N Hemisphere > Compound Extreme Events (AGU Adv):

A Millennium of ENSO Influence on Jet Stream Driven Summer Climate Extremes
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California's Glaciers (Science):

Glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada are likely disappearing for the first time in the Holocene
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Mississippi River, US > Extreme Storms & Floods (Science):

Increasing flood hazard in the Lower Mississippi River due to extreme storm clustering
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Opening of the Arctic Sea Route (Nature):

Arctic Sea Route access reshapes global shipping carbon emissions
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Global Forest Fragmentation (Nature):

A globally consistent negative effect of edge on aboveground forest biomass
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Global Flood-Induced Displacement (Nature):

Socioeconomic predictors of vulnerability to flood-induced displacement
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Great Britain > Land Use Trade-Offs (Nature):

Strategic land reallocation enhances carbon sequestration & biodiversity protection without compromising agricultural productivity in Great Britain
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Aviation Emissions & Contrails (Nature):

The social costs of aviation CO2 & contrail cirrus
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AMOC & N Atlantic Temp / Salinity (Nature):

North Atlantic temperature & salinity changes are driven by external forcing, underestimated by CMIP6 models
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E Asia > Sea-Level Rise & Extreme Cold (Nature):

Intensification of extreme cold events in East Asia in response to global mean sea-level rise
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W Mediterranean Regional Warming (JGR Atmos.):

Regional Aspects of Observed Temperature & Precipitation Trends in the Western Mediterranean: Insights From a Timescale Decomposition Analysis
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Tibetan Plateau > Extreme Precipitation (GRL):

Rapid Intensification of Persistent Extreme Precipitation Over the Eastern Periphery of the Tibetan Plateau After 2000: The Role of Southwest Vortices
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Vietnam > Mangrove Carbon Storage (PLOS):

Land use change drives decadal-scale persistence of sediment organic carbon storage of restored mangrove
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Switzerland > Extreme Hailstorm (GRL):

A Storyline Climate-Change Attribution Study of a High-Impact Hailstorm in Switzerland
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Amazonian Tree Size (Nature):

Increasing tree size across Amazonia
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AMOC & Orbital Cycles (GRL):

Collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Ocean Circulation Induced by Precession: Sensitivity to Orbital Acceleration
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Antarctic Atmosphere–Ocean Variability (Nature):

Dynamical reconstruction of Southern Ocean & Antarctic climate variability since 1700
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Arctic Sea Ice Dynamics (Nature):

Recent slowing of Arctic sea ice melt tied to multidecadal NAO variability
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East Asian Heatwaves (AGU Adv.):

Unprecedented Marine Heatwave Significantly Exacerbated the Record-Breaking 2023 East Asian Summer Heatwave
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Europe > Forestry Impacts (Nature):

Rising cost of disturbances for forestry in Europe under climate change
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Planetary Boundary Report (Potsdam Inst. for Climate Impact Research):

Planetary Health Check 2025 (Download 144 pg)

Mongabay: Interview with Johan Rockström
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Global Urban Heat Exposure (Nature):

The world’s largest cities under climate change & their adaptive capacity to rising heat
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Macroeconomic Impacts (PLOS):

Rising temperatures, melting incomes: Country-specific macroeconomic effects of climate scenarios
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The Netherlands > Sea Level Rise Adaptation (Nature):

How an economic & financial perspective could guide transformational adaptation to sea level rise
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China > Coastal Risks (Nature):

Development policy affects coastal flood exposure in China more than sea-level rise
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Predicting Glacier Mass Balance (Cryosphere):

Decadal re-forecasts of glacier climatic mass balance
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Greenland Ice Sheet & Atmospheric Rivers (AGU Adv.):

Atmospheric River Impacts on the Greenland Ice Sheet Through the Last Interglacial
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US > Riverine Heat Waves (PNAS):

Riverine heat waves on the rise, outpacing air heat waves
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Arctic Wildfire & Snow Cover Dynamics (Nature):

Delayed formation of Arctic snow cover in response to wildland fires in a warming climate
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Global Water Scarcity (Nature):

The first emergence of unprecedented global water scarcity in the Anthropocene
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Global Road Traffic Impacts (Nature):

Global expansion of the ecological impact of extra-urban road traffic
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Pacific NW Heatwave & Asian Summer Monsoon Dynamics (GRL):

Impact of Asian Summer Monsoon on the 2021 Pacific Northwest Heatwave: Can It? Did It?
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Sweden > Sustainable Food (Nature):

Diet changes in food futures improve Swedish environmental & health outcomes
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Mongolia > Rangeland Degradation (Science):

Climate rather than overgrazing explains most rangeland primary productivity change in Mongolia
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Amazonian Community Territorial Mgmt (Nature):

Community-based management expands ecosystem protection footprint in Amazonian forests
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US West > Post Wildfire Snow Loss (Science):

Impact of current & warmer climate conditions on snow cover loss in burned forests
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US > Equity, Mitigation & Bird Conservation (Nature):

A nature-based conservation framework that aligns opportunities for bird biodiversity, climate mitigation, & human equity
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Global Human Health Losses (Nature):

Health losses attributed to anthropogenic climate change
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Coral Reefs at Risk (Nature):

Reduced Atlantic reef growth past 2 °C warming amplifies sea-level impacts
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Arctic Permafrost & Positive Feedback (Science):

Climate-carbon feedback tradeoff between Arctic & alpine permafrost under warming
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Global Hydropower & Flood Risk (Earth's Future):

Has Hydropower Made the World More Flood-Prone?
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S America > Reduced AMOC Impacts (JGR Atmos.):

Impacts of a Reduced AMOC on the South America Mean Climate & Extremes
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Puerto Rico > Soil Respiration (Nature):

Warming induces unexpectedly high soil respiration in a wet tropical forest
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Tipping Point Dynamics (ESD Ideas):

Climate tipping is not instantaneous – the duration of an overshoot matters
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New Book (Hatchette):

Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World

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Global Wetland CH4 Emission Feedbacks (Nature):

Addressing methane emission feedbacks from global wetlands
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China > Wildfire Emissions (ACP):

Spatiotemporal patterns & drivers of wildfire CO2 emissions in China from 2001 to 2022
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Africa > Growing Heatwaves & Heat Stress (Societal Impacts):

The societal impact of heatwave intensification & heat stress on African Urban populations
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China > Extreme Heat (ERL):

Intensifying heat extremes in China attributed to rising greenhouse gases & declining aerosols since the 2010s
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Global Heatwave Attribution (Nature):

Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors
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    New Indigenous Book (Canadian Scholars Pub.):

    Indigenous Insights for Planetary Health & Sustainable Food Systems: Learning from International Case Studies
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    Corporate Voluntary Carbon Offsets (Nature):

    The negligible role of carbon offsetting in corporate climate strategies
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    Global Land Carbon Sink (Science Review):

    The weak land carbon sink hypothesis
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    Global Water Scarcity-Induced Conflicts (Nature):

    Transboundary conflict from surface water scarcity under climate change
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    Thawing Arctic Permafrost & Toxic Rivers (PNAS):

    Wild, scenic, & toxic: Recent degradation of an iconic Arctic watershed with permafrost thaw
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    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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