New Amy Westervelt Book (Bloomsbury):

Brought to You By; How Corporations Warped the Truth, Conned the Public, & Broke Democracy

North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones (GRL):

Future Redistribution of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Risk in Two Contrasting CMIP6 Scenarios

Europe > Extreme Fire Weather (ERL):

Increasing lifetime exposure to extreme fire weather under climate change in Europe

New York State > Pond CH4 Emissions (L&O Ltrs):

The fate of methane in ponds: Drivers of production, storage, oxidation, & emissions

Risks to Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture (J Fish Biol):

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture in a changing climate: Quantitative insights from industry records & climate projections

A Fair-Share Energy Transition Framework (ERL):

Equitable cooperation deepens the solution space for high ambition pathways

US > Dryland Soil Crust Degradation & Feedback (Nature):

Experimental evidence of a biological soil crust degradation climate warming amplification feedback

Surface Ocean CO2 (Nature Data Descriptor):

Recalculating the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) to a sea surface temperature climate data record

US Southeast Coast > Flooding, Sea Levels & AMOC Variability (Nature):

Multiyear predictability of flood frequency along the US Southeast Coast from Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation variability

Global Fish Impacts (GCB):

Sensitivity of Marine Pelagic Fish Catch Potential to Changes in Primary Production in a Global Fisheries Model

Polar Blue Carbon (GCB):

Status of Polar Blue Carbon: Toward Recognition & Integration in Marine Policy

Greenland > Ice Shelf Instability (Cryosphere):

Temporal evolution of the Petermann Ice Shelf estuary constrained by satellite remote sensing observations

US > Prescribed Burns, Soil Nitrogen & GHG Production (mSystems):

Prescribed burns drive lasting changes in soil nitrogen cycling & microbial function

Global Mitigation via Food Emission Taxes (Nature):

Food emissions taxes can deliver health & environmental benefits with limited leakage

Planetary Boundary Update:

Planetary Health Check 2026 (download 124 pg)

PIK (Potsdam Institute) News: Planetary Health Check 2026 finds mounting pressures across Earth’s life support systems

Guardian: ‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn

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California > Winds & Wildfires (Earth's Future):

Anthropogenic Warming Weakens Mild Offshore Winds in Southern California but Not the Extreme Fire-Weather Winds

Cultural Influence & Responsibility (Nature Comment):

The climate responsibility of cultural influencers

Iceland > Glaciers & Microbial Carbon Cycling (Nature):

Glaciers & low-DOC ecosystems as sites of microbial carbon production & consumption

Indigenous Knowledge on Arctic Ocean Changes (Nature Perspective):

Indigenous Knowledge & observations improve Arctic Ocean model skill & relevance

Vital River Ecosystems (Nature Comment):

Climate frameworks must better account for river ecosystem responses & feedbacks

Brazil > Mitigation & Justice (Sustain Dev):

Gross Agricultural Emissions & Unequal Mitigation Pathways in the Brazilian Legal Amazon: Implications for Climate Justice & the Sustainable Development Goals

Tibetan Plateau > Soil Nitrogen cycling & Permafrost Feedbacks (Nature):

Soil moisture shifts under warming are associated with divergent topsoil nitrogen responses in permafrost-affected ecosystems

Japan > Coastal Marine Ecosystems at Risk (GCB):

Unprecedented Warming & Increased Herbivory Drive Collapse of Japan's Kelp Forests

US > Atmospheric River Patterns (GRL):

Co-Occurring Weather Systems Vary by Atmospheric River Scale Across the US

Global Dust Cycle & Warming (Science):

A global decline in atmospheric dust during the 21st century

Protecting Antarctic Krill & Hydrothermal Vents (Nature):

Deep Sea hydrothermal vent habitats support gravid Antarctic krill

Brazilian Amazon Deforestation (Science):

Protecting tropical forests is more cost-effective for biodiversity & climate than restoration

Brazil > Net-Zero Pathways (Global Change Biology):

Brazil at the Forefront: What Does It Take To Be Net-Zero by 2040

Greenland & Antarctic Ice Sheet Losses (Nature Data Descriptor):

Mass balance of the Greenland & Antarctic ice sheets from the 1970s to 2023

Colorado River Drought Impacts (Nature):

Widespread drought-driven declines in streamflows & water quality in the Upper Colorado River Basin during 1998-2022

North America > Changing Winter Snowmelt (J of Hydrology):

Climate change both increases & decreases winter snowmelt across North America

Chesapeake Bay, US > Sea Level Rise & Cyclones (Earth's Future):

Quantifying Future Effects of Low-Frequency Tropical Cyclones & Sea Level Rise Scenarios on Nonlinear Interactions in Total Water Levels

Warming & Tipping Points (ERL Perspective):

Tipping points do not make 1.5 °C a physical climate limit

China > Droughts & Floods (PNAS Nexus):

Warming accelerates drought–flood oscillations & stratifies socioeconomic exposure

Shifting Global Extreme Heat Seasonality (AGU Adv):

Extreme Dry & Humid Heat Seasons Are Changing Asymmetrically

Singapore > Extreme Rain (AGU Adv):

Equatorial Extreme Convective Storms Are Expanding & Becoming More Persistent

US Midwest > Maize Yield Volatility (ERL):

Irrigation & historical reductions in the interannual variability of Midwestern maize yield

Urban Adaptation - the Shelter (URP):

From emergency shelters to urban climate shelters: enabling conditions for long-term climate adaptation