decisions over the past 30 years at the county-level. We match this information with daily data on temperature and soil moisture … levels of moisture necessary to fully offset the season-expanding effect of a temperature rise of 3ºC would need to be very …

by implementing green development strategies based on low energy –intensity, low-carbon emissions and clean technologies. …

adaptation, the poor will suffer. Through the use of hundreds of scenario maps, models, figures, and detailed analysis, the …

This paper estimates the effects of humidity and temperature on mortality rates in the United States (c. 1973–2002) in … order to provide an insight into the potential health impacts of climate change. I find that humidity, like temperature, is … an important determinant of mortality. Coupled with Hadley CM3 climate-change predictions, I project that mortality rates …

failure to control for humidity overstates the importance of cold temperature as a determinant of mortality. Second, I find … that there is a reverse-J shaped temperature-mortality relationship, and a reverse-J shaped humidity-mortality relationship …Using data from the United States (c. 1968-2002), this paper estimates the effects of temperature and humidity on …

rising temperatures, shifting precipitation patterns, and increasing extreme events. Without attention to adaptation, the …