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Ethiopia > Conservation & Social Wellbeing (Nature):

Trade-offs between nature & people in Ethiopia’s protected areas demonstrate challenges in translating global conservation targets into national realities

Europe > Wheat Yield Stress & Loss (ERL):

Spatio-temporal patterns of wheat yield losses & environmental stresses in Europe

Tropical Forest Drought (GRL):

Observed Increase in Tropical Vegetation Droughts Over the Past Three Decades

Threats to Seabird Diversity (Nature):

Seabird range contraction & dispersal under climate change

Global Phytoplankton Production (GRL):

Sources of Uncertainty in Ocean Net Primary Productivity Projections Under Climate Change

US Mid-Atlantic > Sea Level & Land Conversion (Nature):

Sea-level-driven land conversion amplified by coastal agriculture

Global Rising Seas, Uplift & Subsidence (Nature):

Subsidence more than doubles sea-level rise today along densely populated coasts

Decolonial Science in the Amazon (Nature Comment):

Decolonial science in the Amazon demands active & equitable seats at the table

Monsoon Waves & Mangrove Loss (Nature):

Monsoon-driven waves induce a prevailing recession in mangrove forests across the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta

2016 Extreme El Niño Heatwave (Nature):

Extreme 2016 El Niño heatwave weakened carbon export & respiration in the Equatorial Pacific

Global Urban Heat Risk (Nature):

Asymmetric global urban cooling potential demands accelerated & context-specific actions

2023 Extreme Global Temp Jump (Nature):

Physical understanding of the extreme global temperature jump in 2023

Growing El Niño Impacts (Nature):

Stronger ENSO-induced global SST variability in a warming climate

Gas Hydrate / Polar Carbon Reservoir Vulnerability (Nature):

Gas hydrate dissolution triggered by subglacial groundwater flushing during deglaciation

Greenland > Mass Ice Flux (GJI):

Inverting Sea Surface Height Data Yields Greenland Ice Mass Changes (1993-2019): A Proof of Concept (Accepted Manuscript PDF)

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AMOC Tipping Point & Freshwater Forcing (ESD):

Critical freshwater forcing for AMOC tipping in climate models – compensation matters

Global Biodiversity Targets (Nature):

Social implications of the 30×30 global conservation target

Puerto Rico > Changing Rainfall Extremes (Earth's Future):

Future Changes to Rainfall Extremes Over Puerto Rico in a Convection-Permitting Model

Global Land Use Changes (Nature):

Global land use changes are four times greater than previously estimated

Heat Risk to Birds (Trends Ecol Evol Opinion):

Physiological constraints on heat adaptation in birds

Changes to Earth's Reflectivity / Albedo (Earth's Future):

Changing Regional Land Surface Albedos Alter the Planetary Albedo During the Twenty-First Century

Global Ocean Policy (Nature Comment):

Climate governance overlooks the ocean: a structural limitation exposed at COP30

Southern Amazon > Erratic Rainfall (GRL):

Climate Change Amplifies Rainfall Sensitivity to Deforestation in the Southern Amazon

Recent Global Surface Temp Spike (PNAS):

2024 global temperature record is consistent with model-predicted warming

Europe > Mitigation via Afforestation (Nature):

Optimized afforestation reduces flood risk & limits water loss in Europe

Mechanisms of Arctic Spring Warming (J of Climate):

The Role of Internal Variability in Springtime Arctic Amplification from 1980 to 2022

Vulnerability of Global Grain to Shocks (PLOS):

Assessing the resilience of global grain supplies to compound climatic & non-climatic shocks

Brazil > Reef Health & Tourism (Coral Reefs):

Reducing local stressors enhances the resistance of the coral Mussismilia hispida & the zoantharian Palythoa caribaeorum to global stressors in island reefs under marginal conditions

Coastal Urban Temps & Liveability (Nature):

Ocean warming weakens the sea–land breeze in coastal megacities

Vegetation Recovery Following Permafrost Thaw (Nature):

Vegetation recovery following retrogressive thaw slumps across northern tundra regions