Professor Richard Betts
Chair in Climate Impacts
R.A.Betts@exeter.ac.uk
5343
Laver Building 8th Floor
Laver Building, University of Exeter, North Park Road, Exeter, EX4 4QE, UK
Overview
Richard is Chair in Climate Impacts at the University of Exeter and Head of Climate Impacts in the Met Office Hadley Centre. His undergraduate studies were in Physics at the University of Bristol, followed by an MSc in Meteorology and Climatology at the University of Birmingham. For his PhD, he used climate models to assess the role of the world’s ecosystems in global climate and climate change. He has worked in climate modelling since 1992, with a particular interest in the impacts of climate change on ecosystems and the interactions with other impacts of climate change such as on water resources. He is also interested in the wide-ranging effects of land use and land cover change on climate. He has pioneered a number of key developments in the extension of climate models to include biological processes.
Richard is project director for the writing of the technical chapters of the Evidence Report for the UK's 3rd national Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA3). He led the EU Framework 7 Project HELIX (High-End cLimate Impacts and eXtremes), which assessed the impacts of climate change at 1.5, 2, 4°C global warming above pre-industrial state.
Richard was a lead author on the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Working Group 1 (The Physical Science Basis), leading the assessment of the influences of land cover change on climate and contributing to the assessment of climate change impacts on fresh water. He played a similar role in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. He was a lead author on the IPCC 5th Assessment Report in Working Group 2 (Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability), responsible for assessing the impacts of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems, and in the IPCC 6th Assessment he is a lead author on the Working Group 2 chapter on Water.
Broad research specialisms:
- Large-scale modelling of ecosystem-hydrology-climate interactions
- Land use change and deforestation
- Integrated impacts modelling
Qualifications
BSc (Physics), University of Bristol, 1991.
MSc (Meteorology and Applied Climatology), University of Birmingham, 1992.
PhD (Meteorology), University of Reading, 1998.
Research
Research interests
- Climate change impacts on water resources and the role of vegetation in modifying this impact.
- Climate change impacts on large-scale ecosystems and interactions with deforestation (with a particular interest in Amazonia).
- Effects of land use/land cover change on climate.
Research projects
HELIX (High-End cLimate Impacts and eXtremes)
Richard led the HELIX project, which is an international collaboration consisting of 16 partners. HELIX was an EU FP7 project running for 4 years from the 1st November 2013 to 31st October 2017.
HELIX:
With the target of limiting global warming to 2ºC increasingly difficult to achieve, policymakers, businesses and other decision-makers need to plan to adapt to changes in climate under higher levels of global warming. This requires coherent information on the future climate conditions, and the consequences of different adaptation actions.
International negotiations on limiting global warming also require clear information on the consequences of different levels of climate change. While a vast array of projections, scenarios and estimates of future climate change and its impacts already exists, much is conflicting, unclear, of unknown levels of certainty and difficult to use to inform decisions.
HELIX addressed this by providing a clear, coherent, internally-consistent view of a manageable number of “future worlds” under higher levels of global warming reached under a range of circumstances, supported by advice on which aspects are more certain and which less certain. This was delivered through ground breaking scientific research across a range of physical, natural and social science disciplines, in close engagement with experienced users of climate change information in order to ensure appropriate focus, clarity and utility.
Since international climate policy often frames climate change in terms of levels of global warming relative to pre-industrial state, our research focussed on addressing the questions:
- “What does a 4ºC world look like compared to 2ºC?”
- “What are the consequences of different adaptation choices?”
- Following the Paris Agreement in 2015, the scope of HELIX was extended to include investigation of impacts at 1.5ºC
The core set of products were global scenarios of the natural and human world at these levels of warming achieved at different rates and with different pathways of adaptation by society.
A second set of products provided more detailed information in three focus regions; Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa in the Northern Hemisphere and the South Asia. This was all supported by a comprehensive analysis of confidence and uncertainty.
The work of HELIX was extensively cited in the IPCC's Special Report on Global Warming at 1.5ºC
Publications
Journal articles
Jones DB, Harrison S, Anderson K, Betts R (In Press). Mountain rock glaciers contain globally significant water stores. Scientific Reports Abstract.
Flores BM, Montoya E, Sakschewski B, Nascimento N, Staal A, Betts RA, Levis C, Lapola DM, Esquível-Muelbert A, Jakovac C, et al (2024). Critical transitions in the Amazon forest system. Nature, 626(7999), 555-564. Abstract. Author URL.
Bateman IJ, Anderson K, Argles A, Belcher C, Betts RA, Binner A, Brazier RE, Cho FHT, Collins RM, Day BH, et al (2023). A review of planting principles to identify the right place for the right tree for ‘net zero plus’ woodlands: Applying a place-based natural capital framework for sustainable, efficient and equitable (SEE) decisions. People and Nature, 5(2), 271-301. Abstract.
Betts RA, Belcher SE, Hermanson L, Klein Tank A, Lowe JA, Jones CD, Morice CP, Rayner NA, Scaife AA, Stott PA, et al (2023). Approaching 1.5 °C: how will we know we’ve reached this crucial warming mark?. Nature, 624(7990), 33-35.
Dutra DJ, Fearnside PM, Yanai AM, de Alencastro Graça PML, Dalagnol R, Pessôa ACM, Cabral BF, Burton C, Jones C, Betts R, et al (2023). Burned area mapping in Different Data Products for the Southwest of the Brazilian Amazon. Revista Brasileira de Cartografia, 75 Abstract.
Dutra DJ, Anderson LO, Fearnside PM, Graça PMLDA, Yanai AM, Dalagnol R, Burton C, Jones C, Betts R, Aragão LEOECD, et al (2023). Fire Dynamics in an Emerging Deforestation Frontier in Southwestern Amazonia, Brazil. Fire, 6(1). Abstract.
Ruv Lemes M, Sampaio G, Garcia-Carreras L, Fisch G, Alves LM, Bassett R, Betts R, Maksic J, Shimizu MH, Torres RR, et al (2023). Impacts on South America moisture transport under Amazon deforestation and 2 °C global warming. Science of the Total Environment, 905 Abstract.
Bandh SA, Malla FA, Qayoom I, Mohi-Ud-Din H, Butt AK, Altaf A, Wani SA, Betts R, Truong TH, Pham NDK, et al (2023). Importance of Blue Carbon in Mitigating Climate Change and Plastic/Microplastic Pollution and Promoting Circular Economy. Sustainability (Switzerland), 15(3). Abstract.
Wang S, Foster A, Lenz EA, Kessler JD, Stroeve JC, Anderson LO, Turetsky M, Betts R, Zou S, Liu W, et al (2023). Mechanisms and Impacts of Earth System Tipping Elements. REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS, 61(1). Author URL.
Argles APK, Robertson E, Harper AB, Morison JIL, Xenakis G, Hastings A, Mccalmont J, Moore JR, Bateman IJ, Gannon K, et al (2023). Modelling the impact of forest management and CO2-fertilisation on growth and demography in a Sitka spruce plantation. Sci Rep, 13(1). Abstract. Author URL.
Young DM, Baird AJ, Morris PJ, Dargie GC, Mampouya Wenina YE, Mbemba M, Boom A, Cook P, Betts R, Burke E, et al (2023). Simulating carbon accumulation and loss in the central Congo peatlands. Glob Chang Biol, 29(23), 6812-6827. Abstract. Author URL.
Hudiburg T, Mathias J, Bartowitz K, Berardi DM, Bryant K, Graham E, Kolden CA, Betts RA, Lynch L (2023). Terrestrial carbon dynamics in an era of increasing wildfire. Nature Climate Change, 13(12), 1306-1316. Abstract.
Kay G, Dunstone NJ, Smith DM, Betts RA, Cunningham C, Scaife AA (2022). Assessing the chance of unprecedented dry conditions over North Brazil during El Niño events. Environmental Research Letters, 17(6).
Jones MW, Abatzoglou JT, Veraverbeke S, Andela N, Lasslop G, Forkel M, Smith AJP, Burton C, Betts RA, van der Werf GR, et al (2022). Global and Regional Trends and Drivers of Fire Under Climate Change. Reviews of Geophysics, 60(3).
Perry MC, Vanvyve E, Betts RA, Palin EJ (2022). Past and future trends in fire weather for the UK. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 22(2), 559-575. Abstract.
Jones DB, Harrison S, Anderson K, Betts RA (2021). Author Correction: Mountain rock glaciers contain globally significant water stores. Sci Rep, 11(1). Author URL.
Jones DB, Harrison S, Anderson K, Betts RA (2021). Author Correction: Mountain rock glaciers contain globally significant water stores. Sci Rep, 11(1). Author URL.
Marengo JA, Camarinha PI, Alves LM, Diniz F, Betts RA (2021). Extreme Rainfall and Hydro-Geo-Meteorological Disaster Risk in 1.5, 2.0, and 4.0°C Global Warming Scenarios: an Analysis for Brazil. Frontiers in Climate, 3 Abstract.
Betts RA (2021). Heed blame for extreme weather. Nature, 589(7843).
Harrison S, Jones D, Anderson K, Shannon S, Betts RA (2021). Is ice in the Himalayas more resilient to climate change than we thought?. GEOGRAFISKA ANNALER SERIES A-PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, 103(1), 1-7. Author URL.
Uhe P, Mitchell D, Bates PD, Allen MR, Betts RA, Huntingford C, King AD, Sanderson BM, Shiogama H (2021). Method uncertainty is essential for reliable confidence statements of precipitation projections. Journal of Climate, 34(3), 1227-1240. Abstract.
Simpson C, Hosking JS, Mitchell D, Betts RA, Shuckburgh E (2021). Regional disparities and seasonal differences in climate risk to rice labour. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 16(12). Author URL.
Jones DB, Harrison S, Anderson K, Shannon S, Betts RA (2021). Rock glaciers represent hidden water stores in the Himalaya. Science of the Total Environment, 793, 145368-145368.
McNeall D, Williams J, Betts R, Booth B, Challenor P, Good P, Wiltshire A (2020). Correcting a bias in a climate model with an augmented emulator. Geoscientific Model Development, 13(5), 2487-2509. Abstract.
Burton C, Betts RA, Jones CD, Feldpausch TR, Cardoso M, Anderson LO (2020). El Niño Driven Changes in Global Fire 2015/16. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8 Abstract.
Shugar DH, Burr A, Haritashya UK, Kargel JS, Watson CS, Kennedy MC, Bevington AR, Betts RA, Harrison S, Strattman K, et al (2020). Rapid worldwide growth of glacial lakes since 1990. Nature Climate Change, 10(10), 939-945.
Wang Z, Chang J, Peng S, Piao S, Ciais P, Betts R (2019). Changes in productivity and carbon storage of grasslands in China under future global warming scenarios of 1.5°C and 2°C. JOURNAL OF PLANT ECOLOGY, 12(5), 804-814. Author URL.
Shannon S, Smith R, Wiltshire A, Payne T, Huss M, Betts R, Caesar J, Koutroulis A, Jones D, Harrison S, et al (2019). Global glacier volume projections under high-end climate change scenarios. Cryosphere, 13(1), 325-350. Abstract.
Koutroulis AG, Papadimitriou LV, Grillakis MG, Tsanis IK, Warren R, Betts RA (2019). Global water availability under high-end climate change: a vulnerability based assessment. Global and Planetary Change, 175, 52-63. Abstract.
Hawkins LR, Rupp DE, McNeall DJ, Li S, Betts RA, Mote PW, Sparrow SN, Wallom DCH (2019). Parametric Sensitivity of Vegetation Dynamics in the TRIFFID Model and the Associated Uncertainty in Projected Climate Change Impacts on Western U.S. Forests. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 11(8), 2787-2813. Abstract.
Li S, Rupp DE, Hawkins L, Mote PW, McNeall D, Sparrow SN, Wallom DCH, Betts RA, Wettstein JJ (2019). Reducing climate model biases by exploring parameter space with large ensembles of climate model simulations and statistical emulation. Geoscientific Model Development, 12(7), 3017-3043. Abstract.
Burton C, Betts R, Cardoso M, Feldpausch RT, Harper A, Jones CD, Kelley DI, Robertson E, Wiltshire A (2019). Representation of fire, land-use change and vegetation dynamics in the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator vn4.9 (JULES). Geoscientific Model Development, 12(1), 179-193. Abstract.
Christidis N, Betts RA, Stott PA (2019). THE EXTREMELY WET MARCH OF 2017 IN PERU. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 100(1), S31-S35. Author URL.
Betts RA, Jones CD, Knight JR, Keeling RF, Kennedy JJ, Wiltshire AJ, Andrew RM, Aragão LEOC (2018). A successful prediction of the record CO2 rise associated with the 2015/2016 El Niño. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 373(1760). Abstract. Author URL.
Warren RF, Wilby RL, Brown K, Watkiss P, Betts RA, Murphy JM, Lowe JA (2018). Advancing national climate change risk assessment to deliver national adaptation plans. Philos Trans a Math Phys Eng Sci, 376(2121). Abstract. Author URL.
Marengo JA, Souza CAJ, Thonicke K, Burton C, Halladay K, Betts RA, Alves LM, Soares WR (2018). Changes in Climate and Land Use over the Amazon Region: Current and Future Variability and Trends. FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE, 6 Author URL.
Betts RA, Alfieri L, Bradshaw C, Caesar J, Feyen L, Friedlingstein P, Gohar L, Koutroulis A, Lewis K, Morfopoulos C, et al (2018). Changes in climate extremes, fresh water availability and vulnerability to food insecurity projected at 1.5°C and 2°C global warming with a higher-resolution global climate model. Philos Trans a Math Phys Eng Sci, 376(2119). Abstract. Author URL.
Harrison S, Kargel JS, Huggel C, Reynolds J, Shugar DH, Betts RA, Emmer A, Glasser N, Haritashya UK, Klimes J, et al (2018). Climate change and the global pattern of moraine-dammed glacial lake outburst floods. The Cryosphere
Dottori F, Szewczyk W, Ciscar JC, Zhao F, Alfieri L, Hirabayashi Y, Bianchi A, Mongelli I, Frieler K, Betts RA, et al (2018). Erratum to: Increased human and economic losses from river flooding with anthropogenic warming (Nature Climate Change, (2018), 8, 9, (781-786), 10.1038/s41558-018-0257-z). Nature Climate Change, 8(11). Abstract.
Cantu AG, Frieler K, Reyer CPO, Ciais P, Chang J, Ito A, Nishina K, Francois L, Henrot A-J, Hickler T, et al (2018). Evaluating changes of biomass in global vegetation models: the role of turnover fluctuations and ENSO events. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 13(7). Author URL.
Koutroulis AG, Papadimitriou LV, Grillakis MG, Tsanis IK, Wyser K, Betts RA (2018). Freshwater vulnerability under high end climate change. A pan-European assessment. Science of the Total Environment, 613-614, 271-286.
Le Quéré C, Andrew RM, Friedlingstein P, Sitch S, Pongratz J, Manning AC, Ivar Korsbakken J, Peters GP, Canadell JG, Jackson RB, et al (2018). Global Carbon Budget 2017. Earth System Science Data, 10(1), 405-448. Abstract.
Naumann G, Alfieri L, Wyser K, Mentaschi L, Betts RA, Carrao H, Spinoni J, Vogt J, Feyen L (2018). Global Changes in Drought Conditions Under Different Levels of Warming. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(7), 3285-3296. Abstract.
Shannon S, Smith R, Wiltshire A, Payne T, Huss M, Betts R, Caesar J, Koutroulis A, Jones D, Harrison S, et al (2018). Global glacier volume projections under high-end climate change
scenarios. Abstract.
Betts RA, McNeall D (2018). How much CO<inf>2</inf> at 1.5 °c and 2 °c?. Nature Climate Change, 8(7), 546-548. Abstract.
Dottori F, Szewczyk W, Ciscar JC, Zhao F, Alfieri L, Hirabayashi Y, Bianchi A, Mongelli I, Frieler K, Betts RA, et al (2018). Increased human and economic losses from river flooding with anthropogenic warming. Nature Climate Change, 8(9), 781-786. Abstract.
Alfieri L, Dottori F, Betts R, Salamon P, Feyen L (2018). Multi-Model Projections of River Flood Risk in Europe under Global Warming. Climate, 6(1), 6-6.
Burton C, Betts R, Cardoso M, Feldpausch TR, Harper A, Jones C, Kelley DI, Robertson E, Wiltshire A (2018). Representation of disturbance in the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator Vn4.8 (JULES). Abstract.
Koutroulis AG, Papadimitriou LV, Grillakis MG, Tsanis IK, Wyser K, Caesar J, Betts RA (2018). Simulating hydrological impacts under climate change: Implications from methodological differences of a Pan European Assessment. Water (Switzerland), 10(10). Abstract.
Burton C, Betts RA, Jones CD, Williams K (2018). Will fire danger be reduced by using Solar Radiation Management to limit global warming to 1.5°C compared to 2.0°C. Geophysical Research Letters
Frieler K, Lange S, Piontek F, Reyer CPO, Schewe J, Warszawski L, Zhao F, Chini L, Denvil S, Emanuel K, et al (2017). Assessing the impacts of 1.5 °C global warming - simulation protocol of the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP2b). GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT, 10(12), 4321-4345. Author URL.
Chang J, Ciais P, Wang X, Piao S, Asrar G, Betts R, Chevallier F, Dury M, Francois L, Frieler K, et al (2017). Benchmarking carbon fluxes of the ISIMIP2a biome models. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 12(4). Author URL.
Harrison S, Kargel JS, Huggel C, Reynolds J, Shugar DH, Betts RA, Emmer A, Glasser N, Haritashya UK, Klimeš J, et al (2017). Climate change and the global pattern of moraine-dammed glacial lake outburst floods. Abstract.
Andrews T, Betts RA, Booth BBB, Jones CD, Jones GS (2017). Effective radiative forcing from historical land use change. Climate Dynamics, 48(11-12), 3489-3505. Abstract.
Le Quéré C, Andrew RM, Friedlingstein P, Sitch S, Pongratz J, Manning AC, Korsbakken JI, Peters GP, Canadell JG, Jackson RB, et al (2017). Global Carbon Budget 2017. Abstract.
Ito A, Nishina K, Reyer CPO, Francois L, Henrot A-J, Munhoven G, Jacquemin I, Tian H, Yang J, Pan S, et al (2017). Photosynthetic productivity and its efficiencies in ISIMIP2a biome models: benchmarking for impact assessment studies. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 12(8). Author URL.
Chen M, Rafique R, Asrar GR, Bond-Lamberty B, Ciais P, Zhao F, Reyer CPO, Ostberg S, Chang J, Ito A, et al (2017). Regional contribution to variability and trends of global gross primary productivity. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 12(10). Author URL.
Jones D, Harrison S, Anderson K, Selley H, Wood J, Betts R (2017). The distribution and hydrological significance of rock glaciers in the Nepalese Himalaya. Global and Planetary Change
Aragão LEOC, Marengo JA, Cox PM, Betts RA, Costa D, Kaye N, Alves L, Smith LT, Cavalcanti IFA, Sampaio G, et al (2016). Assessing the Influence of Climate Extremes on Ecosystems and Human Health in Southwestern Amazon Supported by the PULSE-Brazil Platform. American Journal of Climate Change, 05(03), 399-416.
Betts RA, Jones CD, Knight JR, Keeling RF, Kennedy JJ (2016). El Niño and a record CO 2 rise. Nature Climate Change, 6(9), 806-810.
Betts R (2016). Global warning. TLS - the Times Literary Supplement(5911), 24-25.
Marengo JA, Aragão LEOC, Cox PM, Betts R, Costa D, Kaye N, Smith LT, Alves LM, Reis V (2016). Impacts of climate extremes in Brazil the development of a web platform for understanding long-term sustainability of ecosystems and human health in amazonia (pulse-Brazil). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97(8), 1341-1346. Abstract.
Mitchell D, James R, Forster PM, Betts RA, Shiogama H, Allen M (2016). Realizing the impacts of a 1.5 °C warmer world. Nature Climate Change, 6(8), 735-737.
McNeall D, Williams J, Booth B, Betts R, Challenor P, Wiltshire A, Sexton D (2016). The impact of structural error on parameter constraint in a climate model. Earth System Dynamics, 7(4), 917-935. Abstract.
Good P, Harper A, Meesters A, Robertson E, Betts R, Betts R (2015). Are strong fire-vegetation feedbacks needed to explain the spatial distribution of tropical tree cover?. Global Ecology and Biogeography Abstract.
Betts RA, Golding N, Gonzalez P, Gornall J, Kahana R, Kay G, Mitchell L, Wiltshire A (2015). Climate and land use change impacts on global terrestrial ecosystems and river flows in the HadGEM2-ES Earth system model using the representative concentration pathways. Biogeosciences, 12(5), 1317-1338. Abstract.
Osborne T, Gornall J, Hooker J, Williams K, Wiltshire A, Betts R, Wheeler T (2015). JULES-crop: a parametrisation of crops in the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator. Geoscientific Model Development, 8(4), 1139-1155. Abstract.
Poulter B, MacBean N, Hartley A, Khlystova I, Arino O, Betts R, Bontemps S, Boettcher M, Brockmann C, Defourny P, et al (2015). Plant functional type classification for earth system models: results from the European Space Agency's Land Cover Climate Change Initiative. Geoscientific Model Development, 8(7), 2315-2328. Abstract.
Osborne T, Gornall J, Hooker J, Williams K, Wiltshire A, Betts R, Wheeler T (2014). JULES-crop: a parametrisation of crops in the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator. Abstract.
Hawkins E, Anderson B, Diffenbaugh N, Mahlstein I, Betts R, Hegerl G, Joshi M, Knutti R, McNeall D, Solomon S, et al (2014). Uncertainties in the timing of unprecedented climates. Nature, 511(7507), E3-E5.
David Fereday PF (2013). Assessing Skill for Impacts in Seasonal to Decadal Climate Forecasts. Journal of Geology & Geosciences, 02(03).
Friend AD, Lucht W, Rademacher TT, Keribin R, Betts R, Cadule P, Ciais P, Clark DB, Dankers R, Falloon PD, et al (2013). Carbon residence time dominates uncertainty in terrestrial vegetation responses to future climate and atmospheric CO. <sub>2</sub>. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(9), 3280-3285. Abstract.
Calzadilla A, Rehdanz K, Betts R, Falloon P, Wiltshire A, Tol RSJ (2013). Climate change impacts on global agriculture. Climatic Change, 120(1-2), 357-374.
Good P, Jones C, Lowe J, Betts R, Gedney N (2013). Comparing Tropical Forest Projections from Two Generations of Hadley Centre Earth System Models, HadGEM2-ES and HadCM3LC. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE, 26(2), 495-511. Author URL.
Davie JCS, Falloon PD, Kahana R, Dankers R, Betts R, Portmann FT, Wisser D, Clark DB, Ito A, Masaki Y, et al (2013). Comparing projections of future changes in runoff from hydrological and biome models in ISI-MIP. EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS, 4(2), 359-374. Author URL.
Hemming D, Betts R, Collins M (2013). Corrigendum to " Sensitivity and uncertainty of modelled terrestrial net primary productivity to doubled CO2 and associated climate change for a relatively large perturbed physics ensemble" [Agric. Forest Meteorol. 170 (2013) 79-88]. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 173, 154-154.
Hemming D, Betts R, Collins M (2013). Corrigendum to Sensitivity and uncertainty of modelled terrestrial net primary productivity to doubled CO<inf>2</inf> and associated climate change for a relatively large perturbed physics ensemble [Agric. Forest Meteorol. 170 (2013) 79-88]. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 173
Hemming D, Betts R, Collins M (2013). Sensitivity and uncertainty of modelled terrestrial net primary productivity to doubled CO<inf>2</inf> and associated climate change for a relatively large perturbed physics ensemble. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 170, 79-88. Abstract.
Hemming D, Betts R, Collins M (2013). Sensitivity and uncertainty of modelled terrestrial net primary productivity to doubled CO<sub>2</sub> and associated climate change for a relatively large perturbed physics ensemble (vol 170, pg 79, 2013). AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY, 173, 154-154. Author URL.
Huntingford C, Zelazowski P, Galbraith D, Mercado LM, Sitch S, Fisher R, Lomas M, Walker AP, Jones CD, Booth BBB, et al (2013). Simulated resilience of tropical rainforests to CO<inf>2</inf> -induced climate change. Nature Geoscience, 6(4), 268-273. Abstract.
Wiltshire AJ, Kay G, Gornall JL, Betts RA (2013). The impact of climate, CO<inf>2</inf> and population on regional food and water resources in the 2050s. Sustainability (Switzerland), 5(5), 2129-2151. Abstract.
Wiltshire A, Gornall J, Booth B, Dennis E, Falloon P, Kay G, McNeall D, McSweeney C, Betts R (2013). The importance of population, climate change and CO2 plant physiological forcing in determining future global water stress. Global Environmental Change, 23(5), 1083-1097.
Christidis N, Stott PA, Hegerl GC, Betts RA (2013). The role of land use change in the recent warming of daily extreme temperatures. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 40(3), 589-594. Author URL.
Maslin M, Owen M, Betts RA, Day S, Jones TD, Ridgwell A (2012). Assessing the Past and Future Stability of Global Gas Hydrate Reservoirs. , 250-277.
McColl L, Palin EJ, Thornton HE, Sexton DMH, Betts R, Mylne K (2012). Assessing the potential impact of climate change on the UK’s electricity network. Climatic Change, 115(3-4), 821-835.
Marengo JA, Chou SC, Kay G, Alves LM, Pesquero JF, Soares WR, Santos DC, Lyra AA, Sueiro G, Betts R, et al (2012). Development of regional future climate change scenarios in South America using the Eta CPTEC/HadCM3 climate change projections: climatology and regional analyses for the Amazon, So Francisco and the Parana River basins. CLIMATE DYNAMICS, 38(9-10), 1829-1848. Author URL.
Chou SC, Marengo JA, Lyra AA, Sueiro G, Pesquero JF, Alves LM, Kay G, Betts R, Chagas DJ, Gomes JL, et al (2012). Downscaling of South America present climate driven by 4-member HadCM3 runs. CLIMATE DYNAMICS, 38(3-4), 635-653. Author URL.
Booth BBB, Jones CD, Collins M, Totterdell IJ, Cox PM, Sitch S, Huntingford C, Betts RA, Harris GR, Lloyd J, et al (2012). High sensitivity of future global warming to land carbon cycle processes. Environmental Research Letters, 7(2). Abstract.
Sentance A, Betts R (2012). International dimensions of climate change. Climate Policy, 12(SUPPL. 1).
Liggins F, Betts RA, McGuire B (2012). Projected Future Climate Changes in the Context of Geological and Geomorphological Hazards. , 34-55.
Sanderson MG, Wiltshire AJ, Betts RA (2012). Projected changes in water availability in the United Kingdom. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, 48 Author URL.
Falloon PD, Dankers R, Betts RA, Jones CD, Booth BBB, Lambert FH (2012). Role of vegetation change in future climate under the A1B scenario and a climate stabilisation scenario, using the HadCM3C Earth system model. Biogeosciences, 9(11), 4739-4756. Abstract.
McCarthy MP, Sanjay J, Booth BBB, Kumar KK, Betts RA (2012). The influence of vegetation on the ITCZ and South Asian monsoon in HadCM3. Earth System Dynamics, 3(1), 87-96. Abstract.
Cho K, Falloon P, Gornall J, Betts R, Clark R (2012). Winter wheat yields in the UK: uncertainties in climate and management impacts. CLIMATE RESEARCH, 54(1), 49-68. Author URL.
Betts RA (2011). A sweetener for biofuels. Nature Climate Change, 1(2), 99-101.
McNeall D, Halloran PR, Good P, Betts RA (2011). Analyzing abrupt and nonlinear climate changes and their impacts. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-CLIMATE CHANGE, 2(5), 663-686. Author URL.
Betts RA (2011). CLIMATE SCIENCE Afforestation cools more or less. NATURE GEOSCIENCE, 4(8), 504-505. Author URL.
Stott PA, Christidis N, Betts RA (2011). Changing return periods of weather-related impacts: the attribution challenge. CLIMATIC CHANGE, 109(3-4), 263-268. Author URL.
Hurtt GC, Chini LP, Frolking S, Betts RA, Feddema J, Fischer G, Fisk JP, Hibbard K, Houghton RA, Janetos A, et al (2011). Harmonization of land-use scenarios for the period 1500-2100: 600 years of global gridded annual land-use transitions, wood harvest, and resulting secondary lands. CLIMATIC CHANGE, 109(1-2), 117-161. Author URL.
Hurtt GC, Chini LP, Frolking S, Betts RA, Feddema J, Fischer G, Fisk JP, Hibbard K, Houghton RA, Janetos A, et al (2011). Harmonization of land-use scenarios for the period 1500-2100: 600 years of global gridded annual land-use transitions, wood harvest, and resulting secondary lands. Climatic Change, 109(1), 117-161. Abstract.
Pielke RAS, Pitman A, Niyogi D, Mahmood R, McAlpine C, Hossain F, Goldewijk KK, Nair U, Betts R, Fall S, et al (2011). Land use/land cover changes and climate: modeling analysis and observational evidence. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-CLIMATE CHANGE, 2(6), 828-850. Author URL.
Betts RA (2011). MITIGATION a sweetener for biofuels. NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE, 1(2), 99-101. Author URL.
Good P, Jones C, Lowe J, Betts R, Booth B, Huntingford C (2011). Quantifying Environmental Drivers of Future Tropical Forest Extent. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE, 24(5), 1337-1349. Author URL.
Sanderson MG, Hemming DL, Betts RA (2011). Regional temperature and precipitation changes under high-end (≥4°C) global warming. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES, 369(1934), 85-98. Author URL.
Sanderson MG, Hemming DL, Betts RA (2011). Regional temperature and precipitation changes under warming. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 369(1934), 85-98. Abstract.
Hemming D, Betts R, Collins M (2011). Sensitivity and uncertainty of modelled terrestrial net primary productivity to doubled CO 2 and associated climate change for a relatively large perturbed physics ensemble. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
Betts RA (2011). The Science of Climate Change. , 1-31.
Falloon P, Betts R, Wiltshire A, Dankers R, Mathison C, McNeall D, Bates P, Trigg M (2011). Validation of River Flows in HadGEM1 and HadCM3 with the TRIP River Flow Model. JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY, 12(6), 1157-1180. Author URL.
Beits RA, Collins M, Hemming DL, Jones CD, Lowe JA, Sanderson MG (2011). When could global warming reach 4°C?. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 369(1934), 67-84. Abstract.
Betts RA, Collins M, Hemming DL, Jones CD, Lowe JA, Sanderson MG (2011). When could global warming reach 4°C?. Philos Trans a Math Phys Eng Sci, 369(1934), 67-84. Abstract. Author URL.
McCarthy MP, Best MJ, Betts RA (2010). Climate change in cities due to global warming and urban effects. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 37 Author URL.
Falloon P, Betts R (2010). Climate impacts on European agriculture and water management in the context of adaptation and mitigation-The importance of an integrated approach. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 408(23), 5667-5687. Author URL.
Maslin M, Owen M, Betts R, Day S, Dunkley Jones T, Ridgwell A (2010). Gas hydrates: past and future geohazard?. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES, 368(1919), 2369-2393. Author URL.
Gornall J, Betts R, Burke E, Clark R, Camp J, Willett K, Wiltshire A (2010). Implications of climate change for agricultural productivity in the early twenty-first century. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 365(1554), 2973-2989. Author URL.
Liggins F, Betts RA, McGuire B (2010). Projected future climate changes in the context of geological and geomorphological hazards. Philos Trans a Math Phys Eng Sci, 368(1919), 2347-2367. Abstract. Author URL.
Hibbard K, Janetos A, van Vuuren DP, Pongratz J, Rose SK, Betts R, Herold M, Feddema JJ (2010). Research priorities in land use and land-cover change for the Earth system and integrated assessment modelling. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY, 30(13), 2118-2128. Author URL.
Tuffen H, Betts R (2010). Volcanism and climate: chicken and egg (or vice versa)? DISCUSSION. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES, 368(1919), 2585-2588. Author URL.
Boucher O, Jones A, Betts RA (2009). Climate response to the physiological impact of carbon dioxide on plants in the Met Office Unified Model HadCM3. CLIMATE DYNAMICS, 32(2-3), 237-249. Author URL.
Jones C, Lowe J, Liddicoat S, Betts R (2009). Committed terrestrial ecosystem changes due to climate change. NATURE GEOSCIENCE, 2(7), 484-487. Author URL.
Gornall J, Betts R, Hughes J, Kaye N, McNeall D, Wiltshire A (2009). Inclusion of avoided deforestation in carbon trading schemes: the scientific basis. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science, 6(23).
Hewitt CD, Goodess CM, Betts RA (2009). Towards probabilistic projections of climate change. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS-MUNICIPAL ENGINEER, 162(1), 33-40. Author URL.
Huntingford C, Fisher RA, Mercado L, Booth BBB, Sitch S, Harris PP, Cox PM, Jones CD, Betts RA, Malhi Y, et al (2008). "Towards quantifying uncertainty in predictions of Amazon """"dieback""""". Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B. Author URL.
Malhi Y, Roberts T, Betts RA (2008). Climate change and the fate of the Amazon - Preface. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 363(1498), 1727-1727. Author URL.
Malhi Y, Roberts JT, Betts RA, Killeen TJ, Li W, Nobre CA (2008). Climate change, deforestation, and the fate of the Amazon. SCIENCE, 319(5860), 169-172. Author URL.
Betts R, Sanderson M, Woodward S (2008). Effects of large-scale Amazon forest degradation on climate and air quality through fluxes of carbon dioxide, water, energy, mineral dust and isoprene. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 363(1498), 1873-1880. Abstract. Author URL.
Sitch S, Huntingford C, Gedney N, Levy PE, Lomas M, Piao SL, Betts R, Ciais P, Cox P, Friedlingstein P, et al (2008). Evaluation of the terrestrial carbon cycle, future plant geography and climate-carbon cycle feedbacks using five Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs). GLOBAL CHANGE BIOL, 14(9), 2015-2039. Abstract.
Golding N, Betts R (2008). Fire risk in Amazonia due to climate change in the HadCM3 climate model: Potential interactions with deforestation. GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES, 22(4). Author URL.
Cox PM, Harris PP, Huntingford C, Betts RA, Collins M, Jones CD, Jupp TE, Marengo JA, Nobre CA (2008). Increasing risk of Amazonian drought due to decreasing aerosol pollution. Nature, 453, 212-216. Author URL.
Cox PM, Harris PP, Huntingford C, Betts RA, Collins M, Jones CD, Jupp TE, Marengo JA, Nobre CA (2008). Increasing risk of Amazonian drought due to decreasing aerosol pollution. Nature, 453(7192), 212-215. Abstract. Author URL.
Betts RA, Malhi Y, Roberts JT (2008). The future of the Amazon: new perspectives from climate, ecosystem and social sciences. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 363(1498), 1729-1735. Abstract. Author URL.
Goodess CM, Hall J, Best M, Betts R, Cabantous L, Jones PD, Kilsby CG, Pearman A, Wallace CJ (2007). Climate scenarios and decision making under uncertainty. Built Environment, 33(1), 10-30. Abstract.
Botkin DB, Saxe H, Araujo MB, Betts R, Bradshaw RHW, Cedhagen T, Chesson P, Dawson TP, Etterson JR, Faith DP, et al (2007). Forecasting the effects of global warming on biodiversity. BIOSCIENCE, 57(3), 227-236. Author URL.
Betts RA, Boucher O, Collins M, Cox PM, Falloon PD, Gedney N, Hemming DL, Huntingford C, Jones CD, Sexton DMH, et al (2007). Projected increase in continental runoff due to plant responses to increasing carbon dioxide. Nature, 448(7157), 1037-1041. Abstract. Author URL.
Tett SFB, Betts R, Crowley TJ, Gregory J, Johns TC, Jones A, Osborn TJ, Oestroem E, Roberts DL, Woodage MJ, et al (2007). The impact of natural and anthropogenic forcings on climate and hydrology since 1550. CLIMATE DYNAMICS, 28(1), 3-34. Author URL.
Friedlingstein P, Cox P, Betts R, Bopp L, Von BW, Brovkin V, Cadule P, Doney S, Eby M, Fung I, et al (2006). Climate-carbon cycle feedback analysis: Results from the (CMIP)-M-4 model intercomparison. J CLIMATE, 19(14), 3337-3353. Abstract.
Gedney N, Cox PM, Betts RA, Boucher O, Huntingford C, Stott PA (2006). Continental runoff - a quality-controlled global runoff data set - Reply. NATURE, 444(7120), E14-E15. Author URL.
Gedney N, Cox PM, Betts RA, Boucher O, Huntingford C, Stott PA (2006). Detection of a direct carbon dioxide effect in continental river runoff records. Nature, 439(7078), 835-838.
Hughes JK, Valdes PJ, Betts R (2006). Dynamics of a global-scale vegetation model. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING, 198(3-4), 452-462. Author URL.
Falloon PD, Betts RA (2006). The impact of climate change on global river flow in HadGEM1 simulations. ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE LETTERS, 7(3), 62-68. Author URL.
Woodward S, Roberts DL, Betts RA (2005). A simulation of the effect of climate change-induced desertification on mineral dust aerosol. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 32(18). Author URL.
Betts RA (2005). Integrated approaches to climate-crop modelling: needs and challenges. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 360(1463), 2049-2065. Abstract. Author URL.
Crucifix M, Betts RA, Hewitt CD (2005). Pre-industrial-potential and Last Glacial Maximum global vegetation simulated with a coupled climate-bio sphere model: Diagnosis of bioclimatic relationships. GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE, 45(4), 295-312. Author URL.
Crucifix M, Betts RA, Cox PM (2005). Vegetation and climate variability: a GCM modelling study. Climate Dynamics, 24, 457-467.
Gash,J.H.C,Huntingford,C. Morengo JA, Betts RA, Cox PM, Fisch G, Fu R, Gandu AW, Harris PP, Machado LAT, von R, et al (2004). Amazonian Climate: Results and future research. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 78, 187-193.
Cox PM, Betts RA, Collins M, Harris PP (2004). Amazonian forest dieback under climate-carbon cycle projections for the 21st century. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 78(1-3), 137-156.
Powlson D, Cox P, Jones C, Betts R (2004). Bellamy blast [1]. New Scientist, 182(2451).
Cowling SA, Betts RA, Cox PM, Ettwein VJ, Jones CD, Maslin MA, Spall SA (2004). Contrasting simulated past and future responses of the Amazonian forest to atmospheric change. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 359(1443), 539-547. Abstract. Author URL.
Betts RA, Cox PM, Collins M, Harris PP, Huntingford C, Jones CD (2004). The role of ecosystem-atmosphere interactions in simulated Amazonian precipitation decrease and forest dieback under global climate warming. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY, 78(1-3), 157-175. Author URL.
Huntingford C, Harris PP, Gedney N, Cox PM, Betts RA, Marengo JA, Gash JHC (2004). Using a GCM analogue model to investigate the potential for Amazonian forest dieback. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY, 78(1-3), 177-185. Author URL.
Essery RLH, Best MJ, Betts RA, Cox PM, Taylor CM (2003). Explicit representation of sub-grid heterogeneity in a GCM land-surface scheme. J. Hydrometorol., 4, 530-543.
Marland G, Pielke RA, Apps M, Avissar R, Betts RA, Davis KJ, Frumhoff PC, Jackson ST, Joyce LA, Kauppi P, et al (2003). The climatic impacts of land surface change and carbon management, and the implications for climate-change mitigation policy. Climate Policy, 3(2), 149-157. Abstract.
Gregory PJ, Ingram JSI, Andersson R, Betts RA, Brovkin V, Chase TN, Grace PR, Gray AJ, Hamilton N, Hardy TB, et al (2002). Environmental consequences of alternative practices for intensifying crop production. AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT, 88(3), 279-290. Author URL.
Pielke RA, Marland G, Betts RA, Chase TN, Eastman JL, Niles JO, Niyogi DDS, Running SW (2002). The influence of land-use change and landscape dynamics on the climate system: relevance to climate-change policy beyond the radiative effect of greenhouse gases. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES, 360(1797), 1705-1719. Author URL.
Betts RA (2001). Biogeophysical impacts of land use on present-day climate: Near-surface temperature change and radiative forcing. Atmospheric Science Letters, 2(1-4), 39-51. Abstract.
Cramer W, Bondeau A, Woodward FI, Prentice IC, Betts RA, Brovkin V, Cox PM, Fisher V, Foley JA, Friend AD, et al (2001). Global response of terrestrial ecosystem structure and function to CO<sub>2</sub> and climate change:: results from six dynamic global vegetation models. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 7(4), 357-373. Author URL.
Cox PM, Betts RA, Jones CD, Spall SA, Totterdell IJ (2000). Acceleration of global warming due to carbon cycle feedbacks in a coupled climate model. Nature, 408, 184-187.
Cox PM, Betts RA, Jones CD, Spall SA, Totterdell IJ (2000). Acceleration of global warming due to carbon-cycle feedbacks in a coupled climate model (vol 408, pg 184, 2000). NATURE, 408(6813), 750-750. Author URL.
Cox PM, Betts RA, Jones CD, Spall SA, Tollerdell IJ (2000). Erratum: Accelaration of global warming due to carbon-cycle feedback in a coupled climate model (Nature (2000) 408 (184-187)). Nature, 408(6813).
Douville H, Planton S, Royer J-F, Stephenson DB, Tyteca S, Kergoat L, Lafont S, Betts RA (2000). Importance of vegetation feedbacks in doubled-CO2 climate experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105(D11), 14841-14862. Abstract.
Betts RA (2000). Offset of the potential carbon sink from boreal forestation by decreases in surface albedo. Nature, 408(6809), 187-190. Abstract. Author URL.
Betts RA, Cox PM, Woodward FI (2000). Simulated responses of potential vegetation to doubled-CO<sub>2</sub> climate change and feedbacks on near-surface temperature. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY, 9(2), 171-180. Author URL.
Betts RA (1999). Self-beneficial effects of vegetation on climate in an Ocean-Atmosphere General Circulation Model. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 26(10), 1457-1460. Author URL.
Cox PM, Betts RA, Bunton CB, RLH E, Rowntree PR, Smith J (1999). The impact of new land surface physics on the GCM simulation of climate and climate sensitivity. CLIM DYNAM, 15(3), 183-203. Abstract.
Woodward FI, Lomas MR, Betts RA (1998). Vegetation-climate feedbacks in a greenhouse world. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 353(1365), 29-38. Author URL.
Betts RA, Cox PM, Lee SE, Woodward FI (1997). Contrasting physiological and structural vegetation feedbacks in climate change simulations. Nature, 387, 796-799. Author URL.
Chapters
Betts R (2022). Technological Solutions to Mitigating Climate Change. In (Ed) Climate Change: the Social and Scientific Construct, 329-368. Abstract.
Betts R, Collins M (2020). ENSO and the Carbon Cycle. In (Ed) , American Geophysical Union.
Parry L, Harrison S, Betts R, Shannon S, Jones DB, Knight J (2019). Impacts of climate change on himalayan glaciers: Processes, predictions and uncertainties. In (Ed) Himalayan Weather and Climate and their Impact on the Environment, 331-349. Abstract.
Settele J, Scholes R, Betts RA, Bunn S, Leadley P, Nepstad D, Overpeck JT, Taboada MA, Fischlin A, Moreno JM, et al (2015). Terrestrial and Inland water systems. In (Ed) Climate Change 2014 Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability: Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects, 271-360. Abstract.
Marengo J, Nobre CA, Betts RA, Cox PM, Sampaio G, Salazar L (2013). Global Warming and Climate Change in Amazonia: Climate-Vegetation Feedback and Impacts on Water Resources. In (Ed) Amazonia and Global Change, 273-292. Abstract.
Pielke RA, Marland G, Betts RA, Chase TN, Eastman JL, Niles JO, Niyogi DDS, Running SW (2013). The influence of land-use change and landscape dynamics on the climate system: Relevance to climate-change policy beyond the radiative effect of greenhouse gases. In (Ed) Capturing Carbon and Conserving Biodiversity: the Market Approach, 157-172.
Gornall JL, Wiltshire AJ, Betts RA (2012). Anthropogenic drivers of environmental change. In (Ed) The SAGE Handbook of Environmental Change: Volume 1, 517-536.
Betts RA, Arnell NW, Boorman PM, Cornell SE, House JI, Kaye NR, Mc Carthy MP, Mc Neall DJ, Sanderson MG, Wiltshire AJ, et al (2009). Climate change impacts and adaptation: an earth system view. In (Ed) Understanding the Earth System: Global Change Science for Application, 160-201. Abstract.
Marengo J, Nobre CA, Betts RA, Cox PM, Sampaio G, Salazar L (2009). Global Warming and Climate Change in Amazonia: Climate-Vegetation Feedback and Impacts on Water Resources. In Keller M, Bustamante M, Gash J, Dias PS (Eds.) Amazonia and Global Change, Amer Geophysical Union, 273-292.
Cowling SA, Betts RA, Cox PM, Ettwein VJ, Jones CD, Maslin MA, Spall SA (2007). Modelling the past and the future fate of the Amazonian forest. In (Ed) Tropical Forests and Global Atmospheric Change. Abstract.
Claussen M, Cox PM, Zeng X, Viterbo P, Beljaars ACM, Betts RA, Bolle H-J, Chase T, Koster R (2004). The Global Climate. In (Ed) Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate, Springer Nature, 33-57.
Cox PM, Betts RA, Jones CD, Spall SA, Totterdell IJ (2001). Modelling vegetation and the carbon cycle as interactive elements of the climate system. In Pearce RP (Ed) Meteorology at the Millennium, Academic Press, 259-279.
Conferences
Grimmond CSB, Roth M, Oke TR, Au YC, Best M, Betts R, Carmichael G, Cleugh H, Dabberdt W, Emmanuel R, et al (2010). Climate and more sustainable cities: Climate information for improved planning and management of cities (Producers/Capabilities Perspective). Abstract.
Betts RA, Falloon PD, Goldewijk KK, Ramankutty N (2007). Biogeophysical effects of land use on climate: Model simulations of radiative forcing and large-scale temperature change. Author URL.
Betts R (2007). Implications of land ecosystem-atmosphere interactions for strategies for climate change adaptation and mitigation. Author URL.
Sanderson MG, Collins WJ, Hemming DL, Betts RA (2007). Stomatal conductance changes due to increasing carbon dioxide levels: Projected impact on surface ozone levels. Author URL.
Betts RA (2006). Forcings and feedbacks by land ecosystem changes on climate change. Author URL.
Tett S, Betts R, Crowley TJ, Jones A, Gregory J, Öström E, Roberts DL, Woodage MJ (2005). Simulating the recent holocene. Abstract.
Betts RA (2004). Global vegetation and climate: Self-beneficial effects, climate forcings and climate feedbacks. Author URL.
Best M, Betts R (2004). The impact of climate change on our cities. Abstract.
Best M, Betts R (2004). The impact of climate change on our cities. Abstract.
External Engagement and Impact
Committee/panel activities
Lead Author, IPCC 5th Assessment Report (Working Group 2).
Lead Author, IPCC 4th Assessment Report (Working Group 1).
Lead Author, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.
Scientific Advisory Committee Member, European Research Course on Atmospheres.
Editorial responsibilities
Reviewer, Stern Review on Economics of Climate Change.
Editor, International Journal of Global Warming.
Editor, Journal of Environmental Investing.
Editor, Earth System Dynamics.
Editor, Global Environmental Change
Guest Editor, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Member of Editorial Advisory Board, WIRES Climate Change
Media Coverage
Frequently interviewed by the media on climate change.
