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Ten new insights in climate science 2023
- Mercedes Bustamante, Joyashree Roy, Daniel Ospina, Ploy Achakulwisut, Anubha Aggarwal, Ana Bastos, Wendy Broadgate, Josep G. Canadell, Edward R. Carr, Deliang Chen, Helen A. Cleugh, Kristie L. Ebi, Clea Edwards, Carol Farbotko, Marcos Fernández-Martínez, Thomas L. Frölicher, Sabine Fuss, Oliver Geden, Nicolas Gruber, Luke J. Harrington, Judith Hauck, Zeke Hausfather, Sophie Hebden, Aniek Hebinck, Saleemul Huq, Matthias Huss, M. Laurice P. Jamero, Sirkku Juhola, Nilushi Kumarasinghe, Shuaib Lwasa, Bishawjit Mallick, Maria Martin, Steven McGreevy, Paula Mirazo, Aditi Mukherji, Greg Muttitt, Gregory F. Nemet, David Obura, Chukwumerije Okereke, Tom Oliver, Ben Orlove, Nadia S. Ouedraogo, Prabir K. Patra, Mark Pelling, Laura M. Pereira, Åsa Persson, Julia Pongratz, Anjal Prakash, Anja Rammig, Colin Raymond, Aaron Redman, Cristobal Reveco, Johan Rockström, Regina Rodrigues, David R. Rounce, E. Lisa F. Schipper, Peter Schlosser, Odirilwe Selomane, Gregor Semieniuk, Yunne-Jai Shin, Tasneem A. Siddiqui, Vartika Singh, Giles B. Sioen, Youba Sokona, Detlef Stammer, Norman J. Steinert, Sunhee Suk, Rowan Sutton, Lisa Thalheimer, Vikki Thompson, Gregory Trencher, Kees van der Geest, Saskia E. Werners, Thea Wübbelmann, Nico Wunderling, Jiabo Yin, Kirsten Zickfeld, Jakob Zscheischler
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- Global Sustainability / Volume 7 / 2024
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- 01 December 2023, e19
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Non-technical summary
We identify a set of essential recent advances in climate change research with high policy relevance, across natural and social sciences: (1) looming inevitability and implications of overshooting the 1.5°C warming limit, (2) urgent need for a rapid and managed fossil fuel phase-out, (3) challenges for scaling carbon dioxide removal, (4) uncertainties regarding the future contribution of natural carbon sinks, (5) intertwinedness of the crises of biodiversity loss and climate change, (6) compound events, (7) mountain glacier loss, (8) human immobility in the face of climate risks, (9) adaptation justice, and (10) just transitions in food systems.
Technical summaryThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Reports provides the scientific foundation for international climate negotiations and constitutes an unmatched resource for researchers. However, the assessment cycles take multiple years. As a contribution to cross- and interdisciplinary understanding of climate change across diverse research communities, we have streamlined an annual process to identify and synthesize significant research advances. We collected input from experts on various fields using an online questionnaire and prioritized a set of 10 key research insights with high policy relevance. This year, we focus on: (1) the looming overshoot of the 1.5°C warming limit, (2) the urgency of fossil fuel phase-out, (3) challenges to scale-up carbon dioxide removal, (4) uncertainties regarding future natural carbon sinks, (5) the need for joint governance of biodiversity loss and climate change, (6) advances in understanding compound events, (7) accelerated mountain glacier loss, (8) human immobility amidst climate risks, (9) adaptation justice, and (10) just transitions in food systems. We present a succinct account of these insights, reflect on their policy implications, and offer an integrated set of policy-relevant messages. This science synthesis and science communication effort is also the basis for a policy report contributing to elevate climate science every year in time for the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Social media summaryWe highlight recent and policy-relevant advances in climate change research – with input from more than 200 experts.
Knowledge and acceptance of interventions aimed at reducing sugar intake in Portugal
- Marília Prada, David L Rodrigues, Cristina A Godinho, Diniz Lopes, Margarida V Garrido
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- Public Health Nutrition / Volume 23 / Issue 18 / December 2020
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- 14 September 2020, pp. 3423-3434
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Governments worldwide have been implementing interventions aimed at improving citizens’ dietary habits. Examining how individuals perceive these interventions is relevant for promoting future policies in this area, as well as informing the way they are designed and implemented. In the current study, we focused on interventions aimed at reducing sugar intake in Portugal, given the current high sugar consumption patterns in the population.
Design:Online survey to assess which interventions are the most salient and receive greater public support.
Setting:Portugal.
Participants:1010 (76·7 % female, MAge 36·33, sd 13·22).
Results:Data from a free-recall task showed that only about one-third of participants reported knowing about these interventions, namely those related to taxation, weight restrictions in individual sugar packets and limited availability of products with high sugar content. We also found evidence of high support for the eight interventions presented (except for replacing sugar by artificial sweeteners), positive attitudes towards the need of reducing sugar intake in the Portuguese population and high agreement with the importance of reducing sugar intake across all age groups, particularly among children. Participants also indicated paying attention to the amount of sugar in their diets and a low self-reported frequency of consumption of high sugary foods and beverages. A hierarchical regression analysis suggested that these variables were significantly associated with the overall acceptance of interventions, independently of social-demographic variables (i.e., age, education and sex).
Conclusion:By examining how people perceive and accept different interventions targeting the reduction of sugar intake, the current work aims to support policymaking in this domain.
A tool for routine monitoring and feedback of morbidities following paediatric cardiac surgery
- Luca Grieco, Christina Pagel, Martin Utley, David J. Barron, Serban Stoica, Shane Tibby, Warren Rodrigues, Victor Tsang, Katherine L. Brown
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- Cardiology in the Young / Volume 30 / Issue 1 / January 2020
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- 17 December 2019, pp. 28-33
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Short-term survival after paediatric cardiac surgery has improved significantly over the past 20 years and increasing attention is being given to measuring and reducing incidence of morbidities following surgery. How to best use routinely collected data to share morbidity information constitutes a challenge for clinical teams interested in analysing their outcomes for quality improvement. We aimed to develop a tool facilitating this process in the context of monitoring morbidities following paediatric cardiac surgery, as part of a prospective multi-centre research study in the United Kingdom.
We developed a prototype software tool to analyse and present data about morbidities associated with cardiac surgery in children. We used an iterative process, involving engagement with potential users, tool design and implementation, and feedback collection. Graphical data displays were based on the use of icons and graphs designed in collaboration with clinicians.
Our tool enables automatic creation of graphical summaries, displayed as a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, from a spreadsheet containing patient-level data about specified cardiac surgery morbidities. Data summaries include numbers/percentages of cases with morbidities reported, co-occurrences of different morbidities, and time series of each complication over a time window.
Our work was characterised by a very high level of interaction with potential users of the tool, enabling us to promptly account for feedback and suggestions from clinicians and data managers. The United Kingdom centres involved in the project received the tool positively, and several expressed their interest in using it as part of their routine practice.
Beach sand and the potential for infectious disease transmission: observations and recommendations
- Helena M. Solo-Gabriele, Valerie J. Harwood, David Kay, Roger S. Fujioka, Michael J. Sadowsky, Richard L. Whitman, Andrew Wither, Manuela Caniça, Rita Carvalho da Fonseca, Aida Duarte, Thomas A. Edge, Maria J. Gargaté, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Ferry Hagen, Sandra L. McLellan, Alexandra Nogueira da Silva, Monika Novak Babič, Susana Prada, Raquel Rodrigues, Daniela Romão, Raquel Sabino, Robert A. Samson, Esther Segal, Christopher Staley, Huw D. Taylor, Cristina Veríssimo, Carla Viegas, Helena Barroso, João C. Brandão
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- Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom / Volume 96 / Issue 1 / February 2016
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- 01 July 2015, pp. 101-120
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Recent studies suggest that sand can serve as a vehicle for exposure of humans to pathogens at beach sites, resulting in increased health risks. Sampling for microorganisms in sand should therefore be considered for inclusion in regulatory programmes aimed at protecting recreational beach users from infectious disease. Here, we review the literature on pathogen levels in beach sand, and their potential for affecting human health. In an effort to provide specific recommendations for sand sampling programmes, we outline published guidelines for beach monitoring programmes, which are currently focused exclusively on measuring microbial levels in water. We also provide background on spatial distribution and temporal characteristics of microbes in sand, as these factors influence sampling programmes. First steps toward establishing a sand sampling programme include identifying appropriate beach sites and use of initial sanitary assessments to refine site selection. A tiered approach is recommended for monitoring. This approach would include the analysis of samples from many sites for faecal indicator organisms and other conventional analytes, while testing for specific pathogens and unconventional indicators is reserved for high-risk sites. Given the diversity of microbes found in sand, studies are urgently needed to identify the most significant aetiological agent of disease and to relate microbial measurements in sand to human health risk.
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- By Amy F.T. Arnsten, Darrick T. Balu, Anthony W. Bannon, James E. Barrett, Craig W. Berridge, David L. Braff, Jiang-Fan Chen, Guang Chen, Joseph T. Coyle, David M. Devilbiss, Wayne C. Drevets, Craig A. Erickson, Michael Gandal, Maciej Gasior, Charles F. Gillespie, Donald C. Goff, Swati Gupta, Ioline D. Henter, Tong Li, Farah D. Lubin, Christopher J. McDougle, Husseini K. Manji, Nicholas J. Maragakis, Charles P. O'Brien, Ryley Parrish, David J. Posey, Donald L. Price, Jorge A. Quiroz, Kerry J. Ressler, Timothy P.L. Roberts, Richard A. Rudick, Alfred W. Sandrock, Alena V. Savonenko, Brooke E. Schmeichel, Steven J. Siegel, Robert C. Spencer, Kimberly A. Stigler, Paulo Vianney-Rodrigues, John P. Welsh, Tamara Weiss, Frank Wiegand, Michael Williams, Philip C. Wong
- Edited by James E. Barrett, Joseph T. Coyle, Michael Williams
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- Translational Neuroscience
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- 05 July 2012
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- 28 June 2012, pp vi-viii
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