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Climate change and drought in Minnesota and the Midwest
No full textThis document is intended to provide a brief overview of observed and projected changes to precipitation in Minnesota. Minnesota has become wetter on average over the past 120 years, and that trend is expected to continue, but climate change will likely make precipitation in Minnesota more unstable and intense. Between heavy rain events, Minnesota will likely have longer dry periods and more flash droughts. Transitions between very wet and very dry periods are also likely to accelerate.
Use this summary to learn more about the details of the projections and the potential impacts these changes could have on Minnesotans.Clark, Suzanna; Roop, Heidi A; Meyer, Nathan; Mosel, Jamie. (2023). Climate change and drought in Minnesota and the Midwest. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/257949
Fifth National Climate Assessment: Chapter 24 Midwest
No full textBaker, John M.; Wilson, Aaron B.; Ainsworth, Elizabeth A.; Andresen, Jeffrey; Austin, Jay A.; Dukes, Jeffrey S.; Gibbons, Elizabeth; Hoppe, Brendalynn O.; LeDee, Olivia E.; Noel, James; Roop, Heidi A.; Smith, Sara A.; Todey, Dennis P.; Wolf, Ray; Wood, Jeffrey D.. (2023). Fifth National Climate Assessment: Chapter 24 Midwest. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://doi.org/10.7930/NCA5.2023.CH24
An assessment of the Midwest climate adaptation network: A call for improved coordination and collaboration
No full textClimate adaptation and the management of climate impacts require cross-sectoral and regional coordination and collaboration, but presently there is no thorough assessment of the adaptation network in the Midwest United States to evaluate how well it achieves such collaboration. We investigated the climate adaptation network across the Midwest to inform the strategic agenda for a climate adaptation boundary organization in Minnesota - the University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership (MCAP). We identified 150 organizations and more than
500 unique connections between them. About ten organizations with more than 25 connections each link the existing Midwest climate adaptation network, but most organizations have fewer than five connections. This asymmetry can affect the flow of resources such as information, technical assistance, and financial support. It can also hinder coordination and collaboration as called for by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC et al., 2019). The Midwest adaptation network is not well-balanced with respect to the adaptation cycle: many
organizations focus on understanding or planning for climate change, with few organizations focused on problem identification, plan implementation, or monitoring. The gaps identified here suggest that MCAP and other regional adaptation organizations can (1) improve cross-sectoral and intraregional coordination and collaboration, and (2) fill gaps in the adaptation cycle, particularly implementation and monitoring. As more communities and jurisdictions move beyond climate planning toward adaptation implementation and management, and as an increasing number of state, federal and private sector funds become available to support implementation, climate service providers such as MCAP should evaluate their services and capacities and adapt alongside the communities they support.Clark, Suzanna; Roop, Heidi A.; Meyer, Nathan J.; Farris, Amanda. (2024). An assessment of the Midwest climate adaptation network: A call for improved coordination and collaboration. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122467
Assessing stakeholder climate data needs for farm-level decision-making in the U.S. Corn Belt
No full textAcross the Midwest region of the United States, agriculturalists make decisions on a variety of timescales, ranging from daily to weekly, monthly, and seasonally. Ever improving forecasts and decision support tools could assist the decision-making process, particularly in the context of a changing and increasingly variable climate. To be usable, however, the information produced by these forecasts and tools should be salient, credible, legitimate, and iterative – qualities which are achieved through deliberate co-production with stakeholders. This study uses a document analysis approach to explore the climate information needs and priorities of stakeholders in the U.S. Corn Belt. Through the analysis of 50 documents, we find that stakeholders are primarily concerned with practical and tactical decision-making, including from whom they obtain their information, the application of information to agricultural, water, and risk management, and desired economic outcomes. The information that stakeholders desire is less focused on social issues, environmental issues, or long-term climate resilience. These results can inform the development of future decision support tools, identify known gaps in climate information services to reduce stakeholder fatigue, and serve as an example to scientists trying to understand stakeholder needs in other regions and specialties.Clark, Suzanna; Wolfinger, J. Felix; Kenney, Melissa A.; Gerst, Michael D.; Roop, Heidi A.. (2022). Assessing stakeholder climate data needs for farm-level decision-making in the U.S. Corn Belt. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-27-2023
A Community-Based Approach to Climate Science Communication: Results From a Pilot Climate Extension Program
No full textWhile the majority of adults across the United States report that they believe that global warming is happening, far fewer report discussing global warming. Oneway to inspire further climate action and engagement is to increase individuals' capacity to confidently and effectively discuss climate change. Climate communication science highlights that such communication is most effective when it is anecdotal, narrative, tailored to the audience, and place-based. To generate climate conversations and inspire action in a variety of communities, partners at the University of Minnesota Extension piloted a program to train community members from across the state of Minnesota in effective climate communication through a series of instructional workshops, coaching, and participant-led communication activities. Following the training portion of the program, participants identified and hosted their own climate-related communication activities in their communities. These “climate conversations” took place across Minnesota and included community events, dialogue with elected leaders, and conversations stimulated through literature, among other activities. In their communities, program participants sparked conversations, initiated long-term climate action efforts, and improved their sense of efficacy in response to climate change.Participants also reported that they improved their climate conversation skills, increased their local climate knowledge, established a support network with fellow participants, had reduced anxiety around communicating, and increased their confidence in being able to communicate about climate change in their communities. This pilot program provides a framework for future cohort- and community-based climate communication programs in the state and beyond.Clark, Suzanna; Roop, Heidi A.; Gonzales, Katerina R.; Mohr, Caryn; Dybsetter, Anne; Kingery, Linda. (2023). A Community-Based Approach to Climate Science Communication: Results From a Pilot Climate Extension Program. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022CSJ000020
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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