- Nov 2023
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www.derstandard.de www.derstandard.de
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In Österreich wurden in diesem meteorologischen Herbst im Tiefland die höchsten, im Bergland die dritthöchsten Temperaturen seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen vor 257 bzw.173 Jahren gemessen. Im Tiefland war es 2,9 Grad wärmer als in der Periode von 1961 bis 1990. https://www.derstandard.de/story/3000000197464/waermster-herbst-im-oesterreichischen-tiefland-seit-messbeginn
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www.repubblica.it www.repubblica.it
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Am Freitag lag die globale Durchschnittstemperatur zum ersten Mai in der Geschichte mehr als 2° über dem vorindustriellen Durchschnitt. https://www.repubblica.it/green-and-blue/2023/11/20/news/raggiunta_la_temperatura_media_globale_di_2_gradi_per_la_prima_volta-420832253/?rss
Infografik: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_YJ_vVWwAAR8V8?format=jpg&name=small
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- Oct 2023
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Auf dem heißesten Juli und den heißesten August der Messgeschichte folgte ein September, in dem die weltweiten Durchschnittstemperaturen um 0,5 Grad höher waren als im letzten heißesten September. Im Schnitt war es 1,8 Grad wärmer als in der vorindustriellen Zeit. Das Ausmaß der Erwärmung überrascht und erschreckt viele Klimawissenschaftler:innen. "Durchgeknallt verrückt", kommentierte Zeke Hausfather. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/05/gobsmackingly-bananas-scientists-stunned-by-planets-record-september-heat
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www.liberation.fr www.liberation.fr
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Den Messungen des europäischen Dienstes Copernicus zufolge lagen die Temperaturen im September weltweit im Durchschnitt 1,75 Grad über denen in der vorindustriellen Zeit. Dabei handelt es sich um die höchste monatliche Temperaturanomalie seit 1940. Von Januar bis September insgesamt lagen die Temperatur 1,4 Grad über den vorindustriellen Mittel. Auch die mittleren Temperaturen an der Meeresoberfläche warten nur so hoch. https://www.liberation.fr/environnement/climat/septembre-2023-une-anomalie-de-temperature-sans-precedent-a-lechelle-mondiale-20231005_SU35FIVPVJD23HPCGVQNX2F4BQ/
Copernicus-Bericht: https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/software/app-c3s-global-temperature-trend-monitor/
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- Sep 2023
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www.liberation.fr www.liberation.fr
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Der Sturm Daniel in Libyen Tausende von Todesopfern gefordert, 27 davor in Europa und der Türkei. Der Attributions-Spezialist Davide Faranda stellt ihn im Interview mit der Libération in den Kontext der um 3-4° erhöhten Meerestemperatur und mediterranen HItzewelle im Juli und später Hitzewellen im August und September. Hitzewellen wie Medikane intensivieren sich. Dringend sei eine europaweite Planung von Anpassungsmaßnahmen. https://www.liberation.fr/environnement/climat/evenements-climatiques-extremes-en-mediterranee-cet-ete-on-a-vecu-dans-le-futur-20230912_O7A53XIZKZDPZC2NH4RD355GNA/
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- Aug 2023
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Die durchschnittliche Oberflächentemperatur der Ozeane erreicht Anfang April mit 21,1° einen neuen Höchstwert. Die Temperaturen sind seit 1980 nahezu linear gestiegen. In diesem Jahr dürften sie durch das El Niño-Phänomen noch weiter ansteigen, sodass u.a. mehr marine Hitzewellen zu befürchten sind. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/08/headed-off-the-charts-worlds-ocean-surface-temperature-hits-record-high
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- process: increasing risk of marine heatwaves
- Parameter: temperature records
- process: increase of sea surface temperature
- expert: Matthew England
- expert: Dietmar Dommenget
- expert: Alex Sen Gupta,
- expert: Mike McPhaden
- phenomenon: El Niño
- process: ocean warming
- process:increase of ocean surface temperature
- institution: NOAA
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- Jul 2023
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Über 100 Menschen sind in den vergangenen Tagen in Nordindien an den Folgen einer Hitzewelle mit Rekordtemperaturen gestorben. Eine Studie der World Weather attribution hat ergeben, dass die Hitzewelle in Indien im April durch die globale Erhitzung um 30% wahrscheinlicher geworden ist. Wenn sich die Erhitzung fortsetzt werden große Teile Indiens, wie eine weitere neulich veröffentlichte Studie ergibt, für Menschen potenziell unbewohnbar werden.
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In Peking und den acht chinesischen Provinzhauptstädten wurden in den vergangenen Tagen Rekordtemperaturen gemessen.
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- Jun 2023
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www.repubblica.it www.repubblica.it
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Paola Mercogliano
Im Rahmen des EU-Projekts Highlander wurden die Klimadaten Italiens mit eine Auflösung von 30 km erfasst und mit Hilfe von Climate Stripes visualisiert. In einem langen Artikel blickt die Repubblica auf 30 Jahre Erhitzung in Italien zurück. https://www.repubblica.it/green-and-blue/2023/07/01/news/strisce_climatiche_italia_progetto_highlander_cineca_comuni_precisione_crisi_ambientale-405524064/
Mehr zu Italien: https://hypothes.is/users/HeinzWittenbrink?q=Italy
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- expert: Paola Mercogliano
- institution: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (Ecmwf)
- variable: 2m temperature
- country: Italy
- institution: CMCC
- institution: Centro euromediterraneo per il cambiamento climatico
- expert: Francesco Bosello
- process: global heating
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Die Temperaturen des Atlantik zwischen Island und Afrika liegen im Augenblick bis zu 5 Grad über dem Normalwert. Eine marine Hitzewelle dieses Ausmaßes wurde in dieser Region noch nie beobachtet. Sie wird gravierende Konsequenzen für die Biodiversität haben. Eine vergleichbare Hitzewelle im Mittelmeer führte 2022 zu einem Massensterben bei ca 50 Tier und Pflanzenarten in den oberen 50 Metern des Meeres.
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Die Temperatur an der Meeresoberfläche erreicht neue Rekordwerte, die die Prognosen der Klimaforschung noch übertreffen. Der Standard fasst die aktuellen Daten und die Erklärungsversuche zusammem: https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000174333/dramatische-entwi
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Die Erdatmosphäre erwärmt sich inzwischen um mehr als 0,2 Grad pro Jahrzehnt und damit schneller, als bisher von der Klimawissenschaft festgestellt. Ende 2022 lag die formale Durchschnittstemperatur um 1,26° über dem vorindustriellen Wert. Das CO2 Budget, dass noch zur Verfügung steht, wenn mit 50% Wahrscheinlichkeit dass ein Komma fünf Grad Ziel erreicht werden soll, hat sich gegenüber den Angaben des Weltklimarats 2021 inzwischen halbiert.
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- Apr 2023
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www.derstandard.de www.derstandard.de
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Hintergrund im Standard zu den erhöhten Oberfächentemperaturen der Ozeane. Besonders betroffen sind auch Mittelmeer und Adria. https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000145933708/ozeane-brechen-temperaturrekorde-und-stellen-fachleute-vor-raetsel
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- Mar 2023
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www.liberation.fr www.liberation.fr
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Coernicus-Daten zum Sommer
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- Jan 2023
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www.liberation.fr www.liberation.fr
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Prognosen für Klima und Wetter in Frankreich 2050 in einer 2°-Welt. Der Meteorologe Robert Vautard erwartet Temperaturspitzen von bis zu 50° auch im Norden und die Verhâltnisse von 2022 fast als Normalfall.
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Die Rekordtemperaturen in UK in diesen Sommer wurden durch die globale Erhitzung 160 Mal so wahrscheinlich gemacht wir vor der Industrialisierung. Mit ähnlichen Temperaturen ist jetzt alle drei bis vier Jahre zu rechnen, am Ende des Jahrhunderts bei einem mittleren Emissions-Szenario jährlich.
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- Sep 2022
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www.newyorker.com www.newyorker.com
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Maria Kozhevnikov, a neuroscientist at the National University of Singapore and Massachusetts General Hospital
!- reference : Maria Kozhevnikov - neuroscientist at National University of Singapore, Massachusetts General Hospital - Nangchen tow, Amdo region of Tibet - testing if g-tummo vase breathing technique could raise core body temperature. One monk raised body temp to that normally associated with a fever - published results in PLOS One
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- Jul 2021
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Topping, A. (2021, July 20). Does warm weather mean you are less likely to catch Covid? The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/20/does-warm-weather-mean-you-are-less-likely-to-catch-covid
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- May 2021
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www.zmescience.com www.zmescience.com
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Zusammenfassung der Tweets von Scott Duncan über die Hitzewelle in der Arktis.
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- Apr 2021
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www.carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org
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Wenn die Temperaturen bis 2100 um 4 Grad steigen, werden ca. 40% des antarktischen Schelfeises mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit kollabieren.
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- region:Antarctica
- data-source:simulation
- researcher:Ella Gilbert
- trigger:atmospheric heating
- impact:glacier melting
- mediatype:blogpost
- intensity:depending on temperature rise (1.5-2-4)
- concerned:ice shelves
- time:1980-2100
- process:ice shelf hydrofracture
- parameter: ice shelf runoff extent
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- Mar 2021
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www.pnas.org www.pnas.org
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Damialis, A., Gilles, S., Sofiev, M., Sofieva, V., Kolek, F., Bayr, D., Plaza, M. P., Leier-Wirtz, V., Kaschuba, S., Ziska, L. H., Bielory, L., Makra, L., Trigo, M. del M., Group, C.-19/POLLEN study, & Traidl-Hoffmann, C. (2021). Higher airborne pollen concentrations correlated with increased SARS-CoV-2 infection rates, as evidenced from 31 countries across the globe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(12). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2019034118
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- Feb 2021
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www.scientificamerican.com www.scientificamerican.com
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Iwasaki, A. (n.d.). Another Way to Protect against COVID beyond Masking and Social Distancing. Scientific American. Retrieved 19 February 2021, from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/another-way-to-protect-against-covid-beyond-masking-and-social-distancing/
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- Jan 2021
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Marill. M. C. (2018). 98.6 Degrees Is a Normal Body Temperature, Right? Not Quite. WIRED. Retrieved from: https://www.wired.com/story/98-degrees-is-a-normal-body-temperature-right-not-quite/
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- Dec 2020
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www.bio-rad.com www.bio-rad.com
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Strive for a Tm between 50 and 65°C. One way to calculate Tm values is by using the nearest-neighbor method. Use the Tm calculator at http://www.basic.northwestern.edu/biotools/oligocalc.html, with values of 50 mM for salt concentration and 300 nM for oligonucleotide concentration
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- Oct 2020
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Press, A. A. (2020, October 12). Virus that causes Covid-19 can survive up to 28 days on surfaces, scientists find. The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/12/virus-that-causes-covid-19-can-survive-up-to-28-days-on-surfaces-scientists-find
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- Sep 2020
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www.thelancet.com www.thelancet.com
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Chin, A. W. H., Chu, J. T. S., Perera, M. R. A., Hui, K. P. Y., Yen, H.-L., Chan, M. C. W., Peiris, M., & Poon, L. L. M. (2020). Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in different environmental conditions. The Lancet Microbe, 1(1), e10. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30003-3
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- Aug 2020
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www.scientificamerican.com www.scientificamerican.com
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News, C. H., E&E. (n.d.). Summer Weather Won’t Save Us from Coronavirus. Scientific American. Retrieved July 6, 2020, from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/summer-weather-wont-save-us-from-coronavirus/
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www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk
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This is how much people in different countries value personal space. (2017, May 2). The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/personal-space-boundaries-different-countries-argentina-uk-romania-a7713051.html
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papers.ssrn.com papers.ssrn.com
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Sajadi, M. M., Habibzadeh, P., Vintzileos, A., Shokouhi, S., Miralles-Wilhelm, F., & Amoroso, A. (2020). Temperature, Humidity and Latitude Analysis to Predict Potential Spread and Seasonality for COVID-19 (SSRN Scholarly Paper ID 3550308). Social Science Research Network. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3550308
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www.nber.org www.nber.org
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Nguyen, T. D., Gupta, S., Andersen, M., Bento, A., Simon, K. I., & Wing, C. (2020). Impacts of State Reopening Policy on Human Mobility (Working Paper No. 27235; Working Paper Series). National Bureau of Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.3386/w27235
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www.newscientist.com www.newscientist.com
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Association, N. S. and P. (n.d.). Covid-19 lockdowns will have little lasting impact on global warming. New Scientist. Retrieved August 10, 2020, from https://www.newscientist.com/article/2251313-covid-19-lockdowns-will-have-little-lasting-impact-on-global-warming/
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- Jul 2020
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Knittel, C. R., & Ozaltun, B. (2020). What Does and Does Not Correlate with COVID-19 Death Rates (Working Paper No. 27391; Working Paper Series). National Bureau of Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.3386/w27391
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Irfan, U. (2020, July 10). Why extreme heat is so alarming for the fight against Covid-19. Vox. https://www.vox.com/2020/7/10/21311766/covid-19-coronavirus-heat-wave-hot-texas-arizona
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journals.sagepub.com journals.sagepub.com
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Sorokowska, A., Sorokowski, P., Hilpert, P., Cantarero, K., Frackowiak, T., Ahmadi, K., Alghraibeh, A. M., Aryeetey, R., Bertoni, A., Bettache, K., Blumen, S., Błażejewska, M., Bortolini, T., Butovskaya, M., Castro, F. N., Cetinkaya, H., Cunha, D., David, D., David, O. A., … Pierce, J. D. (2017). Preferred Interpersonal Distances: A Global Comparison. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48(4), 577–592. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022117698039
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- Jun 2020
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chem.libretexts.org chem.libretexts.org
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Figure 6.1.46.1.4\PageIndex{4}: Temperature versus heat. The system is constructed so that no vapor evaporates while ice warms to become liquid water, and so that, when vaporization occurs, the vapor remains in the system. The long stretches of constant temperatures at 0oC0oC0^oC and 100oC100oC100^oC reflect the large amounts of heat needed to cause melting and vaporization, respectively.
Figure 6.1.4 : Temperature versus heat. The system is constructed so that no vapor evaporates while ice warms to become liquid water, and so that, when vaporization occurs, the vapor remains in the system. The long stretches of constant temperatures at 0oC and 100oC reflect the large amounts of heat needed to cause melting and vaporization, respectively.
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Hironori Funabiki on Twitter
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Sorokowska, A., Sorokowski, P., Hilpert, P., Cantarero, K., Frackowiak, T., Ahmadi, K., Alghraibeh, A. M., Aryeetey, R., Bertoni, A., Bettache, K., Blumen, S., Błażejewska, M., Bortolini, T., Butovskaya, M., Castro, F. N., Cetinkaya, H., Cunha, D., David, D., David, O. A., … Pierce, J. D. (2017). Preferred Interpersonal Distances: A Global Comparison. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48(4), 577–592. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022117698039
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www.forbes.com www.forbes.com
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Maynard, M. (2020, June 15). What I Found When My Favorite Local Restaurants Re-Opened. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelinemaynard/2020/06/15/what-i-found-when-my-favorite-local-restaurants-re-opened/
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Will temperature checks of employees make workplaces safe? (2020, June 2). AP NEWS. https://apnews.com/13cff07fd340f3acd1bf04dc025d5ca1
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- May 2020
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www.accuweather.com www.accuweather.com
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Puleo, M., & Staff Writer (2020 March 18). New study says “high temperature and high relative humidity significantly reduce” spread of COVID-19. https://www.accuweather.com/en/health-wellness/new-study-says-high-temperature-and-high-relative-humidity-significantly-reduce-spread-of-covid-19/703418
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Beech, H., Rubin, A. J., Kurmanaev, A., & Maclean, R. (2020, May 3). The Covid-19 Riddle: Why Does the Virus Wallop Some Places and Spare Others? The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/world/asia/coronavirus-spread-where-why.html
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- Apr 2020
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www.thelancet.com www.thelancet.com
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Martinez-Alvarez, M. et al. (2020 April 01). COVID-19 pandemic in west africa. The Lancet. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30123-6.
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Hossain, M. A. (2020). Is the spread of COVID-19 across countries influenced by environmental, economic and social factors? [Preprint]. Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.08.20058164
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- Sep 2019
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www.lemonde.fr www.lemonde.fr
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Si rien n’est fait pour limiter les émissions de gaz à effet de serre, le réchauffement climatique pourrait atteindre 7 °C d’ici à la fin du siècle, entraînant des conséquences désastreuses pour les espèces et les écosystèmes.
Situation aggravée
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- Jul 2018
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www.sciencedirect.com www.sciencedirect.com
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repeat expansion at IIL1 leads to increased accumulation of 24-nt siRNAs in a temperature-dependent manner that correlates with the iil phenotype. We show that DCL3 and other components of the RNA-dependent DNA methylation (RdDM) pathway are essential for this siRNA-directed epigenetic gene silencing
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- Jun 2018
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journals.plos.org journals.plos.org
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Human local adaptation of the TRPM8 cold receptor along a latitudinal cline
thermosensation: Ferrandiz-Huertas, Membranes (2015); Wang & Siemens, Temperature (2015)
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- Oct 2017
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Chromatin marks and ambient temperature-dependent flowering strike up a novel liaison
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- Jan 2017
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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If the rule is relaxed to embrace pattern alone, as explicitly advocated by Rensch and Mayr, exceptions can still be found both intra- and interspecifically. Within species, Rensch (1938) reported that 10–30% of the warm-blooded species examined by him were exceptions to Bergmann's rule. Ray (1960) reviewed the literature on body size variation in relation to climate for poikilotherms, and concluded that the rule was supported by 75% of species studied. Nevertheless, these percentages (see also James, 1970; Yom-Tov & Nix, 1986) support Mayr's (1956) contention that the rule would be proved if upheld by the majority of species, although his subsequent definition of a majority as more than 50%(Mayr, 1963) is rather generous in respect of a ‘rule’. Some studies, however, do find that the percentage of species in agreement with the intraspecific rule fails even this criterion (McNab, 1971).
Historical evaluations of the validity of the intra-specific Bergman's Rule as a pattern.
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It is the definition of Bergmann's rule, and specifically the taxonomic level at which the rule is considered to act, that has done most to cloud the degree of generality of the effect it describes. Bergmann himself (quoted in James, 1970) stated that ‘(i)f we could find two species of [homeothermic] animals which would only differ from each other with respect to size, . . . (t)he geographical distribution of the two species would have to be determined by their size . . . if there are genera in which the species differ only in size, the smaller species would demand a warmer climate, to the exact extent of the size difference.’ Also: ‘(a)lthough it is not as clear as we would like, it is obvious that on the whole the larger species live farther north and the smaller ones farther south.’Bergmann's formulation was later altered by Rensch (1938), whose revised definition was that ‘within a Rassenkreis [complex of races] of warm-blooded animals the races living in colder climates are generally larger than the races living in warmer regions.’ Rensch considered that the new definition better fitted the rule as then understood, but was quite clear that the revision was his own (‘I myself reduced it to the geographical races of a species’; Rensch, 1938). It was this revision that subsequently became the accepted formulation of Bergmann's rule; later definitions included ‘Races of warm blooded vertebrates from cooler climates tend to be larger than races of the same species from warmer climates’(Mayr, 1956), and ‘The smaller-sized geographic races of a species are found in the warmer parts of the range, the larger-sized races in the cooler districts’(Ray, 1960; see also definitions in Gittleman, 1985; Goudie & Ankney, 1986; Paterson, 1990; McDowall, 1994; Steudel, Porter & Sher, 1994; Smith, Betancourt & Brown, 1995; Atkinson & Sibly, 1997).The notion that the application of Bergmann's rule at the intraspecific level is a derived state was emphasized by James (1970), who noted that it was a considerable modification of Bergmann's original message, although one that fitted well with knowledge of intraspecific body size variation. Quotations from Bergmann (1847; given in translation by James, 1970) imply that he considered the effect to be interspecific, but between closely related species. Whether he intended the example he gave of ‘species within a genus’ to be literal is unclear. Whichever, it is clear that his formulation was not intraspecific, as he thought it ‘paradoxical that the effects of the same rule in races of animals are not very apparent’(Bergmann, 1847, quoted in James, 1970). In this context, it is interesting that Mayr (1956; see also Rensch, 1938) noted that many of the species considered by Bergmann were, when Mayr was writing, afforded only sub-specific status! Nevertheless, since James's paper, Bergmann's rule has been examined at a variety of taxonomic levels, for example within species (Barnett, 1977; Ralls & Harvey, 1985; Yom-Tov & Nix, 1986; Geist, 1987; Graves, 1991; Smith et al., 1995, 1998; Van Voorhies, 1996, 1997; Mousseau, 1997; Partridge & Coyne, 1997), between species within genera (Gittleman, 1985; Taylor & Gotelli, 1994), between functionally related species (Geist, 1987; Cotgreave & Stockley, 1994), and between species within a range of higher taxa (Zeveloff & Boyce, 1988; Cushman et al., 1993; Barlow, 1994; McDowall, 1994; Hawkins, 1995; Hawkins & Lawton, 1995; Poulin, 1995; Poulin & Hamilton, 1995; Blackburn & Gaston, 1996a).
Excellent history of the use of different taxonomic levels for Bergman's Rule.
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- Oct 2016
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teaching.lfhanley.net teaching.lfhanley.net
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In the mountains, there you feel free.
Interesting, because a snowy mountain is also a fairly desolate place (dead trees/plants, deadly stillness or harsh wind, untouched landscape, etc), but it is seen as beautiful instead of distasteful like the wasteland that Eliot describes.
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