (ETS) have been deemed crucial in mitigating the problem. Therefore, this study compares the mechanisms of ETS in the European Union with th...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,046 Views
16 Pages

1 September 2017

U.S. forests and agriculture present unique opportunities to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. U.S. forests currently remove a large amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year and store it as a terrestrial carbon sink, a trend that...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,144 Views
13 Pages

Rainfall Variability in January in the Federal District of Brazil from 1981 to 2010

  • Valdir Adilson Steinke,
  • Luis Alberto Martins Palhares de Melo and
  • Ercília Torres Steinke

28 August 2017

The Federal District is a politically and economically important part of Brazil, which suffers from water stress. Exploratory analyzes were conducted using data on rainfall in the Federal District from the monthly precipitation time series to assess...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,246 Views
13 Pages

27 August 2017

Hydro-climatic projections in West Africa are attributed with high uncertainties that are difficult to quantify. This study assesses the influence of the parameter sensitivities and uncertainties of three rainfall runoff models on simulated discharge...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,622 Views
13 Pages

An Exposure-Mortality Relationship for Residential Indoor PM2.5 Exposure from Outdoor Sources

  • James Milner,
  • Ben Armstrong,
  • Mike Davies,
  • Ian Ridley,
  • Zaid Chalabi,
  • Clive Shrubsole,
  • Sotiris Vardoulakis and
  • Paul Wilkinson

26 August 2017

A large proportion of particulate air pollution exposure in urban areas occurs due to the penetration of outdoor pollution into the residential indoor environment. Theoretical considerations suggest that quantifying health effects due to changes to i...

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