Understanding Extreme Events (ASL):

A shifting climate: New paradigms & challenges for (early career) scientists in extreme weather research
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Antarctic Algae Blooms (JGR):

Chlorophyll Production in the Amundsen Sea Boosts Heat Flux to Atmosphere & Weakens Heat Flux to Ice Shelves
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Predicting Sea Ice Cover (Royal Society):

On transitions in water wave propagation through consolidated to broken sea ice covers
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Planetary Health Check, Johan Rockström, Et al. (New Report & Website):

Planetary Health Check (Download 97 pg 2024 Report)

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Scenario-Based Adaptation Planning (Frontiers):

Scenario planning for climate adaptation & management: a high-level synthesis & standardization of methodology
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Arctic-Subarctic Permafrost Thaw & Wildfire (Nature):

Abrupt increase in Arctic-Subarctic wildfires caused by future permafrost thaw
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Sustainable Global Fisheries (Nature):

Rethinking sustainability of marine fisheries for a fast-changing planet
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Summer Weather Extremes (Nature):

Increased projected changes in quasi-resonant amplification & persistent summer weather extremes in the latest multimodel climate projections
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Svalbard > Warming & Cloud Microphysics (Nature):

Surface warming in Svalbard may have led to increases in highly active ice-nucleating particles
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China > Urban Heat Islands & Trees (AAS):

Enhanced Cooling Efficiency of Urban Trees on Hotter Summer Days in 70 Cities of China

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Evidence-Based Policies (Nature News):

Scientists are building giant ‘evidence banks’ to create policies that actually work
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Colorado River > Water Scarcity (Earth's Future):

Scenario Storyline Discovery for Planning in Multi-Actor Human-Natural Systems Confronting Change
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China > Peak Emissions (Nature Commentary):

What does peak emissions mean for China — & the world?
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US > Flood Exposure (2 Studies):

Earth's Future: A Nationwide Analysis of Community-Level Floodplain Development Outcomes & Key Influences

Oxford Open Climate Change: How local governments avoid floodplain development through consistent implementation of routine municipal ordinances, plans, & programs
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Ireland > Framing the Farming Message (J of Rural Studies):

Policy & politics: How specialist farming media frame climate action
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Siberia > Shifting Wildfire Regime (AGU Advances):

Escalating Wildfires in Siberia Driven by Climate Feedbacks Under a Warming Arctic in the 21st Century
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Large Seabird Southern Ocean Sea-Ice Habitat (Progress In Oceanography):

Seasonal resource tracking & use of sea-ice foraging habitats by albatrosses & large petrels 
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Antarctic Ice Loss (Nature):

Ocean warming as a trigger for irreversible retreat of the Antarctic ice sheet
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Global Marine Ecosystem Risks (PLOS):

Cumulative human impacts on global marine fauna highlight risk to biological and functional diversity
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Amazon > Carbon Cycle Projections (Nature):

Emergent constraints on future Amazon climate change-induced carbon loss using past global warming trends
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Antarctic Sea Ice Production (Nature):

Evidence for large-scale climate forcing of dense shelf water variability in the Ross Sea
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W Mediterranean Region > Extreme Heat (Nature):

Recent heatwaves as a prelude to climate extremes in the western Mediterranean region
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California > Urban Heat Exposure (Nature):

Is home where the heat is? comparing residence-based with mobility-based measures of heat exposure in San Diego, California
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Global Drought Risk (Nature):

Observation-constrained projections reveal longer-than-expected dry spells
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Antarctic Sea Ice Dynamics (Nature):

A dataset of the daily edge of each polynya in the Antarctic
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Africa > New Earth4All Report:

SDGs for All: Africa (download 68 pg)

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IPCC Author Survey (Nature):

Perceptions of carbon dioxide emission reductions & future warming among climate experts
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Planning Green Energy Systems (Adv. Appl. Energy):

Planning reliable wind- & solar-based electricity systems
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US > Urban Heat & Just Strategies (PNAS):

Prioritizing social vulnerability in urban heat mitigation
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UK > Weather-Related Mortality (Lancet):

Expert judgement reveals current & emerging UK climate-mortality burden
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Scientists & Activism (Nature):

Between two worlds the scientist’s dilemma in climate activism
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Beyond GDP (Lancet Review):

Beyond GDP: a review & conceptual framework for measuring sustainable & inclusive wellbeing
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Adaptation Solutions (Nature Perspective):

Improving adaptation assessment in the IPCC
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Minimizing Aviation Contrails (ACP):

The importance of an informed choice of CO2-equivalence metrics for contrail avoidance
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Borneo > Logging & CO2 (New Phytologist):

From tree to plot: investigating stem CO2 efflux & its drivers along a logging gradient in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
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Greenland > Rockslide & Tsunami (Nature News on Paywalled Science Paper):

Nature News: Weird signal that baffled seismologists traced to mega-landslide in Greenland


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Twitter Discourse (Discover Sustainability):

Tweeting climate change: analyzing actor diversity & influence in climate-change discourse post-Paris agreement
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Fossil Fuel Finance (Nature):

The challenge of phasing-out fossil fuel finance in the banking sector
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UK > Academic Air Travel (GEC):

Tackling the academic air travel dependency. An analysis of the (in)consistency between academics’ travel behaviour & their attitudes
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US > Religious Beliefs (Nature):

Belief in divine (versus human) control of earth affects perceived threat of climate change
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New Open Access Book:

Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground; Actors, Arguments & Approaches in the Global South & Global North (download 259 pg)
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S Atlantic Ocean Carbon Pump (Global Biogeochemical Cycles):

The Changing Biological Carbon Pump of the South Atlantic Ocean
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US > Eastern Forests (Global Change Biology):

Asymmetric effects of hydroclimate extremes on eastern US tree growth: Implications on current demographic shifts & climate variability
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Antarctic Ice Sheet > Projecting Changes (Earth's Future):

Evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet Over the Next Three Centuries From an ISMIP6 Model Ensemble
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N Hemisphere > Heatwave Trends (Nature):

Sketching the spatial disparities in heatwave trends by changing atmospheric teleconnections in the Northern Hemisphere
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Global Consumer Risk & Inequality (Nature):

Global economic impact of weather variability on the rich & the poor
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Greenland Ice Sheet > Extreme Melting (J of Climate):

Rising Extreme Meltwater Trends in Greenland Ice Sheet (1950–2022): Surface Energy Balance & Large-Scale Circulation Changes
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Carbon Footprint Inequality (Nature):

Underestimation of personal carbon footprint inequality in four diverse countries
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A Just & Safe Planet, Johan Rockström, et al. (Lancet):

A just world on a safe planet: a Lancet Planetary Health–Earth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, & transformations

See Resources Page For More On Earth System / Planetary Boundaries
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Sweden > Extreme Weather Hotspots (SERRA):

Identifying regional hotspots of heatwaves, droughts, floods, & their co-occurrences
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Tibetan Plateau Heatwave (Weather & Climate Extremes):

Land-atmosphere coupling amplified the record-breaking heatwave at altitudes above 5000 meters on the Tibetan Plateau in July 2022
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Boreal Forest Diversity (Nature):

Boreal tree species diversity increases with global warming but is reversed by extremes
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Global Forest Loss (One Earth):

Disproportionate low-elevation forest loss in over 65% of the world’s mountains calls for targeted conservation
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Sea Ice-Ocean Storm Response (JGR):

Air-Ice-Ocean Coupling During a Strong Mid-Winter Cyclone: Observing Coupled Dynamic Interactions Across Scales
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Antarctic Krill Fishery (Nature):

Whale recovery & the emerging human-wildlife conflict over Antarctic krill
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Marine Mammal & Ocean Health (Nature):

Marine mammals as indicators of Anthropocene Ocean Health
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US > Increasing Winter Precip (Nature):

Robust future intensification of winter precipitation over the US
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Europe & US > Extreme Urban Rain (Earth's Future):

Intensification & Changing Spatial Extent of Heavy Rainfall in Urban Areas
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Digital Inputs & Emissions Reduction (ERL):

Digital input requirements for global carbon emission reduction
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US > Hydropower Projections (ERL):

Multi-scale impacts of climate change on hydropower for long-term water-energy planning in the contiguous US
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Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledge (Nature Commentary):

No basis for claim that 80% of biodiversity is found in Indigenous territories
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Mapping Global Urban Precip Hotspots (PNAS):

Global scale assessment of urban precipitation anomalies
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California > Hazard Perceptions (EAB):

Spatial Optimism & Cross-Over Effects in the Perceptions of Interconnected Wildfire, Flood, & Mudslide Hazards
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Biomethane Feedstock Production CO2 Emissions (Nature):

Biomethane produced from maize grown on peat emits more CO2 than natural gas
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S Himalayas > Worker Heat Stress (Nature):

Evaluating heat stress & occupational risks in the Southern Himalayas under current & future climates
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Global Governance, Influence & Interest Groups (Nature):

Global climate governance inequality unveiled through dynamic influence assessment

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Canada > Indigenous Alternatives (Yellowhead Institute):

From Risk to Resilience: Indigenous Alternatives to Climate Risk Assessment in Canada (Download 24 pg)
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Tropical Cyclones & Infectious Disease Risk (Lancet):

Risks of infectious disease hospitalisations in the aftermath of tropical cyclones: a multi-country time-series study
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Carbon Pricing Policies (Nature):

Public support for carbon pricing policies & revenue recycling options: a systematic review & meta-analysis of the survey literature
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Blue Carbon & Krill (Nature):

Antarctic krill sequester similar amounts of carbon to key coastal blue carbon habitats
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Global Wildfire Extent & Severity (Frontiers Review):

The global drivers of wildfire
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Europe > Carbon Mgmt (Climate Policy):

Resistance to market interventionism: an analysis of the European industrial carbon management strategy consultation
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US > Extreme Rain (GRL):

Short-Duration Extreme Rainfall Events in the Central & Eastern US During the Summer: 2003–2023 Trends & Variability
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Canada > Resilient Boreal Forests (For. Ecol. Manage.):

Mixed stands of black spruce (Picea mariana) & tamarack (Larix laricina) offer high secondary growth in eastern boreal forests of Canada
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New Zealand > Extreme Rainfall (Earth's Future):

Cyclone Gabrielle as a Design Storm for Northeastern Aotearoa New Zealand Under Anthropogenic Warming
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Emissions & Lifestyles (CLPL):

The social cost of carbon falling on the wealthy
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Global Wetland CH4 Emissions (Earth's Future):

Global Wetland Methane Emissions From 2001 to 2020: Magnitude, Dynamics & Controls
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Conserving Reefs & Reef Sharks (Nature):

Environmental stress reduces shark residency to coral reefs
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Integrated CO2 Capture & Conversion (Nature):

Reactive capture of CO2 via amino acid
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Nature-Based Tourism (People & Nature):

Opportunities for meaningful climate change engagement in vulnerable nature settings
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Arctic Emerging Diseases (Nature World View):

Why the next pandemic could come from the Arctic — & what to do about it
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The Netherlands > Perceived Scientist Credibility (Geoscience Communication):

The (non)effect of personalization in climate texts on the credibility of climate scientists: a case study on sustainable travel
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India > Public Understanding (Nature News):

How does the world’s most populous country perceive climate change?
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Sports & Extreme Weather (Nature Editorial):

Unsporting climate
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N America > Extreme Wet & Dry (GRL):

Centennial-Scale Intensification of Wet & Dry Extremes in North America
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Florida Current & AMOC (Nature):

Florida Current transport observations reveal four decades of steady state
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2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season (BAMS):

The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season: An Above-Normal Season despite Strong El Niño Conditions
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Antarctic Meltwater & AMOC (Nature):

Antarctic meltwater reduces the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation through oceanic freshwater transport & atmospheric teleconnections
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Arctic Sea Ice (Nature):

Summer snow on Arctic sea ice modulated by the Arctic Oscillation
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Patagonia > Changes to Rivers & Coastal Waters (Nature):

Hydrographic shifts in coastal waters reflect climate-driven changes in hydrological regimes across Northwestern Patagonia
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Antarctica > Response to Atmospheric River (Earth's Future):

Response of a Terrestrial Polar Ecosystem to the March 2022 Antarctic Weather Anomaly
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Threats to Global Soil Biodiversity (iScience):

Global changes & their environmental stressors have a significant impact on soil biodiversity—A meta-analysis
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Industry Influencing Higher Ed (WIREs):

Fossil fuel industry influence in higher education: A review & a research agenda
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Changes To Global Wetlands (Earth's Future):

Climate-Driven Projections of Future Global Wetlands Extent
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Africa > E. Atlantic Ocean Sea Level Rise (Nature):

Exploring steric sea level variability in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean: a three-decade study (1993–2022)

Author Correction
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Tropical Forest Soil Carbon Storage (Nature):

Experimental warming & drying increase older carbon contributions to soil respiration in lowland tropical forests
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US > Community Engagement in Clean Energy (ERSS):

Halfway up the ladder: Developer practices & perspectives on community engagement for utility-scale renewable energy in the US
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Global Economic Growth & Emissions Growth (Nature):

World economies’ progress in decoupling from CO2 emissions
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Arctic Ice Dynamics (Nature):

Multiscale mushy layer model for Arctic marginal ice zone dynamics
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Blue Carbon In Marine Protected Areas (Nature):

Blue carbon storage in a sub-Antarctic marine protected area
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