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The projected timing of climate departure from recent variability

Overview of attention for article published in Nature, October 2013
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Title
The projected timing of climate departure from recent variability
Published in
Nature, October 2013
DOI 10.1038/nature12540
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Authors

Camilo Mora, Abby G. Frazier, Ryan J. Longman, Rachel S. Dacks, Maya M. Walton, Eric J. Tong, Joseph J. Sanchez, Lauren R. Kaiser, Yuko O. Stender, James M. Anderson, Christine M. Ambrosino, Iria Fernandez-Silva, Louise M. Giuseffi, Thomas W. Giambelluca

Abstract

Ecological and societal disruptions by modern climate change are critically determined by the time frame over which climates shift beyond historical analogues. Here we present a new index of the year when the projected mean climate of a given location moves to a state continuously outside the bounds of historical variability under alternative greenhouse gas emissions scenarios. Using 1860 to 2005 as the historical period, this index has a global mean of 2069 (±18 years s.d.) for near-surface air temperature under an emissions stabilization scenario and 2047 (±14 years s.d.) under a 'business-as-usual' scenario. Unprecedented climates will occur earliest in the tropics and among low-income countries, highlighting the vulnerability of global biodiversity and the limited governmental capacity to respond to the impacts of climate change. Our findings shed light on the urgency of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions if climates potentially harmful to biodiversity and society are to be prevented.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 26 2%
Canada 15 1%
United Kingdom 14 1%
Australia 6 <1%
Brazil 5 <1%
India 5 <1%
Germany 4 <1%
France 4 <1%
Ecuador 3 <1%
Other 40 3%
Unknown 1240 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 342 25%
Student > Ph. D. Student 286 21%
Student > Master 156 11%
Student > Bachelor 79 6%
Professor 70 5%
Other 255 19%
Unknown 174 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 327 24%
Environmental Science 317 23%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 253 19%
Engineering 55 4%
Social Sciences 32 2%
Other 151 11%
Unknown 227 17%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1138. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 November 2023.
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#13,105
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#1,332
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#56
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