Advocating for Indigenous Knowledge (Nature Commentary):

‘Communities already have the solutions’: why I advocate for Indigenous knowledge

New Book by Above Author (Penquin): Growing Papaya Trees: Nurturing Indigenous Roots During Climate Displacement
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Bark Beetle Infestations (Agric. For. Meteorol.):

Bark beetles as microclimate engineers – thermal characteristics of infested spruce trees at the canopy surface & below the canopy
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Global Mangrove Restoration (Environ. Res. Clim.):

A warming ocean threatens mangrove restoration targets & deepens global inequities in ecosystem service losses
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Importance of Bison Restoration (Science Paywalled Paper):

Science (Paywall): Yellowstone's free--moving large bison herds provide a glimpse of their past ecosystem function


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Heatwaves Increasing Globally (JGR Atmos.):

Heatwaves on the Rise: The Role of El Niño-Southern Oscillation & Local Water-Energy Exchanges in Shaping Global Patterns
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Global Marine Ecosystem Impacts (Science):

Cumulative impacts to global marine ecosystems projected to more than double by midcentury
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Arctic Sea Ice Dynamics (ERL):

Seasonal Evolution Patterns of Arctic Sea Ice & Their Connection to Tropical Pacific Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies
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US West > Wildfire Risk (Earth's Future):

Projections of Lightning-Ignited Wildfire Risk in the Western US
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Projecting Cross-Border Migration (Nature):

Global climate migration is a story of who & not just how many
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US > Threat to Whitebark Pine (ERL):

Whitebark pine in the US projected to experience an 80% reduction in climatically suitable area by the mid-21st century
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Impacts on Global Crops (Science):

Climate change increases the interannual variance of summer crop yields globally through changes in temperature & water supply
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Amazon Rainforest Impacts (Nature):

How climate change & deforestation interact in the transformation of the Amazon rainforest
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Pacific NW > Extreme Heat Report/Resources (U of Washington):

 Extreme Heat Deep Dive

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Warming Alaskan/Canadian Rivers & Impact on Fisheries (Nature):

Warming Alaskan rivers affect first-year growth in critical northern food fishes
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Heatwave Migration (Nature):

Anthropogenic forcing drives equatorward migration of heatwave locations across continents
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Ocean Carbon Sink Dynamics (Nature):

Unexpected decline in the ocean carbon sink under record-high sea surface temperatures in 2023
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Global Heat Impact on Biodiversity (PNAS):

Hottest year in recorded history compounds global biodiversity risks
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Teleconnections - Indian Summer Monsoon & Antarctic Ice (Nature):

Indian summer monsoon rainfall drives Antarctic climate & sea ice variability through atmospheric teleconnections
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    UK > Extreme Heatwaves & Wildfire Risk (Nature):

    Unprecedented UK heatwave harmonised drivers of fuel moisture creating extreme temperate wildfire risk
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    China > Coastal Urban Flooding (J Hydrol.: Reg. Stud.):

    Integrating climate change & land use change into storm flood impact analysis in coastal cities
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    Weakening Mid-High Latitude Cold Surges (Nature):

    Human-induced changes in extreme cold surges across the Northern Hemisphere
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    Mediterranean Sea Conservation (Nature):

    The new wave of ocean industrialization & the challenges for biodiversity conservation in the Mediterranean Sea: the case of the Costa Brava
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    Inequality & Exposure to Risk (Nature):

    Inequality in human exposure to future climate extremes
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    Sea Level Rise & Urban Global South (Nature):

    Assessing the exposure of buildings to long-term sea level rise across the Global South

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      Shifting Global Fish Stocks (Science):

      Climate change drives shifts in straddling fish stocks in the world’s ocean
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      E Asia > Changing Precipitation (GRL):

      Reversed Future Drying-Wetting Precipitation Patterns Over the Northwestern & Southeastern East Asia Driven by Reduced Aerosol Emissions
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      Global Forestation Mitigation & Available Land (Science):

      Land availability & policy commitments limit global climate mitigation from forestation
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      US > Extreme Heat Mortality (PLOS):

      Rise in heat related mortality in the US
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      AMOC Shutdown Scenarios (ERL):

      Shutdown of northern Atlantic overturning after 2100 following deep mixing collapse in CMIP6 projections

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      Tropical Deforestation & Human Health Risks (Nature):

      Tropical deforestation is associated with considerable heat-related mortality
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      Europe > Extreme Thunderstorms (Science):

      European supercell thunderstorms—A prevalent current threat & an increasing future hazard
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      Mitigation Via Global Forestation (Nature):

      Climate effects of a future net forestation scenario in CMIP6 models
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      British Columbia > Wildfire Recovery & Indigenous Food Sovereignty (Ecol. Evol.):

      From Science to Sovereignty: Indigenizing Western Scientific Approaches for Culturally Appropriate Wildfire Recovery
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      US > Livestock, Air Pollution & Justice (Nature):

      Geography of animal feeding operations & their contribution to fine particulate matter pollution in vulnerable communities in the US
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      Sweden > Forest Drought (HESS):

      Multi-sectoral & systemic drought risk in forested cold climates: stakeholder-informed vulnerability factors from Sweden
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      Global Soil Moisture Dynamics (Nature):

      Global greening drives significant soil moisture loss
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      N Hemisphere > Pre-Season Droughts & Plant Leaf Dynamics (Nature):

      Drivers of the pre-season drought thresholds triggering earlier autumn foliar senescence in the Northern Hemisphere
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      Risk of AMOC Collapse (JGR Oceans):

      Physics-Based Indicators for the Onset of an AMOC Collapse Under Climate Change
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      US West > Extreme Wildfires (GCB):

      Intensifying Fire Season Aridity Portends Ongoing Expansion of Severe Wildfire in Western US Forests
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      Global Hydrological Cycle Changes (Nature):

      Seasonal emergence of human-caused expansion of the boreal tropical hydrological cycle
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      Predicting Sea-Level Rise (Earth's Futrure):

      Evaluating IPCC Projections of Global Sea-Level Change From the Pre-Satellite Era
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      Warming-Induced Landslides (Nature):

      Early detection of climate change-induced shallow landslides with IoT-technology
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      The Legal Battle for Justice (Nature Spotlight):

      Securing climate justice in the courtroom
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      Las Vegas > Heat Mitigation Via Trees (Environ Res-Clim):

      Effectiveness of street trees in reducing air temperature & outdoor heat exposure in Las Vegas
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      California > Industrial Forest Wildfires (Global Change Biology):

      Extreme Weather Magnifies the Effects of Forest Structure on Wildfire, Driving Increased Severity in Industrial Forests
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      Global Wildfire Exposure (Science):

      Increasing global human exposure to wildland fires despite declining burned area
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      China > Perceptions of Risk (Nature):

      Growing climate change risk concerns with rising regional disparities in China
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      Antarctica > Abrupt Changes (Nature Paywalled Review Paper):

      Australian Antarctic Program News Release: New study confirms “abrupt changes” underway in Antarctica

      Nature Review (Paywall): Emerging evidence of abrupt changes in the Antarctic environment
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      Atlantic-Arctic Ocean Dynamics (Nature):

      Future Atlantification of the European Arctic limited under sustained global warming
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      Changing Sahara Desert (Science):

      An imminent return to drought in the western Sahel?
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      US West > Drought Attribution (Nature Paywalled Study):

      U of Colorado Boulder Press Release: Human emissions drove the megadrought in the Western US
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      Europe > Flood Adaptation (Science):

      Attribution of flood impacts shows strong benefits of adaptation in Europe since 1950
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      Indigenous Fire Stewardship (PNAS):

      Indigenous fire stewardship shaped North American Great Lakes forests
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      Protect Antarctica (Nature Comment):

      Protect Antarctica — or risk accelerating planetary meltdown
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      E. Europe > Extreme Heat (Nature):

      Breaking records under clear skies: the impact of sunshine duration & atmospheric dynamics on the 2024 Eastern European extreme summer temperatures

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      Antarctic Biota Challenges (GCB Review):

      Research Bias in Long-Term Monitoring of Antarctic Nearshore Marine & Terrestrial Biota
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      Svalbard > Melting Glaciers (PNAS):

      Svalbard’s 2024 record summer: An early view of Arctic glacier meltdown?
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      Conserving Grassy Ecosystems (Science Comment):

      Nature conservation policies are biased toward forests & neglect grassy ecosystems worldwide
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      Global Loss of Carbon Sequestered by Vegetation (One Earth):

      Humans have depleted global terrestrial carbon stocks by a quarter
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      Australia > Degrading Peatlands (JGR: Biogeosciences):

      Above & Belowground Carbon Dynamics of a Degraded Mountain Peatland
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      India > Future Rice Failure (ERL):

      Risk of rice production failure in India under climate change
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      AMS Annual Report (BAMS):

       State of the Climate in 2024 (download 527 pg)

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      US > Hydroclimatic Extremes & Whiplash (Nature):

      The future intensification of hydrological extremes & whiplashes in the contiguous US increase community vulnerability
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      Global Ocean Circulation Dynamics (Nature):

      Controls of the global overturning circulation of the ocean
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      Planetary Boundaries & Biospheric Risk (One Earth):

      Breaching planetary boundaries: Over half of global land area suffers critical losses in functional biosphere integrity
       
      PIK News: 60% of the world’s land area is in a precarious state
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      Retreating Tidewater Glacier Dynamics (Nature):

      Calving-driven fjord dynamics resolved by seafloor fibre sensing
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      Mediterranean Region > Wet/Dry Cycle Dynamics (OLAR):

      Persistent Oscillations in the Decadal Prediction of Central Mediterranean Wetting & Drying Phases
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      US > Changing Rainfall Patterns (Science):

      Diurnal urban rainfall anomalies across different landscapes
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      Reindeer at Risk (Science):

      Mismatch in reindeer resilience to past & future warming signals ongoing declines
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      Europe > Extreme Heatwaves (Nature News):

      Summer 2025 is roasting hot: these charts show why it matters

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      Global Extreme Precipitation (Nature):

      Future extreme precipitation may shift to colder seasons in northern mid- and high latitudes
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      New Book (Bloomsbury):

      Sink or Swim: How the world needs to adapt to a changing climate

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      SE Asia > Extreme Weather & Rice Yields (Atmospheric Research):

      Compound drought-heatwave events accelerate the potential risk on rice yield over Southeast Asia
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      Canada > Wildfires (Environ Res-Clim):

      Disentangling the roles of natural variability & climate change in Canada’s 2023 fire season
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      Tropical Cyclones (Nature):

      Shifting hotspot of tropical cyclone clusters in a warming climate
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      Abrupt Arctic Sea Ice Decline (ERC):

      Arctic Sea Ice Decline Whiplash Modes in Winter Investigated from a Pan-Arctic Viewpoint: Atmospheric Drivers & Feedbacks

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      Global Heat Extremes (ERL):

      Heat extremes linearly shift with global warming, with frequency doubling per decade since 1979
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      Emissions & Mitigation by Economic Sector (Nature):

      Considering sectoral warming & cooling emissions & their lifetimes can improve climate change mitigation policies
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      US > Storm Surge & Sea Level Extremes (Nature):

      US-CoastEX: Observation-based probabilistic reanalysis of storm surge & sea level extremes for the US
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        US > Vulnerable Atlantic Fishery (PLOS):

        A climate vulnerability assessment for US highly migratory fishes in the Atlantic Ocean
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        Beef Industry Misinformation (DeSmog Blog Report):

        Revealed: How the Meat Industry Uses Environmental Groups to Make Beef Seem Climate-Friendly
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        Europe > Peatland Mitigation (PLOS):

        Climate & water-table levels regulate peat accumulation rates across Europe
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        Norway > Deglaciation & Groundwater Dynamics (Nature):

        Deglaciation drove seawater infiltration & slowed submarine groundwater discharge
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        India > Sea Level Rise & Coastal Urban Flooding (Nature):

        Impact of climate change scenario on sea level rise & future coastal flooding in major coastal cities of India
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        California > Earlier Wildfires (Science):

        Anthropogenic warming drives earlier wildfire season onset in California
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        Mitigating Urban Heat Islands (Climate Risk Mgmt Review):

        The cooling effect of urban green spaces as nature-based solutions for mitigating urban heat: insights from a decade-long systematic review
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        Global Wildfire Dynamics (Global Change Biology):

        Fuels Mediate the Influence of Climate Teleconnections on Wildfires in Dryland Ecosystems
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        Tropical Cyclones in N Hemisphere (Nature):

        Projected tropical cyclone genesis & seasonality changes in the Northern Hemisphere under a warming climate
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        Antarctic Sea-Ice Decline (GRL):

        Causes of the Abrupt & Sustained 2016–2023 Antarctic Sea-Ice Decline: A Sea Ice–Ocean Model Perspective
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        Land–Water Lake Interface Carbon Dynamics (Nature):

        Contribution of lake littoral zones to the continental carbon budget
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        Amazon Basin Deforestation (GRL):

        Deforestation Could Push Amazonia Close to a Tipping Point Under Future Climate Change
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        US > Renewable Energy Dynamics (Nature):

        Assessing the real implications for CO2 as generation from renewables increases
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        AMOC & Net-Zero CO2 (Nature):

        Early or delayed Northern Hemisphere warming driven by the AMOC in a net-zero CO2 world
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          Subarctic Soil Carbon Dynamics (Global Change Biology):

          Warming Weakens Soil Nitrogen Stabilization Pathways Driving Proportional Carbon Losses in Subarctic Ecosystems
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          China > Lake Carbon Loss (Nature):

          Lake carbon loss driven by changed microbial carbon utilization through increased anthropogenic land-use intensity
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          Expanding Arctic Beaver Ponds (ERL):

          Predicted expansion of beaver pond distribution in Arctic Alaska, 1910–2090
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          Global Dryland Carbon Fluxes (Nature):

          Widespread underestimation of rain-induced soil carbon emissions from global drylands
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          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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