Observation‐based and modeling studies have identified the Eastern Mediterranean and
Middle East (EMME) region as a prominent climate change hotspot. While several initiatives …

Southern Asia, extending from Pakistan and Afghanistan to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea,
is one of the most heavily populated regions of the world. Biofuel and biomass burning …

Anthropogenic greenhouse gases and aerosols are associated with climate change and
human health risks. We used a global model to estimate the climate and public health …

Previous studies on ice core analyses and recent in situ measurements have shown that CH
4 has increased from about 0.75–1.73 μmol/mol during the past 150 years. Here, we review …

An anthropogenic emissions data set has been constructed for CO 2 , CO, CH 4 , nonmethane
volatile organic compounds, SO 2 , NO x , N 2 O, and NH 3 spanning the period 1890–…

Every year, from December to April, anthropogenic haze spreads over most of the North
Indian Ocean, and South and Southeast Asia. The Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) …

The new Modular Earth Submodel System (MESSy) describes atmospheric chemistry and
meteorological processes in a modular framework, following strict coding standards. It has …

Several concepts and indicators exist to measure and rank urban areas in terms of their
socio-economic, infrastructural, and environment-related parameters. The World Bank regularly …

The Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) was an international, multiplatform field campaign
to measure long-range transport of air pollution from South and Southeast Asia toward the …

An update of the scientific discussions presented in Chapter 2 of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report is presented. The update discusses the atmospheric …