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Copyright of Canadian Geographer is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Copyright of Canadian Geographer is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Copyright of Canadian Geographer is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Copyright of Canadian Geographer is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Over the last quarter of a century, physical geography has not been served well by the often-homogenizing influence of global change science, as exemplified by the structures and activities of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. However, certain areas of physical geography may have been at fault in being too little, and too uncritically, engaged with international, interdisciplinary research programmes in global environmental change. Moving forward, physical geography should look towards an independently constituted framework that incorporates the complexities of landscape response to both external forcing and internal feedbacks and, above all, works with others to prevent the socio-spatial injustices associated with climate change from being realized. Réflexions menées sur le GIEC et l'étude scientifique des changements planétaires : vers une approche plus axée sur la géographie (physique) Au cours du dernier quart de siècle, la géographie physique a été desservie par l'effet d'homogénéisation de l'étude scientifique des changements planétaires, comme en témoignent les structures et activités du Groupe d'experts intergouvernemental sur l'évolution du climat (GIEC). Par contre, certains domaines de la géographie physique pourraient être en partie responsables du fait que peu d'efforts aient été consacrés à l'étude et à la remise en question des programmes de recherche internationaux et interdisciplinaires portant sur les changements environnementaux planétaires. Pour la géographie physique, la mise en place d'un cadre de travail conçu de manière indépendante permettrait de progresser et d'intégrer tous les éléments de problématique de la réaction du paysage au forçage externe et aux rétroactions internes, mais aussi et surtout d'assurer une collaboration en vue d'éviter que se concrétisent les injustices sociospatiales liées aux conséquences des changements climatiques. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recent warm winters have negatively impacted many rural Labrador residents, raising concerns over regional climate change and variability. To better understand these events, the recent temperature record was examined in detail using atmospheric reanalyses and relevant station data. In addition to quantifying seasonal and annual trends, the influence of major climate drivers is explored and their contributions to recent anomalies are estimated. The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) are identified as the dominant sources of variability, with the winter NAO producing the largest and most predictable anomalies. These drivers are associated with decadal-scale variability in the region, including unusually cool conditions from the 1980 s through late 1990 s and a subsequent shift to warmer conditions. Removing the influence of the NAO and other climate drivers greatly reduces the magnitude of recent warm anomalies. However, temperature trends in the residual data are amplified in most seasons, with winter residual trends four times larger than the raw winter data. This suggests that climate change, previously obscured by natural variability, is exerting a significant influence on Labrador. Although climate change likely contributed relatively little to recent extreme events, it is gradually raising the probability of similar future events. Une analyse des dernières tendances climatiques observées et de leur variabilité au Labrador Les hivers chauds des dernières années ont entraîné des effets négatifs sur de nombreux résidents des régions rurales du Labrador et ont suscité des préoccupations sur les changements climatiques et la variabilité au niveau régional. Pour mieux comprendre ces événements, les relevés de température les plus récents ont fait l'objet d'un examen détaillé en tirant parti des réanalyses atmosphériques et des données des stations pertinentes. En plus de quantifier les tendances saisonnières et annuelles, une exploration de l'influence des principaux facteurs climatiques déterminants a été menée au moyen d'une estimation de leurs contributions aux anomalies récentes. Il est établi que l'oscillation nord-atlantique (ONA) et l'oscillation atlantique multi-décennale (OAM) constituent les principales sources de variabilité, et que c'est l'OAN de l'hiver qui est responsable des anomalies les plus importantes et prévisibles. Ces facteurs déterminants vont de pair avec la variabilité décennale dans la région, y compris les conditions anormalement fraîches enregistrées à partir des années 1980 jusqu'à la fin des années 1990, suivi d'un changement abrupt vers des conditions plus clémentes. Écarter l'influence de l'ONA et des autres facteurs climatiques déterminants réduit considérablement l'étendue des anomalies chaudes observées récemment. Il ressort des données résiduelles, une amplification des tendances de la température au cours de la plupart des saisons, avec des tendances hivernales quatre fois plus accentuées que les données de base pour l'hiver. Cela laisse entendre que les changements climatiques, masqués auparavant par la variabilité naturelle, exercent une influence notable sur le Labrador. Bien que les changements climatiques aient vraisemblablement peu contribué aux événements extrêmes récents, ils augmentent peu à peu la probabilité que de tels événements se produisent à l'avenir. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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