Increasing Forest Fire CO2 Emissions (ScienceDaily Story on Paywalled Science Paper):

ScienceDaily: Global carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires increase by 60 percent

Science (Paywall): Global rise in forest fire emissions linked to climate change in the extratropics
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Extreme Event Attribution (Frontiers Review):

Frontiers in attributing climate extremes & associated impacts
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China > Extreme Drought (ERL):

Attribution analysis of the persistent & extreme drought in southwest China during 2022–2023

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California > Shifting Grasslands (Nature):

Rapid shifts in grassland communities driven by climate change
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Extreme Ocean Temps (Nature):

Common occurrences of subsurface heatwaves & cold spells in ocean eddies
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China > Heatwaves, Air Pollution & Greenery (Nature):

The combined effects of heatwaves, air pollution & greenery on the risk of frailty: a national cohort study
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Arctic Sea-Ice (Nature):

Drivers of summer Arctic sea-ice extent at interannual time scale in CMIP6 large ensembles revealed by information flow
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Antarctica > Refractory Black Carbon Emissions (Nature):

Seasonal changes in black carbon footprint on the Antarctic Peninsula due to rising shipborne tourism & forest fires
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Australia > Energy & Extreme Temps (Nature):

The risk of energy hardship increases with extreme heat & cold in Australia
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Recent Warming Acceleration (Nature):

A recent surge in global warming is not detectable yet

UCSC Press Release: Global warming is happening, but not statistically ‘surging,’ new study finds

Zeke Hausfather Explainer (4/4/24, CarbonBrief): Factcheck: Why the recent ‘acceleration’ in global warming is what scientists expect
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E. Antarctica > Emperor Penguins At Risk (ESR):

Fast ice variability in East Antarctica: observed repercussions for emperor penguins
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Southeast Asia > Extreme Heatwave (Nature):

The characterization, mechanism, predictability, & impacts of the unprecedented 2023 Southeast Asia heatwave
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Europe > Forest Diversity (Nature):

Resilience of genetic diversity in forest trees over the Quaternary
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Europe > Ozone Contributions (Nature):

National & transboundary contributions to surface ozone concentration across European countries
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US > Mental Health & Engagement (Nature):

Climate change psychological distress is associated with increased collective climate action in the US
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Social Media & Populist Tropes (Nature):

Social media engagement in people & climate change
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China > Household Carbon Footprints (Nature):

Assessing the impacts of fertility & retirement policies on China’s carbon emissions
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US > Incarceration Infrastructure (Environ. Plan. E: Nat. Space):

“Because we’re dying in here”: A study of environmental vulnerability & climate risks in incarceration infrastructure
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Kenya > Solar & Wind Power (Cell Rep.):

The map behind the roadmap—Introducing a geospatial energy model for utility-scale solar & wind power buildout in Kenya
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Weather Forecasting Via Deep-Learning (GRL):

Predictability Limit of the 2021 Pacific Northwest Heatwave From Deep-Learning Sensitivity Analysis
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Surface Warming Spikes (ACP):

The 2023 global warming spike was driven by the El Niño–Southern Oscillation
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Globally Shifting Atmospheric Rivers (Science):

A global poleward shift of atmospheric rivers
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Projecting Global Changes (Nature):

network-based constraint to evaluate climate sensitivity
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China > Sustainable Rice (Nature):

Signatures of local adaptation & maladaptation to future climate in wild Zizania latifolia
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Changing Pacific Atoll Islands (Nature):

Island change framework defines dominant modes of atoll island dynamics in response to environmental change
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Global Extreme Precip Events (Nature):

Amplified temperature sensitivity of extreme precipitation events following heat stress
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Mexico > Food Security During Extreme Weather (Nature):

Compound & cascading droughts & heatwaves decrease maize yields by nearly half in Sinaloa, Mexico
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Estimating Powerplant Emissions (ERL):

Assessment of the climate trace global powerplant CO2 emissions

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Arctic Vessel Noise Pollution (Nature):

Noise pollution from Arctic expedition cruise vessels: understanding causes, consequences & governance options
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Ripple & Rockström (Context Commentary):

We are near tipping points that will make the climate crisis worse
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Extreme Marine Heatwaves (Science):

The massive 2016 marine heatwave in the Southwest Pacific: An “El Niño–Madden-Julian Oscillation” compound event
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Rocket Launch Emissions (Nature):

Global 3D rocket launch & re-entry air pollutant & CO2 emissions at the onset of the megaconstellation era

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Permafrost Feedback (Science):

Temperature sensitivity of the mineral permafrost feedback at the continental scale
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Overshoot Risks (Nature):

Overconfidence in climate overshoot
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Arctic As Carbon Sink (Nature):

Benthic remineralization under future Arctic conditions & evaluating the potential for changes in carbon sequestration in warming sediments
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Sea Temps & Hurricanes (PNAS):

Forced & unforced ocean temperature changes in Atlantic & Pacific tropical cyclogenesis regions
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Arctic > PFAS Contamination (Sci. Total Environ.):

Cross-cutting studies of per- & polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in Arctic wildlife & humans
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Arctic > Expanding Heatwaves (Nature):

Manifold increase in the spatial extent of heatwaves in the terrestrial Arctic
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Peru > Vulnerable Glaciers (Cryosphere):

El Niño enhances snow-line rise & ice loss on the Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru
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China > Coal Use (WIREs Review):

Managing the decline of coal in a decarbonizing China
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China > Sustainable Housing (Sustainability):

Simulation & Analysis of Factors Influencing Climate Adaptability & Strategic Application in Traditional Courtyard Residences in Hot-Summer & Cold-Winter Regions: A Case Study of Xuzhou, China
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Coral & Fish Health (PNAS):

Protection efforts have resulted in ~10% of existing fish biomass on coral reefs
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Ocean Habitat Risk From Shipping (Nature):

Climate-driven global redistribution of an ocean giant predicts increased threat from shipping
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Mitigation & Adaptation Feasibility (Nature Editorial):

Feasibility concerns
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Our Global Emergency (BioScience):

The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth
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Annual WMO Water Report:

State of Global Water Resources 2023 (download 80 pg)
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Energy Supply Chains (ERSS Review):

The energy commons: A systematic review, paradoxes, & ways forward
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China > Forecasting Water Resources (Nature):

Simulating runoff changes & evaluating under climate change using CMIP6 data & the optimal SWAT model: a case study
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Tropical Rainforest Savannisation (Nature):

Faster dieback of rainforests altering tropical carbon sinks under climate change
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Antarctic & Indian Ocean Circulation Dynamics (RMetS):

Teleconnection & the Antarctic response to the Indian Ocean Dipole in CMIP5 & CMIP6 models
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Science & Activism (Nature Comment):

Challenging the neutrality myth in climate science & activism
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Arctic Circulation Dynamics (Nature):

A moderator of tropical impacts on climate in Canadian Arctic Archipelago during boreal summer
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Central & South America > Heatwaves (Nature):

Projected changes in heatwaves over Central & South America using high-resolution regional climate simulations
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Arctic Solar Geoengineering Geopolitics (Coop. & Confl.):

Securing the ‘great white shield’? Climate change, Arctic security & the geopolitics of solar geoengineering
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Past Island-Scale Chiefdom & Coastal Resilience (PNAS):

Links between climatic histories & the rise and fall of a Pacific chiefdom
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Public Health Threats (BMJ):

The impact of increasing temperatures due to climate change on infectious diseases
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New Book (U of British Columbia Press):

Nature-First Cities: Restoring Relationships with Ecosystems & with Each Other
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New Book (Routledge):

Confronting Climate Coloniality: Decolonizing Pathways for Climate Justice
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US > LNG Emissions (Energy Sci. Eng.):

The greenhouse gas footprint of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exported from the US
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Kenya & Tanzania > Development Corridors (Enviro Research):

Towards more sustainable & inclusive development corridors in Africa
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Antarctic Peninsula > Increasing Vegetation Cover (Nature):

Sustained greening of the Antarctic Peninsula observed from satellites
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Antarctic Ice & Strong El Niño Events (Nature):

Projected Antarctic sea ice change contributes to increased occurrence of strong El Niño
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India > Sea Level Rise Challenges (Environ Model Assess.):

Navigating the sea level rise: Exploring the interplay of climate change, sea level rise, & coastal communities in India
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Florida > Urban Heat Exposure (PLOS):

Daytime land surface temperature & its limits as a proxy for surface air temperature in a subtropical, seasonally wet region
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Kenya &Tanzania > Mara-Serengeti Ecosystems (PLOS):

Trends & cycles in rainfall, temperature, NDVI, IOD & SOI in the Mara-Serengeti: Insights for biodiversity conservation
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Rwanda > Malaria Incidence (Nature):

Malaria transmission risk is projected to increase in the highlands of Western & Northern Rwanda
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Global Economic Inequality (Nature):

A multi-model assessment of inequality & climate change
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Johan Rockström Essay (TIME):

Planet Earth Is in Critical Condition. These are the Steps the World Must Take to Change That

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Livestock Manure Emissions (Enviro Research):

Estimating methane emissions from manure: a suitable case for treatment?
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Decreasing Arctic Midlatitude Cold Extremes (Science):

Models & observations agree on fewer & milder midlatitude cold extremes even over recent decades of rapid Arctic warming
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Extreme Events & Partner Violence (PLOS):

The impact of environmental shocks due to climate change on intimate partner violence: A structural equation model of data from 156 countries
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Changing Arctic Ecosystems (L&O Letters):

Multiple climatic drivers increase pace & consequences of ecosystem change in the Arctic Coastal Ocean
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Fire Reducing Global Carbon Budget (Nature):

Fire weakens land carbon sinks before 1.5 °C
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Global 30x30 Biodiversity Target (Frontiers):

Global status & emerging contribution of other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) towards the ‘30x30’ biodiversity Target 3
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US West > Slowing Drought Recovery (Nature):

Anthropogenic climate change has reduced drought recovery probabilities across the western US
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Antarctic Sea Ice Dynamics (Nature):

Antarctic sea ice surface temperature bias in atmospheric reanalyses induced by the combined effects of sea ice & clouds
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New Book (Melville House):

The Future of Energy

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Endangered Arctic Plant Evolutionary Rescue (Royal Society):

The potential for evolutionary rescue in an Arctic seashore plant threatened by climate change

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New Book (Springer):

Disaster & Climate Risk Education: Insights from Knowledge to Action
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US > Hurricane & Tropical Storm Fatalities (Nature):

Mortality caused by tropical cyclones in the US
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Projecting Future Global Impacts (Frontiers):

Emerging signals of climate change from the equator to the poles: new insights into a warming world
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Estimating CO2 Kept In Atmosphere (Nature):

A regression-based approach to the CO2 airborne fraction
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Compound Extreme Events (ERL):

Comparison of the risks & drivers of compound hot-dry & hot-wet extremes in a warming world
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Canada > Wildfires (Nature):

Global climate change below 2 °C avoids large end century increases in burned area in Canada
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Costa Rica > Sloths At Risk (PeerJ):

Sloth metabolism may make survival untenable under climate change scenarios
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Mitigation Via Wetlands (Nature):

New perspectives on temperate inland wetlands as natural climate solutions under different CO2-equivalent metrics
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Worldwide Urban Solutions (Resilient Cities Network Report):

Urban Pulse: Identifying Resilience Solutions at the Intersection of Climate, Health & Equity (Download 76 Pg)

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Risks To Alpine & Tibetan Plateau Tundra (RMetS):

High-resolution CMIP6 analysis highlights emerging climate challenges in alpine & Tibetan Tundra zones
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Defining The Anthropocene's Onset (PNAS):

Toward defining the Anthropocene onset using a rapid increase in anthropogenic fingerprints in global geological archives
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US > Extreme Temps & Racial Disparities (One Earth):

Racial disparities in deaths related to extreme temperatures in the US
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Northern Cryosphere > Inland Water Emissions (Science):

Inland water greenhouse gas emissions offset the terrestrial carbon sink in the northern cryosphere
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Worldwide Policy Databases (Nature Review):

A review of national climate policies via existing databases
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2022 Tonga Volcanic Tsunami (Nature):

A coupled atmosphere-ocean source mechanism was a predictor of the 2022 Tonga volcanic tsunami
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The Marine Carbon Sink (Nature):

Marine carbon sink dominated by biological pump after temperature overshoot
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China > Developing Desert Photovoltaic Parks (Nature):

Assessment of the ecological & environmental effects of large-scale photovoltaic development in desert areas
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Predicting Global CO2 Emissions (Nature):

Forecasting national CO2 emissions worldwide

Author Correction
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The Ocean CO2 Sink (Nature):

Constraining the trend in the ocean CO2 sink during 2000–2022
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Baltic Sea Marine Heatwaves (Nature):

Variability of marine heatwaves’ characteristics & assessment of their potential drivers in the Baltic Sea over the last 42 years
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Assessing Tropical Cyclone Risk (Nature):

Modeling surge dynamics improves coastal flood estimates in a global set of tropical cyclones
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Global Human Coastal Populations (Nature):

Accelerating growth of human coastal populations at the global & continent levels: 2000–2018
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