Understanding Earth’s Carbon Cycle (Nature):

Reduction in Earth’s carbon budget imbalance
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Switzerland > Farmland Conservation (Science):

Biodiversity-friendly landscapes: A paradox for conservation?
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Global Forest Fires (PNAS):

Unprecedentedly high global forest disturbance due to fire in 2023 & 2024
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Latin American Afro-Descendants, Conservation & Mitigation (Nature):

Afro-descendant lands in South America contribute to biodiversity conservation & climate change mitigation
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Arctic Update (Arctic Council Report):

AMAP Arctic Climate Change Update 2024: Key Trends & Impacts (Download 136 pg)
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Hurricane-Related Ocean Heat (GRL):

Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Ian in Relation to Anomalously Warm Subsurface Water on the Wide Continental Shelf
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Africa > Intensifying Heatwaves (Nature):

Anthropogenic warming is accelerating recent heatwaves in Africa
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Migration Under Flood Risk (Nature):

Global determinants of coastal migration under climate change
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Global Terrestrial Water Storage Crisis & Sea Level Rise (Science):

Unprecedented continental drying, shrinking freshwater availability, & increasing land contributions to sea level rise
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New Zealand > Sea Level Rise (Nature):

Local acceleration of coastal flood risk in response to relative sea level change
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US > Mitigation Via Farmland Soil (Nature):

The potential for albedo-induced climate mitigation using no-till management in midwestern US croplands
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Antarctic Marine Food Web & Carbon Cycle (Nature):

Antarctic phytoplankton communities restructure under shifting sea-ice regimes
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Antarctic Temp Dynamics (Nature):

Summer warming in the East Antarctic interior triggered by southern Indian Ocean warming

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Global Risk of Zoonotic Diseases (Science):

Assessing the risk of diseases with epidemic & pandemic potential in a changing world 

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Record Warm Arctic (Nature Comment):

Svalbard winter warming is reaching melting point
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Arctic Sea Ice & ENSO Dynamics (Nature):

Asymmetric impacts of Arctic sea ice anomalies on El Niño-Southern Oscillation
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Amazon Forest Carbon Dynamics (ACP):

Combined CO2 measurement record indicates Amazon forest carbon uptake is offset by savanna carbon release
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Indigenous Knowledge & Nature-Based Solutions (PNAS):

Indigenous critiques & recommendations for reclaiming nature-based solutions
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Estimating Post-Abrupt Net Zero CO2 Temps (Nature):

Revised estimates of temperature changes under net zero CO2 emissions
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Global Natural Vegetation (Nature):

Global alternatives of natural vegetation cover
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Planetary Boundaries, Land-Based Mitigation & Food Systems (Rockström, et al., Lancet Planetary Health):

Planetary boundaries under a land-based climate change mitigation scenario with a food demand transformation: a modelling study
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CO2 Emissions from Global Cities (AGU Adv.):

Satellite-Based Analysis of CO2 Emissions From Global Cities: Regional, Economic, & Demographic Attributes
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Global Aerosol Emissions & Heatwaves (ERL):

Anthropogenic aerosol changes disproportionately impact the evolution of global heatwave hazard & exposure
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Global Forest Carbon Sequestration (Nature):

Newly established forests dominated global carbon sequestration change induced by land cover conversions
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Arctic Wildfires (Nature):

Arctic wildfire carbon emissions strongly influenced by midsummer Tibetan Plateau precipitation
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W Antarctic Ice Sheet > Ice Loss Dynamics (GRL):

Modeled Centennial Ocean Warming in the Amundsen Sea Driven by Thermodynamic Atmospheric Changes, Not Winds
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Australia > Increasing Extreme Rain (Nature):

Substantial increases in future precipitation extremes—insights from a large ensemble of downscaled CMIP6 models
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US > Intensifying Nor'easters (PNAS):

The intensification of the strongest nor’easters
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Modeling Regional Impacts (ESD):

Earth's future climate & its variability simulated at 9 km global resolution
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Europe > Extreme Weather (Nature):

Winter stratospheric extreme events impact European storm damage
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Amazon > Compound Drought & Heatwaves (ERL):

Evaluating the 2023–2024 record dry-hot conditions in the Amazon in the context of historical compound extremes
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Reduction of Air Pollution & Acceleration of Warming (Nature):

East Asian aerosol cleanup has likely contributed to the recent acceleration in global warming
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Increasing Worldwide Fire Weather (Nature):

Wildfires will intensify in the wildland-urban interface under near-term warming
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Canada > Risks to Lake Health (Nature):

Rapidly increasing cyanobacteria blooms in the subarctic Great Slave Lake: observations from Indigenous, local, & scientific knowledge
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Tropical Pacific Ocean & Arctic Sea Ice Dynamics (GRL):

Asymmetric Impact of the Tropical Pacific on Summertime Arctic Sea Ice Trends Under Increasing & Decreasing Greenhouse Gases
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Barcelona > Urban Heatwaves (JGR Atmos.):

Assessing the Intensity of Heatwaves in a Warming Climate at the Urban Scale: A Case Study of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
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Europe > Droughts & Extreme Precipitation (Nature):

Future increase in European compound events where droughts end in heavy precipitation
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Risks to Arctic Food Webs & Alaska Native Food Security (Nature):

Bowhead whale faeces link increasing algal toxins in the Arctic to ocean warming
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Changing Heatwaves (UCLA Press Relase of Nature Paywalled Paper):

UCLA: Duration of heat waves accelerating faster than global warming

Nature Geoscience (Paywall): Accelerating increase in the duration of heatwaves under global warming
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AMOC & "Atlantification” of the Arctic (Science):

Atlantification drives recent strengthening of the Arctic overturning circulation
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Global Extreme Wildfires (Nature):

Climate change has increased the odds of extreme regional forest fire years globally
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S America > Indigenous & Community Sustainable Pathways (Nature):

Indigenous & Local Communities’ initiatives have transformative potential to guide shifts toward sustainability in South America
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Australia > Indigenous Landscape Burning (Global Change Biology):

Plant Responses to a Re-emergence of Cultural Burning in Long-Unburnt, Threatened Temperate Woodlands
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Canada > Fisheries Mgmt & Indigenous Knowledge (Fish & Fisheries):

Inclusivity of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Fisheries Management
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Planetary Boundary Thresholds, Lenton, Rockström, et al. (Earth System Governance):

Thresholds of significant harm at global level: The journey of the Earth Commission
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AMOC, Amazon Rainforest & Tipping Elements (ERL):

Causal pathway from AMOC to Southern Amazon rainforest indicates stabilising interaction between two climate tipping elements
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Co-Creating Indigenous Curriculum (Community Science):

Building Relationships for Meaningful Co-Created Indigenous Climate Education
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Indigenous Māori Urban Ecological Restoration (Nature):

Reimagining, reclaiming, & reconnecting Indigenous voices in urbanism: a review of Indigenous approaches for urban ecological restoration
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Global Wild Animals at Risk, Ripple, et al. (BioScience):

Climate change threats to Earth's wild animals
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US Hurricanes, Sobel & Emanuel (Nature Comment):

Hurricane risk in a changing climate — the role of uncertainty
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Status of Planetary Boundaries, Rockström, et al. (Nature):

Exploring pathways for world development within planetary boundaries
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Indigenous Knowledge & Biodiversity Hotspots (Nature):

Simulated biodiversity hotspots from traditional ecological knowledge & Western metrics do not always overlap
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Alaska > Research Partnerships that Include Indigenous Communities (Community Science):

Sharing Our Story to Build Our Future: A Case Study of Evaluating a Partnership for Co-Produced Research in Southeast Alaska
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Warming Oceans, Trenberth, et al. (J of Climate):

Distinctive Pattern of Global Warming in Ocean Heat Content
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Solutions Involving Indigenous Knowledge (Front. Ecol. Environ. Conceptual Paper):

A path to reconciliation between Indigenous & settler–colonial epistemologies
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Triggering Tipping Points, Tim Lenton, et al. (ESD):

High probability of triggering climate tipping points under current policies modestly amplified by Amazon dieback & permafrost thaw
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New Indigenous Book (Hachette):

The Water Remembers: My Indigenous Family's Fight to Save a River & a Way of Life
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Declining Great Lakes Indigenous Wild Rice Harvest (Nature):

Climate change contributes to the decline in off-reservation tribal harvest availability in the Great Lakes region
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Indigenous Conservation & Traditional Ecological Knowledge / TEK (Nature News):

The future of conservation lies in listening, not just science
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US > Indigenous Knowledge, Impacts & Resilience Report (Inst. for Tribal Environmental Professionals):

Status of Tribes & Climate Change Report (Vol. 2, Download 125 Pg)

Vol. 1 (2021, Download 317 Pg)

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Carbon Cycle Feedbacks, Rockström, et al. (ERL):

Interplay between climate & carbon cycle feedbacks could substantially enhance future warming

PIK News: Amplified global heating risk due to climate & carbon cycle feedbacks
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Using Indigenous & Local Knowledge (Nature Career Feature):

How researchers can work fairly with Indigenous & local knowledge
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S Africa > Indigenous Crop Resilience (Nature):

Indigenous farming methods & crop management practices used by local farmers in Madibeng local municipality, South Africa
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Indigenous & Holistic Fire Management (Nature Perspective):

Integrated fire management as an adaptation & mitigation strategy to altered fire regimes
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Caribou Conservation & Indigenous Observations (Global Change Biology):

The Erosion of Threatened Southern Mountain Caribou Migration
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Indigenous Resilience > Gitxsan Nation (Canadian Geographies):

A framework for Indigenous climate resilience: A Gitxsan case study
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Arctic Indigenous Food Cultures (Nature Commentary):

Arctic food & energy security at the crossroads
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Bioenergy & Planetary Boundaries (Nature):

Multiple planetary boundaries preclude biomass crops for carbon capture & storage outside of agricultural areas
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Marine Ecosystem Restoration with Indigenous & Community Involvement (Nature Review):

A framework for just seascape restoration
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Indigenous Knowledge & Human-Polar Bear Coexistence (Nature):

Coexistence between people & polar bears supports Indigenous knowledge mobilization in wildlife management & research

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New Zealand > Indigenous Water Management (Nature):

Untapping the potential of Indigenous water jurisdiction: perspectives from Whanganui & Aotearoa New Zealand
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Indigenous Knowledge & Futures Thinking (Sustainability Science Review):

Framings in Indigenous futures thinking: barriers, opportunities, & innovations
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AMOC Update by Stefan Rahmstorf (RealClimate.org):

The AMOC is slowing, it’s stable, it’s slowing, no, yes, …
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Utilizing Indigenous Knowledge & other Traditional Knowledge re: Adaptation (Nature):

Curating transformation can strengthen adaptation & minimize losses & damages
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New Zealand > Indigenous Knowledge on Coastal Change (Camb. Prism., Coast. Futures):

Braiding archaeology, geomorphology & indigenous knowledge to improve the understanding of local-scale coastal change
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Indigenous Rights, Big Data & Open Science (Nature):

Governance of Indigenous data in open earth systems science
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US > Justice & Indigenous Co-Management (Nature):

From paternalism to self-determination: examining evolving tribal-federal relationships & co-management arrangements through three case studies
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Indigenous, Land-Based Knowledge (Book Chapter, Open Access, Springer Nature):

Chapter: Transforming the Planetary Health Crisis Through an Indigenous Land-Based Meta-Narrative

Full Open Access Book: Transforming Global Health Partnerships; Critical Reflections & Visions of Equity at the Research-Practice Interface
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Amazonian Ecosystems & Indigenous Knowledge (Science Policy Forum):

Indigenizing conservation science for a sustainable Amazon
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Canada > Just & Decolonial Action (Nature):

Shifting & sharing power in urban climate justice work: experiments in transformative learning in Vancouver, Canada
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Antarctica & Southern Ocean > Potential Tipping Points (Ambio):

Cascading tipping points of Antarctica & the Southern Ocean
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S. America & Africa > Tipping Rainforests (ESD):

Multi-fold increase in rainforest tipping risk beyond 1.5–2 °C warming
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Māori Whale Conservation (Frontiers):

How legal personhood & markets can partner to help save the whale
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Polar Sea-Ice Tipping Points (Nature):

Optimal control of polar sea-ice near its tipping points
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Polar Ice Sheets, Tipping Risks & Cascading Effects (Nature):

Polar ice sheets are decisive contributors to uncertainty in climate tipping projections
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Arctic Indigenous-Led Sustainability (Nature):

The benefits of Indigenous-led social science: a mindset for Arctic sustainability


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US > Tribal Lands & Clean Energy (Sustainability):

Opportunities & Barriers for Agrivoltaics on Tribal Lands
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Canada > Indigenous Peoples & Biocultural Conservation (Conserv. Sci. Pract.):

Cultural keystone species & their role in biocultural conservation
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Consumption Patterns & Planetary Boundaries (Nature):

Keeping the global consumption within the planetary boundaries
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Hawaiʻi > Indigenous Resilience (2 Frontiers Articles):

Kīpuka Kuleana: restoring relationships to place & strengthening climate adaptation through a community-based land trust
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Indigenous Knowledge & Adaptation Planning (Frontiers):

Indigenous knowledge in climate adaptation planning: reflections from initial efforts
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New TEK Book (Oregon State U):

Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge

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Planetary Boundaries Update, Rockström, et al. (Nature Review):

Planetary Boundaries guide humanity’s future on Earth
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New Climate Extremes Documentary (53 min):


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Ripple & Rockström (Context Commentary):

We are near tipping points that will make the climate crisis worse
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Our Global Emergency (BioScience):

The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth
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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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Indigenous Shellfishing & Resiliency (Nature):

Shellfishing, sea levels, & the earliest Native American villages (5000–3800 yrs. BP) of the South Atlantic Coast of the US
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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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Africa > New Earth4All Report:

SDGs for All: Africa (download 68 pg)

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