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SPECIAL REPORT:CLIMATE OF OPPORTUNITY
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Awareness about climate change is at an all-time high. Will this surge of attention translate into more jobs for climate scientists?
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Aerosols heat up
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Solid particles suspended in the atmosphere have long played second fiddle to greenhouse gases as agents of climate change. A study of atmospheric heating over ...
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Aerosols, CO2, Air quality, Land atmosphere coupling, Climate Change, Greenhouse gases, Biosphere–atmosphere feedbacks, Aerosol particles, Dust, Predicted cha...
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Scientific reticence and sea level rise
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I suggest that ‘scientific reticence’, in some cases, hinders communication with the public about dangers of global warming. If I am right, it is important ...
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Projections of Future Drought in the Continental United States and Mexico
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Using the Palmer drought severity index, the ability of 19 state-of-the-art climate models to reproduce ob- served statistics of drought over North America is e...
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THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF RAIN-ON-SNOW
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Snow melt during rainfall causes large-scale flooding and avalanching. These rain-on- snow events are most well-documented in the coastal mountain ranges of wes...
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RAIN-ON-SNOW EVENTS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
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Severity of rain on snow depends on a number of factors, and an overall decrease in these events appears to be driven, in part, by changes in El Niño–Souther...
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Influence of Timber Harvest on Rain-On-Snow Runoff: A Mechanism for Cumulative Watershed Effects
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Rain-on-snow dominates many geomorphological processes in the Pacific Northwest. Wind-aided transfers of heat to snow during rain-on-snow comprise the largest s...
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Rain on Snow: Little Understood Killer in the North
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n October 2003, a severe rain-on-snow (ROS) event killed approximately 20,000 musk-oxen (Figure 1) on Banks Island, which is the westernmost of the Canadian Arc...
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Simulating snowmelt process during rain-on-snow over a semi-arid mountain basin
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In the Pacific Northwest of North America, significant flooding can occur during mid-winter rain-on-snow events. Warm, wet Pacific storms caused significant flo...
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Protecting Wildlife Migration Corridors and Crucial Wildlife Habitat in the West
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BACKGROUND
1. Large intact and functioning ecosystems, healthy fish and wildlife populations, and abundant public access to natural landscapes are a significan...
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Seasonal and diel patterns in the migrations of fishes between a river and a floodplain tributary
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The population behaviours associated with the migrations of fishes in lowland river ecosystems are amongst the most poorly-understood dispersal mechanisms of te...
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Do small tributaries function as refuges from floods? A test in a salmonid-dominated mountainous river
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Excerpts from the text: On 8–10 August 2003, a powerful typhoon hit Hokkaido Island, Japan, accompanied with heavy rain, which allowed us to investigate the p...
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Streamflow, Aquatic ecosystems, Tributaries, Floods, Fish, Rivers, Fisheries, Refuge during floods, Climate Change, Salmonid, Resilience
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Characteristics, distribution and geomorphic role of large woody debris in a mountain stream of the Chilean Andes
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The paper presents an analysis of amounts, characteristics and morphological impact of large woody debris (LWD) in the Tres Arroyos stream, draining an old-grow...
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Old-growth forest, Regional runoff, Aquatic ecosystems, Environmental Policy, River Classification, Downstream transport, Forest Management, Ecosystems, Forest ...
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Distribution and characterization of in‐channel large wood in relation to geomorphic patterns on a low‐gradient river
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A 177 river km georeferenced aerial survey of in‐channel large wood (LW) on the lower Roanoke River, NC was conducted to determine LW dynamics and distributio...
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Large woody debris, Streamflow, Aquatic ecosystems, Dead wood, Climate Change, Habitat Improvement, River restoration, Instream Habitat Improvement, Debris, Str...
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The floodplain large-wood cycle hypothesis: A mechanism for the physical and biotic structuring of temperate forested alluvial valleys in the North Pacific coastal ecoregion
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A ‘floodplain large-wood cycle’ is hypothesized as a mechanism for generating landforms and influencing river dynamics in ways that structure and maintain r...
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The use of large wood in stream restoration: experiences from 50 projects in Germany and Austria
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1. Wood is increasingly used in restoration projects to improve the hydromorphological and ecological status of streams and rivers. However, despite their growi...
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A LIDAR‐DERIVED EVALUATION OF WATERSHED‐SCALE LARGE WOODY DEBRIS SOURCES AND RECRUITMENT MECHANISMS: COASTAL MAINE, USA
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In‐channel large woody debris (LWD) promotes quality aquatic habitat through sediment sorting, pool scouring and in‐stream nutrient retention and transport....
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Riparian Habitat Restoration, Land cover, Forests, Decomposition, Riparian vegetation, Riparian Restoration, Water quality, Ecosystems, Habitat quality, Streamf...
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Effects of Flow Regulation on Shallow-Water Habitat Dynamics and Floodplain Connectivity
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Our study examined the effects of flow regulation on the spatiotemporal availability of shallow habitat patches with slow current velocity (SSCV patches) and fl...
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Habitat quality, Floodplain, Aquatic ecosystems, Habitat, Dams, Climate Change, Snow, Snow cover, River restoration, Restoration, Floods, Runoff, Ecosystems, Ri...
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Influence of different tree-harvesting intensities on forest soil carbon stocks in boreal and northern temperate forest ecosystems
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1.5°C or 2°C: a conduit’s view from the science-policy interface at COP20 in Lima, Peru
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An average global 2°C warming compared to pre-industrial times is commonly understood as the most important target in climate policy negotiations. It is a temp...
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Climate, Food Security, Temperature, Climate Change, Water, Sustainability, Systems, Dangerous, Ecosystems, Agriculture, extreme events, warming
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