One Blue World: February 2024

Keven Trenberth > Earth’s Energy Imbalance, Heat, Temp & Hydrological Cycles (J of Climate Action, Research & Policy):

Characterizing Climate Change from Heating, Not Merely Temperature

N Atlantic Ocean Dynamics (Climate Dynamics):

Causal oceanic feedbacks onto the winter NAO

W North Pacific > Fish Weight & Size (Fish & Fisheries):

Fish weight reduction in response to intra- & interspecies competition under climate change

China, Brazil, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, & India > Risks At the National Scale (Climatic Change Collection):

COLLECTION: Accrual of Climate Change Risk in Six Vulnerable Countries (7 Open Access Papers)

Future Extreme Weather Via Interactive Maps (PNAS News):

Where will climate change hit hardest? These interactive maps offer a telltale glimpse.

Netherlands > Coastal Water Column CH4 (Microbiology Ecology):

Seasonal dynamics of the microbial methane filter in the water column of a eutrophic coastal basin

China > Livestock CH4 Emissions (Nature):

City-level livestock methane emissions in China from 2010 to 2020

Oklahoma > Prairie Soil Carbon (Nature):

Experimental warming accelerates positive soil priming in a temperate grassland ecosystem

Texas > Gulf of Mexico Loss of Seagrass (Nature):

Rapid sea level rise causes loss of seagrass meadows

Global Food Footprints (PLOS):

Biodiversity footprints of 151 popular dishes from around the world

Global Temp-Related Human Aging & Mortality (Nature):

Impact of population aging on future temperature-related mortality at different global warming levels

Europe > Heat Stress (J of Climate):

European Summer Wet-Bulb Temperature: Spatiotemporal Variations & Potential Drivers

Antarctic Ice Sheet & Sea-Level Rise (Nature):

Subsurface warming in the Antarctica’s Weddell Sea can be avoided by reaching the 2∘C warming target

East Africa > Glacier Loss (ERL):

Tropical glacier loss in East Africa: recent areal extents on Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, & in the Rwenzori Range from high-resolution remote sensing data

Antarctic Glacier Stability (PNAS):

Synchronous retreat of Thwaites & Pine Island glaciers in response to external forcings in the presatellite era

Global Biodiversity Risk (Nature):

Reassessment of the risks of climate change for terrestrial ecosystems

Australia > Aquatic Plastic Waste (Sci. of Total Environ.):

Plastic pollution in Moreton Bay sediments, Southeast Queensland, Australia

Amazon > Rainfall & Drought (Nature):

Near-term projection of Amazon rainfall dominated by phase transition of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation

Greenland & Canada > Arctic Soil CH4 Uptake (Geoderma):

Spatial variation of net methane uptake in Arctic & subarctic drylands of Canada & Greenland

Antarctic Ice Shelf Stability (Nature):

Antarctic-wide ice-shelf firn emulation reveals robust future firn air depletion signal for the Antarctic Peninsula

Changing Global Water Cycle (Nature):

Human-induced intensification of terrestrial water cycle in dry regions of the globe

Swiss Alps > Increasing Mountain Rockfall (Nature):

Rockfall from an increasingly unstable mountain slope driven by climate warming

Global Ocean CO2 Uptake (GRL):

The Impact of Recent Climate Change on the Global Ocean Carbon Sink

Global Forest CO2 Dynamics (Science):

Chemistry-albedo feedbacks offset up to a third of forestation’s CO2 removal benefits

Soil Organic Carbon & Shifting Plant-Microbe Interactions (Science):

Soil warming increases the number of growing bacterial taxa but not their growth rates

Thinning Antarctic Ice Shelves (Nature):

Progressive unanchoring of Antarctic ice shelves since 1973

Global Sea-Level Rise Adaptation Planning (Climate Services):

Practitioner needs to adapt to Sea-Level Rise: Distilling information from global workshops

Rapid Insect Adaptation (MBE):

Abstract: Rapid & repeated climate adaptation involving chromosome inversions following invasion of an insect

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Ocean CO2 Fluxes (Nature):

Machine learning reveals regime shifts in future ocean carbon dioxide fluxes inter-annual variability

Extreme Tropical Precipitation (Science):

Intensification of daily tropical precipitation extremes from more organized convection

US > Vulnerable Frogs (Royal Society):

Chytrid infections exhibit historical spread & contemporary seasonality in a declining stream-breeding frog

US > Disasters & Mental Distress (Prev. Med. Rep.):

Adolescent mental distress in the wake of climate disasters

Limits To Circular Economies (Nature Review):

The appeal of the circular economy revisited: on track for transformative change or enabler of moral licensing?

US > Changing Rainfall Patterns (Nature):

Anthropogenic aerosols mask increases in US rainfall by greenhouse gases

Global Mangrove Forests (ERL):

Human population density & blue carbon stocks in mangroves soils

Changes To Arctic Whale Migration (GRL):

Basin-Wide Shift in Bowhead Whale Migration in the Pacific Arctic

Scientists Take Political Action (Nature News):

Scientists under arrest: the researchers taking action over climate change

Fish Immunity (Biology Ltrs Review):

Are fish immunocompetent enough to face climate change?

Helsinki, Finland > Green Space & CO2 Sinks (Urban For. Urban Green.)

CO2 uptake of urban vegetation in a warming Nordic city

Indonesia > Raptor At Risk (Geography & Sustainability):

Projected impacts of climate change & anthropogenic effects on habitat distribution of endangered Javan Hawk-Eagle in Indonesia

Clean Energy Workforce (ERSS):

The failure to decarbonize the global energy education system: Carbon lock-in & stranded skill sets

Vienna, Austria > Temp Extremes (Nature):

Climate change contribution to the 2023 autumn temperature records in Vienna

Great Britain > Transport Emissions (Nature):

Offshoring emissions through used vehicle exports

Ice Sheets & Rising Sea Levels (Phys.Org + Conversation Articles on Paywalled Nature Review Paper):

Phys.Org: New study could improve predictions on rising sea levels

Nature (Paywall): Short- & long-term variability of the Antarctic & Greenland ice sheets

The Conversation: A single Antarctic heatwave or storm can noticeably raise the sea level

Global Vegetation Carbon Uptake (Nature):

Transition from positive to negative indirect CO2 effects on the vegetation carbon uptake

New Book (Routledge):

Flood Risk & Community Resilience: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Australia > Stay or Go (J. Migr. Health):

Anticipating environmental losses: Effects on place attachment & intentions to move

Plastics & Methane Production (J. Chem. Eng.):

Comprehensive meta-analysis reveals the impact of non-biodegradable plastic pollution on methane production in anaerobic digestion

Canada > Polar Bear Health (Nature):

Polar bear energetic & behavioral strategies on land with implications for surviving the ice-free period

Land-Atmosphere Temp Interactions (Nature):

Contrasting sensitivity of air temperature trends to surface soil temperature trends between climate models & reanalyses

Louisiana > Risk To Coastal Wetlands (Nature):

Real-world time-travel experiment shows ecosystem collapse due to anthropogenic climate change

Middle East > Precipitation Predictability (Nature):

Unraveling sub-seasonal precipitation variability in the Middle East via Indian Ocean sea surface temperature

Europe > Changing Forest Cover (Biogeosciences):

The effect of forest cover changes on the regional climate conditions in Europe during the period 1986–2015

Tehran > Urban Resilience (SCS):

Assessing & mapping urban ecological resilience using the loss-gain approach: A case study of Tehran, Iran

China > Soil Cooling Mulch (Nexus):

Enhancing food production in hot climates through radiative cooling mulch: A nexus approach

Water & Human Dynamics (Nature Commentary):

The human factor in water disasters

US > Changing Summer Temps (Earth's Future):

Changes in US Summer Temperatures Revealed by Explainable Neural Networks

Africa > Dryland Resilience (Nature):

Over-reliance on water infrastructure can hinder climate resilience in pastoral drylands

US > Denial & Social Media (Nature):

The social anatomy of climate change denial in the US

Mexico > Fisheries At Risk (GEC):

Self-governance mediates small-scale fishing strategies, vulnerability & adaptive response

Texas > Energy Infrastructure Resilience (IJDRR):

Enhancing power system resilience to extreme weather events: A qualitative assessment of winter storm Uri

Middle East & North Africa > Locust Dynamics (Science):

Unveiling the role of climate in spatially synchronized locust outbreak risks

Europe > West Nile Virus (Nature):

Contribution of climate change to the spatial expansion of West Nile virus in Europe

Arctic > Wetland CH4 Emissions (Nature):

Boreal–Arctic wetland methane emissions modulated by warming & vegetation activity

US > Crop Irrigation Emissions (Nature):

Greenhouse gas emissions from US irrigation pumping & implications for climate-smart irrigation policy

East US > Adaptation Via Reforestation (Earth's Future):

A Century of Reforestation Reduced Anthropogenic Warming in the Eastern US

Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf > Stability (Cryosphere):

Brief communication: Rapid acceleration of the Brunt Ice Shelf after calving of iceberg A-81

EU Policy (Nature Editorial):

EU climate policy is dangerously reliant on untested carbon-capture technology

Amazon Forest Trajectories (Nature):

Critical transitions in the Amazon forest system

Arctic Marine Heatwaves (Nature):

Arctic marine heatwaves forced by greenhouse gases & triggered by abrupt sea-ice melt

Sweden > Boreal Forests & Drought (Nature):

Drought response of the boreal forest carbon sink is driven by understorey–tree composition

Rwanda > Resettlement As Adaptation (Climate & Development):

Climate resettlement & livelihood transformation in Rwanda: the case of Rweru Model Green Village

Portugal > Ag & Solar Energy (Energy Sustain Dev.)

Agri-PV in Portugal: How to combine agriculture & photovoltaic production

France > Coastal Erosion (Sci. Total Environ.):

Coastal adaptation & migration dynamics under future shoreline changes

Global Atmospheric Rivers (JGR):

Future Changes in Global Atmospheric Rivers Projected by CMIP6 Models

US > Blizzards (ERL):

Investigating the occurrence of blizzard events over the contiguous US using observations & climate projections

Great Britain > Changing Land-Use & Biodiversity (Nature):

Anthropogenic climate & land-use change drive short- & long-term biodiversity shifts across taxa

Greenland > Changing Land Cover (Nature):

Land cover changes across Greenland dominated by a doubling of vegetation in three decades

Denmark > Risks To Mussels & Estuaries (Heliyon):

Impacts of climate change on water quality, benthic mussels, & suspended mussel culture in a shallow, eutrophic estuary

East Antarctica's Wilkes Subglacial Basin Stability (GRL):

Heterogeneous Basal Thermal Conditions Underpinning the Adélie-George V Coast, East Antarctica

Mangroves & Saltmarshes > CO2 Dynamics (Nature):

Carbonate chemistry & carbon sequestration driven by inorganic carbon outwelling from mangroves & saltmarshes

Chile > Wildfires (Nature):

Extreme fire weather in Chile driven by climate change & El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)

Newspaper Coverage Within 26 Countries (ERL):

Vulnerable voices: using topic modeling to analyze newspaper coverage of climate change in 26 non-Annex I countries (2010–2020)

West Antarctic Ice Sheet Stability (Nature):

Abrupt Holocene ice loss due to thinning & ungrounding in the Weddell Sea Embayment

China > Heat–Resilient Urban Communities & Infrastructure (Environ. Technol. Innov.):

Towards Cool Cities & Communities: Preparing for an increasingly Hot Future by the Development of Heat-Resilient Infrastructure & Urban Heat Management Plan

Morocco > Drought Risk (Landscape & Urban Planning):

Drought threatens agroforestry landscapes & dryland livelihoods in a North African hotspot of environmental change

Support For Action Across 125 Countries (Nature):

Globally representative evidence on the actual & perceived support for climate action

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) Status (Nature):

Physics-based early warning signal shows that AMOC is on tipping course

RealClimate Post: New study suggests the Atlantic overturning circulation AMOC “is on tipping course”

Forests + Aerosol-Cloud Feedback (Nature):

Process-evaluation of forest aerosol-cloud-climate feedback shows clear evidence from observations & large uncertainty in models

Bedrock Rebound Due To Peripheral Glacier Ice Loss (GRL):

Vertical Land Motion Due To Present-Day Ice Loss From Greenland's & Canada's Peripheral Glaciers

Japan > Dynamics of Typhoon Intensity (GRL):

Buffering Effect of Atmosphere–Ocean Coupling on Intensity Changes of Tropical Cyclones Under a Changing Climate

Individual Mitigation Behavior in 63 Countries (Science):

Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries

Health Psychology & Ecological / Health Breakdowns (Health Psychology Review):

Health psychology & climate change: time to address humanity’s most existential crisis

Global Future Clean Water Scarcity (Nature):

A triple increase in global river basins with water scarcity due to future pollution

A Participatory Energy Transition (Energy Strategy Reviews):

Advancing participatory energy systems modelling

Sea Sponges As Warming Proxy (Nature Study + Responses):

Nature: 300 years of sclerosponge thermometry shows global warming has exceeded 1.5 °C

CarbonBrief: Scientists challenge ‘flawed communication’ of study claiming 1.5C warming breach

Guardian: Ancient sea sponges at centre of controversial claim world has already warmed by 1.7C