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On the Measurement of Heat Waves by Perkins, S. E., Alexander, L. V.

“…Despite their adverse impacts, definitions and measurements of heat waves are ambiguous and inconsistent, generally being endemic to only the group affected,…”
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Increasing trends in regional heatwaves by Perkins-Kirkpatrick, S. E., Lewis, S. C.

“…Heatwaves have increased in intensity, frequency and duration, with these trends projected to worsen under enhanced global warming. Understanding regional…”
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Increasing frequency, intensity and duration of observed global heatwaves and warm spells by Perkins, S. E., Alexander, L. V., Nairn, J. R.

“…Using the latest HadGHCND daily temperature dataset, global trends in observed summertime heatwaves and annually calculated warm spells for 1950–2011 are…”
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Changes in regional heatwave characteristics as a function of increasing global temperature by Perkins-Kirkpatrick, S. E., Gibson, P. B.

“…The Paris Agreement calls for global warming to be limited to 1.5–2 °C. For the first time, this study investigates how different regional heatwave…”
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Climate justice, commons, and degrowth by Perkins, Patricia E. (Ellie)

“…Economic inequality reduces the political space for addressing climate change, by producing fear-based populism. Only when the safety, social status, and…”
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Interventions for Childhood Obesity in the First 1,000 Days A Systematic Review by Blake-Lamb, Tiffany L., MD, MSc, Locks, Lindsey M., MPH, Perkins, Meghan E., MPH, Woo Baidal, Jennifer A., MD, MPH, Cheng, Erika R., PhD, MPA, Taveras, Elsie M., MD, MPH

“…Context The “first 1,000 days”—conception through age 24 months—are critical for the development and prevention of childhood obesity. This study systematically…”
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Evaluation of the AR4 Climate Models’ Simulated Daily Maximum Temperature, Minimum Temperature, and Precipitation over Australia Using Probability Density Functions by Perkins, S. E., Pitman, A. J., Holbrook, N. J., McAneney, J.

“…The coupled climate models used in the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are evaluated. The evaluation is focused on 12…”
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Difficult airway management algorithms: a directed review by Edelman, D. A., Perkins, E. J., Brewster, D. J.

“…Summary The primary aim of this study was to identify, describe and compare the content of existing difficult airway management algorithms. Secondly, we aimed…”
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The unprecedented 2015/16 Tasman Sea marine heatwave by Oliver, Eric C. J., Benthuysen, Jessica A., Bindoff, Nathaniel L., Hobday, Alistair J., Holbrook, Neil J., Mundy, Craig N., Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Sarah E.

“…The Tasman Sea off southeast Australia exhibited its longest and most intense marine heatwave ever recorded in 2015/16. Here we report on several inter-related…”
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Interactions between multiple helminths and the gut microbiota in wild rodents by Kreisinger, Jakub, Bastien, Géraldine, Hauffe, Heidi C, Marchesi, Julian, Perkins, Sarah E

“…The gut microbiota is vital to host health and, as such, it is important to elucidate the mechanisms altering its composition and diversity. Intestinal…”
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A hierarchical approach to defining marine heatwaves by Hobday, Alistair J., Alexander, Lisa V., Perkins, Sarah E., Smale, Dan A., Straub, Sandra C., Oliver, Eric C.J., Benthuysen, Jessica A., Burrows, Michael T., Donat, Markus G., Feng, Ming, Holbrook, Neil J., Moore, Pippa J., Scannell, Hillary A., Sen Gupta, Alex, Wernberg, Thomas

“…•Marine heatwaves cause a range of ecological impacts.•Consistent definition of marine heatwaves will advance comparison.•Metrics are defined to uniquely…”
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Longer and more frequent marine heatwaves over the past century by Oliver, Eric C. J., Donat, Markus G., Burrows, Michael T., Moore, Pippa J., Smale, Dan A., Alexander, Lisa V., Benthuysen, Jessica A., Feng, Ming, Sen Gupta, Alex, Hobday, Alistair J., Holbrook, Neil J., Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Sarah E., Scannell, Hillary A., Straub, Sandra C., Wernberg, Thomas

“…Heatwaves are important climatic extremes in atmospheric and oceanic systems that can have devastating and long-term impacts on ecosystems, with subsequent…”
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Marine heatwaves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services by Smale, Dan A., Wernberg, Thomas, Oliver, Eric C. J., Thomsen, Mads, Harvey, Ben P., Straub, Sandra C., Burrows, Michael T., Alexander, Lisa V., Benthuysen, Jessica A., Donat, Markus G., Feng, Ming, Hobday, Alistair J., Holbrook, Neil J., Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Sarah E., Scannell, Hillary A., Sen Gupta, Alex, Payne, Ben L., Moore, Pippa J.

“…The global ocean has warmed substantially over the past century, with far-reaching implications for marine ecosystems 1 . Concurrent with long-term persistent…”
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Transmission risk predicts avoidance of infected conspecifics in Trinidadian guppies by Stephenson, Jessica F., Perkins, Sarah E., Cable, Joanne

“…1. Associating with conspecifics afflicted with infectious diseases increases the risk of becoming infected, but engaging in avoidance behaviour incurs the…”
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A global assessment of marine heatwaves and their drivers by Holbrook, Neil J., Scannell, Hillary A., Sen Gupta, Alexander, Benthuysen, Jessica A., Feng, Ming, Oliver, Eric C. J., Alexander, Lisa V., Burrows, Michael T., Donat, Markus G., Hobday, Alistair J., Moore, Pippa J., Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Sarah E., Smale, Dan A., Straub, Sandra C., Wernberg, Thomas

“…Marine heatwaves (MHWs) can cause devastating impacts to marine life. Despite the serious consequences of MHWs, our understanding of their drivers is largely…”
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Passive citizen science: The role of social media in wildlife observations by Edwards, Thomas, Jones, Christopher B, Perkins, Sarah E, Corcoran, Padraig

“…Citizen science plays an important role in observing the natural environment. While conventional citizen science consists of organized campaigns to observe a…”
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CMIP6 MultiModel Evaluation of Present‐Day Heatwave Attributes by Hirsch, Annette L., Ridder, Nina N., Perkins‐Kirkpatrick, Sarah E., Ukkola, Anna

“…Heatwave frequency, duration and intensity has increased since the 1950s, a trend likely to continue with anthropogenic climate change. Although climate model…”
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Prenatal alcohol exposure alters expression of genes involved in cell adhesion, immune response, and toxin metabolism in adolescent rat hippocampus by Khalifa, Amal, Palu, Rebecca, Perkins, Amy E, Volz, Avery

“…Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) can result in mild to severe consequences for children throughout their lives, with this range of symptoms referred to as Fetal…”
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Network analysis of gut microbiota literature: an overview of the research landscape in non-human animal studies by Pascoe, Emily L, Hauffe, Heidi C, Marchesi, Julian R, Perkins, Sarah E

“…A wealth of human studies have demonstrated the importance of gut microbiota to health. Research on non-human animal gut microbiota is now increasing, but what…”
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On the use of self‐organizing maps for studying climate extremes by Gibson, Peter B., Perkins‐Kirkpatrick, Sarah E., Uotila, Petteri, Pepler, Acacia S., Alexander, Lisa V.

“…Understanding how climate extremes are sensitive to a changing climate requires characterization of the physical mechanisms behind such events. For this…”
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