Hawaiʻi > Wildland-Urban Wildfires & Toxins (PNAS):

Climate-amplified wildland–urban interface disasters create persistent internal metal mixtures associated with pulmonary impairment

Global Marine Heatwave Impacts (GCB):

Projecting Impacts of Marine Heatwaves & Their Effects on Long-Term Changes in Marine Ecosystems Over the 21st Century

Arctic Aerosol–Cloud Feedbacks (Nature):

Contrasting aerosol–cloud feedbacks across a warming Arctic

AI Weather Risk Projections (Nature):

Regional climate risk assessment from climate models using probabilistic machine learning

Canada > Wildfire Impacts (Environ Res: Clim):

Canadian wildfire impacts & global societal costs attributed to climate change over the 21st century

Assessing Tipping Risks (PNAS):

Uneven attention to climate tipping points

Global Rain Effects on CO2 Exchange (Nature):

Global carbon dioxide flux into the surface ocean intensified by rain-induced dilution

Emissions from Oil, Gas, Coal & Cement Producers (PLOS Climate):

Centuries of global heating from Carbon Majors: Dependence on future emissions pathways

South America > Extreme Heat (Weather Clim Extrem):

A country-level storyline attribution of global warming on heat-related extremes in South America

AMOC & the Labrador Sea (Nature):

The Labrador Sea as a conduit for AMOC lower-limb transport anomalies on multiple timescales

New Zealand > Seawater Intrusion into Aquifers (Nature):

Projected expansion of potential seawater intrusion into coastal aquifers of Aotearoa New Zealand to 2150

Global Hotspots of Vulnerable Mammals & Ecosystems (Conserv Sci Pract):

Areas of high risk for mammalian biodiversity & nature's contributions to people under global warming

Vulnerable Atlantic Marine Protected Area (ICES J Mar Sci):

Climate-driven reductions in nutrient supply propagate through the ecosystem in the Ascension Island exclusive economic zone

Local Temps in a Post Net-Zero World (ERL):

Persistence of inequality in regional warming patterns under net-zero & overshoot pathways

Tibetan Plateau > Riverine CO2 Emissions (GBC):

CO2 Emissions From Rivers Draining the Tibetan Plateau Reveal Substantial Increases Over the Past 20 Years

US > Threats to University Research (ERSS):

How decades of corporate capture enabled today's assault on universities in the US

Southeast Africa > Extreme Rain (ERL):

Attribution & projection of February extreme rainfall events in Southeast Africa

US > Dryland Soil Crust Degradation & Feedback (Nature):

Experimental evidence of a biological soil crust degradation climate warming amplification feedback

Surface Ocean CO2 (Nature Data Descriptor):

Recalculating the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) to a sea surface temperature climate data record

US Southeast Coast > Flooding, Sea Levels & AMOC Variability (Nature):

Multiyear predictability of flood frequency along the US Southeast Coast from Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation variability

Global Fish Impacts (GCB):

Sensitivity of Marine Pelagic Fish Catch Potential to Changes in Primary Production in a Global Fisheries Model

Polar Blue Carbon (GCB):

Status of Polar Blue Carbon: Toward Recognition & Integration in Marine Policy

Greenland > Ice Shelf Instability (Cryosphere):

Temporal evolution of the Petermann Ice Shelf estuary constrained by satellite remote sensing observations

US > Prescribed Burns, Soil Nitrogen & GHG Production (mSystems):

Prescribed burns drive lasting changes in soil nitrogen cycling & microbial function

Global Mitigation via Food Emission Taxes (Nature):

Food emissions taxes can deliver health & environmental benefits with limited leakage

Planetary Boundary Update:

Planetary Health Check 2026 (download 124 pg)

PIK (Potsdam Institute) News: Planetary Health Check 2026 finds mounting pressures across Earth’s life support systems

Guardian: ‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn


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California > Winds & Wildfires (Earth's Future):

Anthropogenic Warming Weakens Mild Offshore Winds in Southern California but Not the Extreme Fire-Weather Winds

Colorado River Drought Impacts (Nature):

Widespread drought-driven declines in streamflows & water quality in the Upper Colorado River Basin during 1998-2022

North America > Changing Winter Snowmelt (J of Hydrology):

Climate change both increases & decreases winter snowmelt across North America

Chesapeake Bay, US > Sea Level Rise & Cyclones (Earth's Future):

Quantifying Future Effects of Low-Frequency Tropical Cyclones & Sea Level Rise Scenarios on Nonlinear Interactions in Total Water Levels

Warming & Tipping Points (ERL Perspective):

Tipping points do not make 1.5 °C a physical climate limit

China > Droughts & Floods (PNAS Nexus):

Warming accelerates drought–flood oscillations & stratifies socioeconomic exposure

Shifting Global Extreme Heat Seasonality (AGU Adv):

Extreme Dry & Humid Heat Seasons Are Changing Asymmetrically

Singapore > Extreme Rain (AGU Adv):

Equatorial Extreme Convective Storms Are Expanding & Becoming More Persistent

US Midwest > Maize Yield Volatility (ERL):

Irrigation & historical reductions in the interannual variability of Midwestern maize yield

Urban Adaptation - the Shelter (URP):

From emergency shelters to urban climate shelters: enabling conditions for long-term climate adaptation

AMOC & the North Atlantic Warming Hole (GRL):

Deciphering the Link Between Modeling Errors & the North Atlantic Surface Warming Pattern Projected by CMIP5 & CMIP6 Models

Global River Flooding (Nature):

Global estimation of bankfull river discharge reveals distinct flood recurrences across climate zones

West Africa > Impacts to Hydropower (PLOS):

Integrating machine learning to assess climate risks on reservoir’s inflow & hydropower generation across West African basins

Africa > Adaptive Rangeland Management (Nature):

Minimizing climate change adaptation trade-offs in African rangelands

Cocoa Crops at Risk (PNAS):

Rainfall extremes drive cocoa yield losses across the tropics

Uganda > Agroforestry Adaptation Pathways (Nature):

Carbon finance as climate adaptation depends on smallholder livelihood contexts in Uganda

Amazonian Forests & Drought (Nature):

Amazonian trees under long-term drought exposure are more resilient to El Niño extreme

Swiss Alps > Thawing Permafrost (Environ Res Clim):

The importance of hot summers & individual heatwaves for permafrost in the Swiss Alps

Paris Emissions-Reduction Pledges (Nature):

Strategic objectives underpin national climate pledges

Antarctica > Ice-Sheet Thinning Dynamics (Nature):

Synchronous Holocene thinning of Pine Island Glacier & its tributaries influenced by ice-shelf unpinning

China > Renewable Energy Transition (Nature):

Balancing energy, water, & ecology through renewable energy transitions in the Yellow River Basin

North Indian Ocean > Sea Level Rise (Nature):

Sub-basin sea level budget analysis in the North Indian Ocean (2003–2024)

US > Indigenous Harvest of Wild Rice at Risk (Hydrol Process):

Winter Type, Mediated by Land-Surface Processes, Controls Seasonal Discharge Variability in Culturally Critical Ecosystems in the US's Upper Midwest

Declining Antarctic Sea Ice (Earth Space Sci):

Satellite‐Derived Volume Budget of Antarctic Sea Ice

Amazonia > Small Tree Contribution to Carbon Stock (Ecosphere):

The contribution of small trees to carbon stocks along a recovery gradient in the Amazonia

Canada > Regions Prone to Powerline-Caused Wildfires (GRL):

Assessing Wildfire Hazard for Powerline Expansion Under the Changing Climates in Alberta, Canada

Fragmented Mangroves Impacting Blue Carbon Storage (Earth's Future):

Significant Decline in Carbon Storage at the Edges of Mangrove Forest

Seaweed Forest Loss (PLOS Essay):

Seaweed carbon removal cannot keep up with climate-driven loss

Europe > Mountain Plant Extinctions (Science):

Rising plant extinction rates on European mountain summits

Svalbard > Methane Emissions (Nature):

Subglacial geology & thermal conditions regulate methane emissions from Svalbard glaciers

Interpreting Ice Cores (Nature):

Shallow Antarctic blue ice shows photochemical influence on trapped greenhouse gases

Sweden > Public Perceptions (Frontiers):

Perceptions & underpinnings of climate justice demands: investigating the public’s conception of international & individual-level duties

AMOC & Sea-Surface Temp Patterns (Nature):

Regime shifts of AMOC-sea surface temperature relationship

Antarctic Peninsula Surface Melt (Nature):

The recent enhancement of the surface melt over the Antarctic Peninsula dictated by thermodynamics

Alaska > Glacier Mass Loss (J of Glaciology):

Projections of 21st-century glacier change in Alaska’s national parks calibrated against spatially distributed elevation change observations

Antarctic Ice Discharge & Sea Level Rise (Reviews of Geophysics):

Toward an Improved Understanding of the Antarctic Coastal Zone & Its Contribution to Future Global Sea Level

Perceptions of Mitigation Policy Effectiveness (Nature):

Conditional bidirectionality between climate policy acceptance & perceived effectiveness

Measuring Himalayan Rock Glacier Ice (GRL):

First Empirical Assessment of Ice Content From a Himalayan Rock Glacier

Southern Ocean CO2 Sink (Science):

Enhanced carbon loss in the Southern Ocean under mitigation scenarios

East Africa > Extreme Events & Attribution Evidence (WIREs):

State of Climate Attribution Science in East Africa: A Systematic Review

Mediterranean Region > Drought Impacts (Nature):

Drought influence on carbon assimilation & water use efficiency in Mediterranean ecosystems

Mortality from Urban Heat & Air Pollution (Nature):

Underestimated mortality risks from compound urban heat & air pollution islands in Global North cities

Beijing > Urban Mitigation Via Trees (Science):

Tree selection in urban greening shapes air quality for global cities

Conserving Global Groundwater Dependent Wetlands (Glob Planet Change):

Global groundwater dependent wetland dynamics affected by climate variability & groundwater extraction over the last recent decades

New FAO Report on the World's Soil:

Status of the World’s Soil Resources 2026 (download 850 pg)

At a Glance (download 8 pg)

Amazonian Droughts, Fire Emissions & Health Risks (ACP):

Impacts of droughts on biomass burning emissions, air quality, & public health in the Amazon

South American Aerial Rivers (Nature):

Hydrological regimes & drainage systems of aerial rivers across South America