Soil Conservation (ERL):

Soil lifespans & how they can be extended by land use & management change

Coral Disease & Mortality (Frontiers):

Nutrient Pollution & Predation Differentially Affect Innate Immune Pathways in the Coral Porites porites

Plants & Fungi (Multiple Papers, Plants People Planet + Royal Botanic Gardens Report)

Special Issue: Protecting & Sustainably Using the World's Plants & Fungi

State of the World’s Plants & Fungi 2020 (100 pg Report)

Increasing Ocean Stratification (Nature):

 Increasing Ocean Stratification Over the Past Half-Century

Inside Climate News: New Study Shows a Vicious Circle of Climate Change Building on Thickening Layers of Warm Ocean Water

Sierra Nevada Tree Regeneration (Ecosphere):

Rain‐shadow forest margins resilient to low‐severity fire & climate change but not high‐severity fire

Natural Mitigation Solutions > Global Map of Opportunities (Nonprofit Online Tool):

Natural Climate Solutions World Atlas

Plant Decomposition Feedback (Nature):

A meta-analysis on decomposition quantifies afterlife effects of plant diversity as a global change driver

Flowers are Changing Color (Current Biology):

 Floral Pigmentation Has Responded Rapidly to Global Change in Ozone & Temperature

Ocean-Atmosphere CO2 Fluxes (Nature):

Revised estimates of ocean-atmosphere CO2 flux are consistent with ocean carbon inventory

Kerry Emanuel > Increasing Frequency & Severity of Tropical Cyclones (J of Climate):

Response of Global Tropical Cyclone Activity to Increasing CO2: Results from Downscaling CMIP6 Models (download PDF)

6 Tips > Communicating Climate (Nonprofit Guide):

 Six Ways to Change Hearts & Minds about Climate Change (12 pg)

Wildfires in Pacific NW (Ecosphere):

High‐severity & short‐interval wildfires limit forest recovery in the Central Cascade Range

Embodied Carbon of Buildings (J of Architectural Engineering):

Database of Embodied Quantity Outputs: Lowering Material Impacts Through Engineering

Antarctic Ice Sheet Meltwater Discharge (Science):

Future climate response to Antarctic Ice Sheet melt caused by anthropogenic warming

Temperature‐Sensitive > Butterfly Study (J of Animal Ecology):

How butterflies keep their cool: Physical & ecological traits influence thermoregulatory ability & population trends

US > Dry-Hot Extremes (Science):

A century of observations reveals increasing likelihood of continental-scale compound dry-hot extremes

Monitoring Selective Logging in Brazil (ERL):

Mapping pervasive selective logging in the south-west Brazilian Amazon 2000–2019

Deforestation > Site-Specific Drivers (Enviro Science & Policy):

Integrated assessment of deforestation drivers & their alignment with subnational climate change mitigation efforts

Conserving Central African Forests (ERL):

Spatial priorities for conserving the most intact biodiverse forests within Central Africa

Beach Conservation > Hawaiian Case Study (Nature):

Risk of shoreline hardening & associated beach loss peaks before mid-century: Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi

Intensification of Low-Latitude Water Cycle (ERL):

Human influence strengthens the contrast between tropical wet & dry regions

Pre-Fire Peat Depth & Burn Severity (ERL):

Shallow peat is most vulnerable to high peat burn severity during wildfire

Saltwater Intrusion on Coastal Forests (ERL):

Aboveground carbon loss associated with the spread of ghost forests as sea levels rise

Cascading Impacts & Implications > New Zealand Case Study (Climate Risk Mgmt):

Cascading climate change impacts & implications

Local Adaptation Planning Studies > France & Aotearoa-New Zealand (Climate Risk Mgmt):

Adaptation planning in France: Inputs from narratives of change in support of a community-led foresight process

A rising tide of adaptation action: Comparing two coastal regions of Aotearoa-New Zealand

Antarctica > Outlet Glaciers (PNAS):

Damage accelerates ice shelf instability & mass loss in Amundsen Sea Embayment

US Forestland Mitigation (PNAS):

Tree planting has the potential to increase carbon sequestration capacity of forests in the US

Brazilian Coffee Yields (ERL):

Climate risks to Brazilian coffee production

Oxfam Briefing > Green Recovery:

Confronting Carbon Inequality: Putting climate justice at the heart of the COVID-19 recovery (download, 12 pg)

UK Farming Following an AMOC Collapse (Nature):

Shifts in national land use & food production in Great Britain after a climate tipping point

NASA-Led Studies > Melting Ice Sheets (Cryosphere):

NASA Press Release: Emissions Could Add 15 Inches to 2100 Sea Level Rise, NASA-Led Study Finds

The future sea-level contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a multi-model ensemble study of ISMIP6

ISMIP6 Antarctica: a multi-model ensemble of the Antarctic ice sheet evolution over the 21st century

 Cryosphere Special issue | The Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project for CMIP6 (ISMIP6)

Human Imprint on Ocean Salinity (J of Climate):

Improved estimates of changes in upper ocean salinity & the hydrological cycle (74 pg)

Ocean Plastic (Expert Report):

Breaking the Plastic Wave: A Comprehensive Assessment of Pathways Towards Stopping Ocean Plastic Pollution (78 pg)

Wildfire > California's Northern Coast (ERL):

Intensified burn severity in California's northern coastal mountains by drier climatic condition

Aerosol Emissions During Pandemic (GRL):

Fast climate responses to aerosol emission reductions during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Antarctic Sea Ice Loss > Pole-to-Pole Effect (ERL):

 Robust Arctic warming caused by projected Antarctic sea ice loss

Global Human Land Footprint (One Earth):

 Change in Terrestrial Human Footprint Drives Continued Loss of Intact Ecosystems

UK > Public Concerns (Lancet):

Mapping the co-benefits of climate change action to issues of public concern in the UK: a narrative review

Status of Antarctic Thwaites Glacier Region (Cryosphere):

New gravity-derived bathymetry for the Thwaites, Crosson, & Dotson ice shelves revealing two ice shelf populations

UK's 2008 Framework Policy (Climate Policy):

The impact of strategic climate legislation: evidence from expert interviews on the UK Climate Change Act

US > Enviro Justice (Geoforum):

The (in)visible victims of disaster: Understanding the vulnerability of undocumented Latino/a & indigenous immigrants

Washington State Gov Inslee Schools Trump on Wildfires:

Open letter to President Donald Trump on the role of climate change in historic wildfires

Scotland Study > Threat to Marine Ecosystems (Frontiers):

Species Distribution Modeling Predicts Significant Declines in Coralline Algae Populations Under Projected Climate Change With Implications for Conservation Policy

Quaking Aspen in Colorado Rockies (Ecosystem Services):

Climate change disproportionately affects visual quality of cultural ecosystem services in a mountain region

Arizona > Mitigating Severity of Fire (Frontiers):

Projected Climate-Fire Interactions Drive Forest to Shrubland Transition on an Arizona Sky Island

Protecting Linkages Between Species > Southeastern US Case Study (Biological Conservation):

Preserving connectivity under climate & land-use change: No one-size-fits-all approach for focal species in similar habitats

Colorado > Public Land Adaptation (Enviro Mgmt):

Navigating Climate Adaptation on Public Lands: How Views on Ecosystem Change & Scale Interact with Management Approaches

Evaluating Adaptive Capacity of Species (Frontiers):

Persist in place or shift in space? Evaluating the adaptive capacity of species to climate change

Mitigation Via Biofuels (PNAS):

Robust paths to net greenhouse gas mitigation & negative emissions via advanced biofuels

Racial Inequalities to Hazards > Houston Case Study (ERL):

Social inequalities in flooding inside & outside of floodplains during Hurricane Harvey

Global Changes to Precipitation (ERL):

Global aridity changes due to differences in surface energy & water balance between 1.5 °C and 2 °C warming

Amazon Deforestation > Case Studies of Municipal-Level Efforts (Frontiers):

Lessons for Jurisdictional Approaches From Municipal-Level Initiatives to Halt Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Worldwide Mangrove Degradation & Deforestation (Global Change Biology):

Global declines in human‐driven mangrove loss

Falklands Report > Peatland Restoration:

A Scoping Study for Potential Community-Based Carbon Offsetting Schemes in the Falkland Islands (55 pg)

Global > Nature‐Based Interventions (Global Change Biology):

Mapping the effectiveness of nature‐based solutions for climate change adaptation

Africa > Malaria Projections (Nature):

Incorporating hydrology into climate suitability models changes projections of malaria transmission in Africa

Fragmented River Ecosystems (Global Change Biology):

The role of connectivity in the interplay between climate change & the spread of alien fish in a large Mediterranean river

Biodiversity Pseudoscience (Nature Commentary):

Biodiversity scientists must fight the creeping rise of extinction denial

US > Media-Led Suspicion of Hurricane Forecasts (Science):

Political storms: Emergent partisan skepticism of hurricane risks

Asia > Extreme Weather (Nature):

Increased persistence of large-scale circulation regimes over Asia in the era of amplified Arctic warming, past & future

Hot Weather Effect on French Stock Market (Ecological Economics):

Extreme heat & stock market activity

UN: The Latest Climate Science

United in Science 2020 (28 pg)

Brazilian Amazon > Forest Degradation & Deforestation (Science):

Long-term forest degradation surpasses deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Insects of the Arctic (Global Change Biology):

Parasitoids indicate major climate‐induced shifts in arctic communities

Reliability of Tree-Ring Chronologies (Climate Dynamics):

Setting the tree-ring record straight

Extinctions of Mammals (Science):

The past & future human impact on mammalian diversity

The 2018 European Drought (Multiple Papers, Royal Society Theme Issue):

Impacts of the 2018 severe drought & heatwave in Europe: from site to continental scale (Partial Paywall)

Himalayan Snow Trout (Ecological Indicators):

Is there always space at the top? Ensemble modeling reveals climate-driven high-altitude squeeze for the vulnerable snow trout Schizothorax richardsonii in Himalaya

Restoring Coastal Marshes (Science of the Total Enviro):

Rapid recovery of carbon cycle processes after the cessation of chronic nutrient enrichment

Global Biodiversity Assessment (Nonprofit Report):

 Living Planet Report 2020: Bending the Curve of Biodiversity Loss (83 pg)

Future UK Extreme Heat (ERL):

Current likelihood & dynamics of hot summers in the UK

The Global Forest Carbon Sink (Nature):

Forest carbon sink neutralized by pervasive growth-lifespan trade-offs

Africa > Mitigation & Adaptation (Earth's Future):

Analysis of Compound Climate Extremes & Exposed Population in Africa Under Two Different Emission Scenarios

Global Safety Net (Science):

A “Global Safety Net” to reverse biodiversity loss & stabilize Earth’s climate

US Coal‐to‐Gas Shift (AGU Advances):

Committed Emissions of the U.S. Power Sector, 2000–2018

Sea-Level Rise & Global Port Infrastructure (Earth's Future):

Demand for Ports to 2050: Climate Policy, Growing Trade & the Impacts of Sea‐Level Rise

Biodiversity & Renewables (Nature):

Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity

Bering Sea > Winter Sea Ice (Science):

High sensitivity of Bering Sea winter sea ice to winter insolation & carbon dioxide over the last 5500 years

Emissions from Asphalt-Based Materials (Science):

Asphalt-related emissions are a major missing nontraditional source of secondary organic aerosol precursors

China > Flood Impacts (BAMS):

Each 0.5°C of Warming Increases Annual Flood Losses in China by More than US$60 Billion

Global Aviation (Atmospheric Enviro):

The contribution of global aviation to anthropogenic climate forcing for 2000 to 2018

Adaptive Rice Farming > Japan (Agronomy Journal):

Breaking rice yield barrier with the ratooning method under changing climatic conditions: A paradigm shift in rice‐cropping systems in southwestern Japan