Steven J. Davis

Dec 20, 2023 | pubs.rsc.org | Taylor Cole |Steven J. Davis |Athena Flint |Ryan C. Fortenberry

Bridging the Gap: Viable Reaction Pathways from Tetrahedrane to Benzyne The addition of sp-carbon-containing molecules to polycyclic sp3 tetrahedrane (c-C4H4) results in the formation of both o-benzyne (c-C6H4) and benzene (c-C6H6).

Dec 12, 2023 | nature.com | Wenli Zhao |Biqing Zhu |Steven J. Davis |Philippe Ciais |Chaopeng Hong |Zhu Liu

AbstractIncreasing extreme climate events driven by climate change raise the question of their impacts on the power production system, and implications for renewable versus fossil power supply. Here, using climate reanalysis data and daily electricity generation (2018–2023), we systematically quantify the impact of extreme climate events, specifically extreme cold events and extreme hot events on United States state-level carbon emissions and on the carbon intensity of electricity.

Aug 30, 2023 | nature.com | Patrick Brown |Steven J. Davis

AbstractCalifornia has experienced enhanced extreme wildfire behaviour in recent years1,2,3, leading to substantial loss of life and property4,5. Some portion of the change in wildfire behaviour is attributable to anthropogenic climate warming, but formally quantifying this contribution is difficult because of numerous confounding factors6,7 and because wildfires are below the grid scale of global climate models.