Latest Annual AMS Report:

 State of the Climate in 2025 (download 527 pg)

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Environmental Hazards & Mental Health (Nature Comment):

Why environmental treaties must also address mental health
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Europe > Heatwaves (Climate Dynamics):

Regional nudged storylines for the European hot & dry summers 2018–2022: response of evapotranspiration regimes to climate change
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Greenland Slush (Cryosphere):

A nine-year record of slush on the Greenland Ice Sheet
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Global Extreme Precipitation Vulnerability (Nature):

Anthropogenic global warming increases the risk of record-breaking extreme precipitation events in low-income countries
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Global Limited Clean Water (Nature):

Sector-specific clean water scarcity & competition under global change
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California > Indigenous Fire Stewardship (Fire Ecology):

Restoring fire sovereignty on California Indian allotment lands
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North America & Europe > Groundwater & Drought (JHM):

Groundwater Prolongs but Weakens Meteorological Drought: Evidence from Two Continents
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Global Rice Crop CH4 Emissions (Nature):

Global methane emissions from rice paddies are now increasingly quantifiable
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Attributing Extreme Weather Events to Major Emitters (Earth's Future):

Extreme Heat & Rainfall Risk Attributed to Cumulative CO2 Emissions From Fossil Fuel Producers
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Global Extreme Precipitation Events (Nature):

Anthropogenic amplification of the dynamics of large-scale contiguous extreme precipitation events
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Global Land-Use CO2 Emissions (Nature):

National pathways of land-use CO₂ emissions in the 21st century
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US East Coast > Sea-Level Rise (Nature):

Subpolar North Atlantic heat flux drives projected US East Coast sea-level trend in a climate model
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Greenland > Freshwater Releases (JGR Oceans):

From Glacier to Coast: Seasonal Hydrographic Dynamics in the Ella Ø Fjord Complex, East Greenland
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Greenland > Glacier Meltwater Lakes (Science):

Glacier retreat shapes organic nutrient availability across lake succession
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New Open Access Planetary Boundary Book (Cambridge U Press):

Ethics & Planetary Boundaries

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Forthcoming New Open Access Book (MIT Press):

Our Planetary Condition; Foundations for a Politics with the Earth
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Iran > Water-Saving Gardens (Human Ecology):

Water-Saving Attitudes in Residential Gardens: Exploring Climate Change Exposure, Risk Perception, Belief, & Environmental Efficacy
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Madagascar > Urban Plant Diversity (Nature):

Sacred sites as refuges for native plant diversity in an urbanized tropical landscape
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75-Year Global Dataset of Storm Surges & Extreme Sea Levels (ESSD):

Global dataset of storm surges & extreme sea levels for 1950–2024 based on the ERA5 climate reanalysis
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How Northern Forests Recover (JGR: Biogeosciences):

Warming Drives Large-Scale Shifts in Post-Disturbance Vegetation Dynamics & Expansion of Deciduous Trees in the Boreal Forest in a Dynamic Vegetation Model
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Global Extreme Heat Deaths (Nature News Explainer):

Heatwaves have killed millions. Here’s how scientists tally lives lost

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Retiring Your Gas Car (Science):

The climate benefits of retiring a fully operational internal combustion engine vehicle
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Arctic Ocean Acidification (Nature):

Persistence of Arctic Ocean acidification under negative emissions
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Global Forest Aboveground Carbon (Nature):

Decadal sink-source shifts of forest aboveground carbon since 1988
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Conceptualizing Compound Events (Earth's Future):

The Role of Structural & Transient Compoundness in Advancing Compound Event Characterization
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Europe > Forest Loss (Nature):

Accelerating biomass loss from forest disturbances across Europe
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Japan > Heat Mitigation via Rainwater & Roofs (Earth's Future):

Optimizing the Rainwater Harvesting & Roof Sprinkling System to Adapt to Urban Extreme Heat
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Arctic Sea Ice & Cyclones (Nature):

On the relevance of serial cyclone clustering for Arctic sea ice
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Forested Permafrost Carbon (Nature):

Canopy-mediated climate feedbacks in the boreal continuous permafrost zone
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Offshore Wind Energy & Whale Conservation (Nature):

Balancing marine species conservation with cost-effective renewable energy development
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Coral Mound Carbon Accumulation (Coral Reefs):

Large-scale carbon storage in the deep-sea through cold-water coral mounds off the Campeche Bank, Gulf of Mexico
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US > Heat-Related Mortality (Environ Res Clim):

Socioeconomic & demographic vulnerabilities as primary determinants of heat-related mortality in the US
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Global Butterfly Redistribution (Nature):

Extensive climate-induced range shifts in butterflies across the globe
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Global Multi-Hazard Ag Risk (Nature):

Multi-hazard exposure & vulnerability drive rising agricultural risk in global breadbasket regions
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Indo-Pacific Coral Reefs & Sea-Level Rise (Nature):

Paleorecords inform the limits of Indo-Pacific coral reef survival under accelerating sea-level rise
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Antarctica Carbon Dynamics (Nature):

Catchment lithology controls net carbon balance along the Antarctic Peninsula
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China > Humid Heat Stress (Nature):

Committed & irreversible humid heat stress risk in China despite carbon dioxide removal
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Global Extreme Humid Heatwaves (Nature):

Asymmetric impacts of precipitation on global extreme humid heatwaves
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US > Individual Mitigation Behavior (Nature):

Psychological barriers to improving carbon competence
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Global Wheat Crops & Concurrent Heatwaves / Droughts (ERL):

The impacts of concurrent heatwaves & droughts on global wheat production & trade
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AMOC & Agulhas Leakage (Nature):

Disconnection of the late Pliocene Agulhas Leakage from Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
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New Open Access Book (LSE):

Climate Hegemony; Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse
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Carbon Dynamics of Waterlogging Boreal Mineral Soils (EJSS):

Impact of Seasonal Waterlogging on Organic Carbon Stabilisation & Microbial Communities in Cultivated Mineral Soils
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Great Barrier Reef > Bleaching & Cloud / Rainfall Cycles (WCD):

Diurnal cycles of cloud & rainfall over North-East Queensland during the coral bleaching season
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Global Carbon Spent by Plants/Microbes Fixing Nitrogen (GBC):

Global Carbon Investment in Terrestrial Biological Nitrogen Fixation
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Dam Removal as Nature-Based Solutions (WIREs Review):

Enhancing Climate Resilience Through Dam & Barrier Removal
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Overshooting Tipping Points (Chaos):

A criterion for safe overshoot in coupled tipping systems
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UK > Extreme Rain (Int J Climatol):

Representation of Long-Term Observed UK Winter Precipitation Trends & Variability in UKCP18 Global Climate Models
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Sexual / Gender Inclusion in Adaptation Plans (Nature):

Mapping sexual & gender minority inclusion in national adaptation plans globally
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AMOC & Greenland Meltwater (OS):

North Atlantic response to a quasi-realistic Greenland meltwater forcing in eddy-rich EC-Earth3P-VHR hosing simulations
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Wildfires & Permafrost Critical Zones (Nature):

Wildfires destabilize permafrost critical zones in northern high latitudes
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Greenland Glacier Algal Blooms (Nature):

Ubiquitous & expanding glacier algal blooms modelled around the Greenland Ice Sheet
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Geographic Inequity within Journals (Nature):

Regional inequity in top-tier climate change research
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Peru > Vulnerable Fisheries (Nature):

Vulnerability of fishery resources to climate change in the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ecosystem off Peru
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Predicting Antarctic Sea Ice (GRL):

Multidecadal Changes in ENSO Drive a Substantial Decline in West Antarctic Sea Ice Predictability
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Canadian Arctic Permafrost-Derived Organic Carbon (Nature):

Limited remineralization of Arctic permafrost-derived organic carbon in nearshore marine sediments
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Building Resilient Coastal Infrastructure (Nature Review):

Multifunctional hybrid shoreline framework enhances coastal resilience & infrastructure sustainability
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Decarbonisation & Justice (Environ Sci Policy Review)

Decarbonisation policy instruments & climate justice: Insights from a systematic literature review of social science literature
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Central Europe & US > Compound Heatwaves (Nature):

Threefold increase in atmospheric–riverine compound heatwaves under climate change
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Europe > Extreme Wildfires (Nature):

Major intensification of fire weather across southern Europe in recent decades
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Global Rice Crops (Science):

Vulnerability to high temperature shapes global warming impacts on rice yield
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Global Dataset of Glacier Ice Thickness (Nature Data Descriptor):

Machine-learned global glacier ice volumes
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New Indigenous Book (Pressbooks):

Holding the World in Balance; Indigenous Stories of Climate, Care & Continuance
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Threat to California’s Water Resources (PNAS):

Abrupt transition to irreversible damage in the overdrafted Sacramento Valley aquifer system
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Ongoing Dryland Changes (GCB):

Adaptation & Response in Drylands: A Dryland Research Agenda & Campaign Strategy
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Circulation of Deep Ocean Abyssal Waters (GRL):

Tracing the Abyssal Water Pathways in the Indian Ocean
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Germany > Drained Peatland Emissions (BG):

The timing of warming matters as much as its intensity for the annual carbon balance of a degraded raised bog
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Estimating Global Aerosols (Science):

Remote sensing of aerosols over drylands: Challenges, uncertainties, & paths forward
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Africa > Childhood Malaria (Nature):

The past & future impact of climate change on childhood malaria in Africa
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Egypt > Ag Adaptation (Nature):

Climate change perception–impact–adaptation pathways among farmers: evidence from seven major agricultural governorates in Egypt
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Lake Chad CH4 Emissions (Science):

Unveiling cascading lag effects of wetland methane emissions: Evidence from Lake Chad in Africa
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Atmospheric River Impacts on Marine Heatwaves (Nature):

Detected impacts of atmospheric rivers on marine heatwaves
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AMOC & Upper-Ocean Salinity Variability (Nature):

AMOC slowdown amplifies North Atlantic salinity variability to unprecedented levels
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Impacts on Arctic Deltas (Nature):

Large stocks of permafrost soil organic carbon & nitrogen in Arctic river deltas
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India > Coastal Hazards (Nature):

Assessment of coastal exposure of climate-driven oceanic hazards along the East Coast of India using geospatial techniques
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Planting Green Roofs (ESE):

Plant functional traits & species mixtures drive extensive green roof community performance at the establishment stage
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Afghanistan > Changing Almond Tree Phenology (Biometeorology):

Climate change shifts almond bloom dates in Afghanistan
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Wildfire Smoke Impacts Photovoltaics (Nature):

Canada’s 2023 wildfire smoke caused a 2.8 percent drop in solar power generation, costing two billion dollars
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Marine Dead Zones & Nutrient Cycling (Nature Review):

Climate change alters biogeochemical cycles in oxygen-depleted & dead zones
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UK & US > Coastal Floods (Nature):

Coastal flooding at predictable hours
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China > Urban CO2 Emissions (Nature):

Improving people’s livelihood to address climate change: the constraint effects of regional competition & inequality
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Intertropical Convergence Zone Trends (Science):

Fast expansion & slow contraction of the ITCZ in response to CO2 forcing
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Svalbard Glacier Change (Cryosphere):

Svalbard glacier calving front changes from the 1930s to the 1970s from archived satellite & aerial images
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Global Marine Invasive Species (GCB):

Climate Change Enhances the Success of Marine Invasive Species
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Canada > Wildfire Emissions (GRL):

Three-Fourths of Carbon Emissions From 2023 Record-Breaking Wildfires in Canada Traced to Soil & Peat Combustion
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Marine Cloud Feedbacks (Science):

High-resolution simulations reveal positive global warming feedback from Pacific low clouds
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Human Changes to Island Ecosystems (Science Review):

Emergent patterns of island biodiversity in the Anthropocene
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US > Hydroclimate Whiplash (Earth's Future):

Accelerating & Intensifying Dry-to-Wet Hydroclimate Whiplash Across the Contiguous US
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Antarctic Snowfall & Sea Level Rise (ESS):

Antarctic Snowfall Patterns & Trends: A Regional Analysis Across Multiple Data Sets
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Urban AC Energy Demand (Nature):

Divergent humidity-driven growth in urban air-conditioning energy demand under climate change

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Europe > Increasing Multi-Hazards (Nature):

Compounding hazards increase flood economic losses across Europe
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Urban Heat Risk (Nature Comment):

Five shifts to rethink urban heat assessment & action
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Mountain Rockfall / Landslide Risk (Nature Comment):

Rockfalls are an overlooked crisis brewing in upper Himalaya
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Monster El Niño (Nature News):

This El Niño is set to be the largest on record by a ‘mind-blowing margin’
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Paris Accord, Urban Action & NDCs (Nature):

Urban climate action in the Nationally Determined Contributions: exploring the multilevel climate governance gap
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Marine Heatwaves & Atmospheric Rivers (Nature):

Marine heatwaves in the Northeast Pacific intensify landfalling atmospheric rivers on the west coast of North America
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Global Temperature Impacts on Plants (Nature):

Vegetation responses to air dryness amplify future land surface warming
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Vulnerable Emperor Penguins (Nature):

Iceberg-driven constraints on colony–foraging connectivity result in severe decline in chick counts for the Coulman Island emperor penguin colony
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Europe > Summer Drought (Nature):

European summer drying largely driven by atmospheric circulation changes since the 1980s
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