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Climate trends during maize growing period and their impacts on spring maize yield in North China was investigated. This dataset contains: 1) information of stations in cultivation region for spring maize in North China; 2) Trend in temperature and its effect on yield in cultivation region for spring maize in North China; 3) Trend in radiation and its effect on yield in cultivation region for spring maize in North China; 4) Trend in precipitation and its effect on yield in cultivation region for spring maize in North China. Climate trends during maize growing period and their impacts on spring maize yield in North China was investigated. This dataset contains: 1) information of stations in cultivation region for spring maize in North China; 2) Trend in temperature and its effect on yield in cultivation region for spring maize in North China; 3) Trend in radiation and its effect on yield in cultivation region for spring maize in North China; 4) Trend in precipitation and its effect on yield in cultivation region for spring maize in North China.

The beach topography and nearshore bathymetry data contained in this object where used to create a sediment budget model and produce the data figures in the paper titled “A Climatic Sand Management Model for Cardiff State Beach, CA” by Gopal et al., 2023. The data set includes annual mean beach width and nearshore mobile sediment volume estimates between 2000-2019 at South Torrey Pines State Beach and Cardiff State Beach, CA. MATLAB program code to read the data files, model the sediment budget equation in Gopal et al, and recreate the data figures in the paper is also included. Abstract: An empirically based sediment budget model is developed for Cardiff State Beach CA to assess management strategies to maintain beach width subject to mean sea level rise (MSLR) and potentially more frequent El Niño storms. Two decades (2000-2019) of surveys support the hypothesis that the rocky reefs bounding this beach retain sand added to the nearshore zone, except during strong El Niño years with more severe storm waves. The subaerial beach has widened by ~60 m during the last 20 years owing to nourishment (~17,000 cubic m/yr) of imported sand, and sand bypassed annually by dredging a lagoon inlet at the beach's updrift end. The observed widening yields 1 m/yr of mean beach width increase for each 6 cubic m/m-shoreline of added sand. A strong El Niño year is modeled with a permanent volume loss coupled with a shoreline retreat that recovers partially as the beach profile adjusts between El Niño years. Calibrated with observations from Cardiff and South Torrey Pines (a control beach), the model is used to project beach change through 2050. All modeled scenarios suggest that no bypassing or nourishment (no “management”) will result in tens of meters of beach width loss. However, continued bypassing would partially mitigate MSLR and El Niño beach width losses. An artificially built (living shoreline) dune that backs the beach, if completely undermined during strong El Niño storm waves, stores enough sand to balance one-third of the expected volume loss that year, and may make the beach more resilient and speed subsequent recovery. Model program scripts were written using MATLAB R2023a.

This dataset contains the data displayed in the figures or the article "High-resolution projections of ambient heat for major European cities using different heat metrics". The different files contain: Data_Fig1_DeltaTXx_EURO-CORDEX_1981-2010_to_3K-European-warming_RCP85.nc: Change of yearly maximum temperature in Europe between 1981-2010 and 3 °C European warming relative to 1981-2010. Data_Fig2_timeseries-GSAT-ESAT_EURO-CORDEX_CMIP5_CMIP6_1971-2100_RCP85_SSP585.xlsx: Time series of global mean surface air temperature (GSAT) for CMIP5 and CMIP6 models, and for European mean surface air temperature (ESAT) for EURO-CORDEX, CMIP5, and CMIP6 models for the period 1971-2100. Data_Fig3_TX-distribution_distance-from-city-centre_E-OBS_1981-2010.xlsx: Distribution of average daily maximum temperature in summer (June, July, August) in 1981-2010 for E-OBS for all investigated cities. Temperature data are indicated as a function of the distance to the city centre. Data_Fig3_TX-distribution_distance-from-city-centre_ERA5-Land_1981-2010.xlsx: Distribution of average daily maximum temperature in summer (June, July, August) in 1981-2010 for ERA5-Land for all investigated cities. Temperature data are indicated as a function of the distance to the city centre. Data_Fig3_TX-distribution_distance-from-city-centre_EURO-CORDEX_1981-2010.xlsx: Distribution of average daily maximum temperature in summer (June, July, August) in 1981-2010 for the EURO-CORDEX models for all investigated cities. Temperature data are indicated as a function of the distance to the city centre. Data_Fig3_TX-distribution_distance-from-city-centre_weather-stations_1981-2010.xlsx: Distribution of average daily maximum temperature in summer (June, July, August) in 1981-2010 for GSOD and ECA&D stations for all investigated cities. Temperature data are indicated as a function of the distance to the city centre. Data_Fig4_TX-ambient-heat_EURO-CORDEX_3K-European-warming.xlsx: Daytime heat metrics for the investigated cities: HWMId-TX at 3 °C European warming relative to 1981-2010, TX exceedances above 30 °C at 3 °C European warming relative to 1981-2010, and TXx change between 1981-2010 and 3 °C European warming relative to 1981-2010 for EURO-CORDEX models. Data_Fig5_Contribution-of-explanatory-variables-to-total-explained-variance.xlsx: Contribution of different explanatory variables (climate and location factors) to the total explained variance of spatial patterns of heat metrics. Data_Fig6_TN-ambient-heat_EURO-CORDEX_3K-European-warming.xlsx: Nighttime heat metrics for the investigated cities: HWMId-TN at 3 °C European warming relative to 1981-2010, TN exceedances above 20 °C at 3 °C European warming relative to 1981-2010, and TNx change between 1981-2010 and 3 °C European warming relative to 1981-2010 for EURO-CORDEX models. Data_Fig7_TX-ambient-heat_CMIP5_3K-European-warming.xlsx: Daytime heat metrics for the investigated cities: HWMId-TX at 3 °C European warming relative to 1981-2010, TX exceedances above 30 °C at 3 °C European warming relative to 1981-2010, and TXx change between 1981-2010 and 3 °C European warming relative to 1981-2010 for CMIP5 models. Data_Fig7_TX-ambient-heat_CMIP6_3K-European-warming.xlsx: Daytime heat metrics for the investigated cities: HWMId-TX at 3 °C European warming relative to 1981-2010, TX exceedances above 30 °C at 3 °C European warming relative to 1981-2010, and TXx change between 1981-2010 and 3 °C European warming relative to 1981-2010 for CMIP6 models. Data_Fig8_GCM-RCM-matrix_ambient-heat_3K-European-warming.xlsx: GCM-RCM matrices for the three heat metrics.

Data and GrADS scripts needed to reproduce the figures in the article "Probabilistic forecasts of near-term climate change: verification for temperature and precipitation changes from years 1971-2000 to 2011-2020", submitted for publication in Climate Dynamics. Please see the file README for further details.

The Media and Climate Change Observatory Data monitors 74 sources (across newspapers, radio and TV) in 38 countries in seven different regions around the world. Data is assembled by accessing archives through the Lexis Nexis, Proquest and Factiva databases via the University of Colorado libraries. More information may be found at: http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/icecaps/research/media_coverage/index.html. These data include Excel (.xlsx), CSV (.csv), and plain-text README files (.txt).

Abstract The metropolitan area of La Plata, Argentina, represents 1.6% of households in Argentina. Based on the analysis of the energy retrofit of a house, we provide indicators in order to propose a methodology that facilitates the extrapolation, at regional level, of the impact of a general energy retrofit in homes. The results obtained are presented from micro to macro level, in context of energy shortage and recurrent crisis in the supply of fuels and electricity in Argentina. The improved thermal resistance of walls and ceilings throughout the residential park of La Plata lead to a reduction of 12% of the energy consumed in heating, and a saving of 30,000 TEP / year. We conclude that the incidence of additional insulation on the cost of building justifies its use, partially solving the lack of fuel in our country, reducing fixed costs in housing, providing thermal comfort to users and generating economic reactivation of the construction sector.

ABSTRACT Context: reflecting the call being made by the United Nations to solve our current climate challenges and reduce companies’ CO2 emissions, there is a strong need for large corporations to not only employ the terminology of sustainable transitions, but to implement strategies and select new alternative sustainable solutions. Objective: this study fills a gap in the literature by developing and validating a model that helps researchers understand the factors that enable a large corporation undergoing a sustainable transition to select its new sustainable practices. The developed model used theories of sustainability transition and institutional theory with three pillars (regulative, normative, and cognitive) in order to help understand the nature of the company’s innovation selection criteria. Method: survey-based research was carried out among an oil and gas company’s employees, and structural equation modeling was used to test the model fit, validate the survey, and test the hypotheses. Results: the results showed that normative and regulative pillars play the main role in selecting renewable energy activities as a first step toward the company’s sustainable future. Conclusion: the findings provide researchers with a valuable model for understanding the main criteria for selecting new sustainable projects in established companies.

This dataset provides a reconstruction of the NPGO from 1596 onwards from nineteen NPGO sensitive tree-ring chronologies in Himalayan Mountains, Rocky Mountains, Coastal Mountains and Alaskan Mountain Range. This dataset is discussed in a manuscript titled "Increased amplitude of the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation (NPGO) towards recent: evidence from tree-ring based reconstruction since 1596" by "Zhipeng Dong, Feifei Zhou, Zhuangpeng Zheng, Keyan Fang" which is submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.