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Fig. 1 in Retrieving climate change dependent Sea Surface Temperature (SST) in Southern Turkey by using Landsat thermal imagery

Fig. 1 — Map of the study area, Bay of Goköva

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Fig. 4 in Retrieving climate change dependent Sea Surface Temperature (SST) in Southern Turkey by using Landsat thermal imagery

Fig. 4 — Average annual temperature in Gökova Bay

Data from: Leaf morphological traits show greater responses to changes in climate than leaf physiological traits and gas exchange variables

Adaptation to changing conditions is one of the strategies plants use to survive climate change. Here, we ask whether plants' leaf morphological and physiological traits/gas exchange variables have changed in response to recent, anthropogenic climate change. We grew seedlings from resurrected historic seeds from ex-situ seed banks and paired modern seeds in a common-garden experiment. Species pairs were collected from regions that had undergone differing levels of climate change using an emerging framework – Climate Contrast Resurrection Ecology, allowing us to hypothesise that regions with greater changes in climate (including temperature, precipitation, climate variability and climatic extremes) there would be greater trait responses in leaf morphology and physiology over time. Our found that in regions where there were greater changes in climate, there were greater changes in average leaf area, leaf margin complexity, leaf thickness and leaf intrinsic water use efficiency. Changes in leaf roundness, photosynthetic rate, stomatal density and the leaf economic strategy of our species were not correlated with changes in the climate. Our results show that leaves do have the ability to respond to changes in climate, however, there are greater inherited responses in morphological leaf traits than in physiological traits/variables, and greater responses to extreme measures of climate than gradual changes in climatic means. It is vital for accurate predictions of species' responses to impending climate change to ensure that future climate change ecology studies utilise knowledge about the difference in both leaf trait and gas exchange responses, and the climate variables that they respond to.

FIGURE 4 in Southern Africa's Great Escarpment as an amphitheater of climate-driven diversification and a buffer against future climate change in bats

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FIGURE 2 in Southern Africa's Great Escarpment as an amphitheater of climate-driven diversification and a buffer against future climate change in bats

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Climate Change Adaptation, Social Resilience, and Perceived Values Data from Turkana, Machakos and Narok County, Kenya

This dataset provides socioeconomic and value perception interview data collected from 1,020 individuals living across three counties in Kenya: Turkana, Machakos and Narok. Socioeconomic data were collected on housing, healthcare, water sources, electricity access, experience of extreme weather events, community services and access to information. Value perception data were collected using the user-perceived value (UPV) method - a perception-based surveying approach which requires interviewees to select their most valued household items in different circumstances and explain their choice through 'why'-probing. This is done under different circumstances - here, either in daily life, or in the face of a climate shock. The data are made available with sub-county level geospatial attribution. Together, the socioeconomic and interview data can be used to better understand the views of different communities and demographic groups concerning climate change and extreme weather events across Kenya. They also provide insight as to the intrinsic, social, emotional, epistemic, functional, and indigenous values associated with everyday household items. The data can be used by policymakers to inform development planning and to identify gaps in available infrastructure. Additionally, researchers and development practitioners can use these data to design interventions which reflect the needs and values of communities in Kenya.

The evaluation of climate change competitiveness via DEA models and Shannon's entropy: EU regions case

Supplementary materials for the article titled “The evaluation of climate change competitiveness via DEA models and Shannon’s entropy: EU regions case”. The data was collected under project provided by the National Science Centre, Poland; Grant No. 2019/35/B/HS5/01548. <div> <div> <div>   </div> </div> </div>

Datasets used in Erosional response to Pleistocene climate changes in the Brazilian highlands

The data files correspond to the data tables of the ms "Erosional response to Pleistocene climate changes in the Brazilian highlands", submitted to JGR.

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Fig. 12 in Changes in the range of Pterostichus melas and P. fornicatus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) on the basis of climatic modeling

Fig. 12. Map of comparison of P. melas current range and ranges for 2050 and 2070

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Fig. 11 in Changes in the range of Pterostichus melas and P. fornicatus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) on the basis of climatic modeling

Fig. 11. Comparison of P.melas current range and range for 2050

Data from: Responses of population structure and genomic diversity to climate change and fishing pressure in a pelagic fish

The responses of marine species to environmental changes and anthropogenic pressures (e.g. fishing) interact with ecological and evolutionary processes that are not well understood. Knowledge of changes in the distribution range and genetic diversity of species and their populations into the future is essential for the conservation and sustainable management of resources. Almaco jack (Seriola rivoliana) is a pelagic fish with high importance to fisheries and aquaculture in the Pacific Ocean. In this study, we assessed contemporary genomic diversity and structure in loci that are putatively under selection (outlier loci) and determined their potential functions. Utilizing a combination of genotype-environment association, spatial distribution models, and demogenetic simulations, we modeled the effects of climate change (under three different RCP scenarios) and fishing pressure on the species' geographic distribution and genomic diversity and structure to 2050 and 2100. Our results show that most of the outlier loci identified were related to biological and metabolic processes that may be associated with temperature and salinity. Contemporary genomic structure showed three populations—two in the Eastern Pacific (Cabo San Lucas and Eastern Pacific) and one in the Central Pacific (Hawaii). Future projections suggest a loss of suitable habitat and potential range contractions for most scenarios, while fishing pressure decreased population connectivity. Our results suggest that future climate change scenarios and fishing pressure will affect the genomic structure and genotypic composition of S. rivoliana and lead to loss of genomic diversity in populations distributed in the eastern-central Pacific Ocean, which could have profound effects in fisheries that depend on this resource.

Figure 2 in Forest yield prediction under different climate change scenarios using data intelligent models in Pakistan

Figure 2. Schematic view of Kernel Ridge Regression (KRR) model.

Figure 1 in Forest yield prediction under different climate change scenarios using data intelligent models in Pakistan

Figure 1. High-resolution flow chart of the Random Forest (RF) model.

Climate regulates the effect of land-use change on the diversity of soil microbial functional groups and soil multifunctionality

Although studies have explored how soil microbial diversity and soil multifunctionality respond to land-use change at local scales, they have rarely been explored at larger scales and across different climatic and soil environmental conditions. By sampling 40 paired sites of land-use change from natural forests to agricultural lands (including croplands and orchards) along the middle and lower Yangtze River, combined with a global meta-analysis, we investigated the effects of land-use change and climate on the alpha and beta diversity of soil bacterial and fungal functional groups (FGs) and their associated soil multifunctionality at a regional scale. Our results showed that land-use change strongly changed the diversity of soil bacterial and fungal FGs and decreased multifunctionality, which was supported by our meta-analysis at a global scale. Direct effects of land-use change and climate and their interaction, together with changes in soil environmental variables, were the main determinants of the land-use change-induced changes in the diversity of soil bacterial or fungal FGs. The land-use change-induced decrease in multifunctionality was mainly associated with the direct effect of forest conversion, soil fertility, and diversity of fungal FGs. Furthermore, climate also regulated the effects of land-use change on multifunctionality by affecting soil fertility and fungal FGs diversity along the Yangtze River. Synthesis and applications. Taken together, our findings highlight the important effects of land-use change, climate, and their interactions on microbial diversity and multifunctionality, and suggest that effective land-use management and climate change mitigation strategies should be adopted to protect biodiversity and ecosystem function in the Yangtze River Basin.

Data from: Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology

The trend of global cooling across the Cenozoic transformed the North American landscape from closed forest to more open grasslands, resulting in dietary adaptations in herbivores in response to shifting resources. In contrast, the material properties of the predator food source, muscle, skin, and bone, have remained constant over this transition, suggesting a corresponding lack of change in predator dietary adaptations. We investigate the North American mammal predator fossil record using a tooth shape metric and body mass, predicting that the former would exhibit stability. Instead, we found that mean molar morphology became more blade-like, with our tooth shape metric sharply increasing in the late Eocene and remaining high from the Oligocene onward. Subsequent tests in extant carnivorans reveal taxa with more blade-like teeth are prevalent in more open environments. Our results reveal an unexpected functional shift among North American predators in response to large-scale environmental changes across the Cenozoic.

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Beryllium Isotopes in Maar Lake Sediments Response to Rapid Climate Change Since the Last Deglaciation

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Fig. 6 in Phytoplankton Responses To Climate Change In The Large Lakes Of The Baltic Sea Basin

Fig. 6. Trend of changes in ice-free period (in days) on Lake Onega and Lake Peipsi for 1960- 2015.

Fig. 2 in Phytoplankton Responses To Climate Change In The Large Lakes Of The Baltic Sea Basin

Fig. 2. Phytoplankton biomass structure in the Lake Onega for August 1976-2010.

Fig. 1 in Phytoplankton Responses To Climate Change In The Large Lakes Of The Baltic Sea Basin

Fig. 1. Map of lakes with indication of sampling sites.

Fig. 4. Annual air temperature over Lake Onega catchment area for 1951–2014 in Phytoplankton Responses To Climate Change In The Large Lakes Of The Baltic Sea Basin

Fig. 4. Annual air temperature over Lake Onega catchment area for 1951–2014.