California > Terrestrial Biodiversity (PNAS):

Climate change & California’s terrestrial biodiversity

China > Urban Heat Islands (Nature):

Mitigating urban heat island through neighboring rural land cover

Johan Rockström Interview > Planetary Boundaries (The Great Simplification Podcast, 1 hr 32 min):

 June 19, 2024

(See Blog Resources Page For More On Planetary Boundaries)

Growing Global CH4 Emissions (Frontiers):

The methane imperative

Arctic Indigenous Food Systems (PNAS):

Indigenous food production in a carbon economy

Arctic Sea Navigation (Nature):

Ships are projected to navigate whole year-round along the North Sea route by 2100

Sea Ice Sensitivity To Ocean Heat (Nature):

Impact of ocean heat transport on sea ice captured by a simple energy balance model

Shrinking Arctic Sea Ice (Adv. Atmos. Sci.):

Arctic Sea Ice Variations in the First Half of the 20th Century: A New Reconstruction Based on Hydrometeorological Data (download 13 pg)

Global Funding Human Health Initiatives (Nature):

Critically examining research funding patterns for climate change & human health

US > Extreme Precipitation (Nature):

Bracing for impact: how shifting precipitation extremes may influence physical climate risks in an uncertain future

Germany > Grassland Diversity (Global Change Biology):

Land use modulates resistance of grasslands against future climate & inter-annual climate variability in a large field experiment

Planetary Boundaries > Johan Rockström Interview (McKinsey & Co):

Pulling back from the boundaries: An interview with Johan Rockström (26 July 2024)

Global Crop Yields & Heat Stress (One Earth):

Human heat stress could offset potential economic benefits of CO2 fertilization in crop production under a high-emissions scenario

Permafrost CO2 Uptake (Nature):

Decadal increases in carbon uptake offset by respiratory losses across northern permafrost ecosystems

US > Mammal Abundance (Diversity & Distributions):

Climate, food & humans predict communities of mammals in the US

Global Hydrological Exposure & Migration (Nature):

Understanding the global subnational migration patterns driven by hydrological intrusion exposure

New Zealand > Reestablishing Indigenous Natural Law (Climate Policy):

An Indigenous climate justice policy analysis tool

Asia > Increasing Dengue Fever Transmission (Earth's Future):

Emerging Risk to Dengue in Asian Metropolitan Areas Under Global Warming

US > Heat-Related Social Inequities (Nature):

Racial/ethnic disparities in the distribution of heatwave frequency & expected economic losses in the US

Brazil > Shifting Forest Composition (J Veg. Sci.)

Elevational shifts in tree community composition in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest related to climate change

Madagascar > Biodiversity Hotspot (Nature):

Modelling reveals the effect of climate & land use change on Madagascar’s chameleons fauna

Africa > Adaptation Tracking (Nature):

Opportunities to strengthen Africa’s efforts to track national-level climate adaptation

US > New Alliance Expanding Tribal-Led Buffalo Restoration (Press Release):

Tribal Buffalo Lifeways Collaboration

African Sahel Region > Health Impacts (Royal Society Review):

Climate change & health in the Sahel: a systematic review

Brazilian Amazon > Community Drought Adaptation (Nature):

Severe droughts reduce river navigability & isolate communities in the Brazilian Amazon

ENSO May Be A Tipping Element (GRL):

Is El Niño-Southern Oscillation a Tipping Element in the Climate System?

New Planetary Boundary > Marine Deoxygenation? (Paywalled Nature Perspective):

UC Santa Cruz Press Release: Loss of oxygen in lakes & oceans another sign of Earth systems under strain

Nature (Paywall Perspective): Aquatic deoxygenation as a planetary boundary & key regulator of Earth system stability 

Ecuador > Sustainable Fishing (Nature):

Sustainability & climate change: gender perspective in the traditional fishing sector in Ecuador

SE Asia > Crop Production (Nature):

Case study on climate change effects & food security in Southeast Asia

Indonesia > K-12 Education (Nature):

Climate change education in Indonesia’s formal education: a policy analysis

Global South > Nature Based Urban Solutions (Enviro Research - Ecology):

Nature based solutions in cities of the global South - The 'where, who & how' of implementation

Brazil > Savanna Fire & Conservation (Nature):

Human land occupation regulates the effect of the climate on the burned area of the Brazilian Cerrado

Indigenous Peoples > Health & Housing (Canadian Climate Institute Report):

Beyond Sustainability: The Power of Indigenous Healthy Energy Homes; A new approach to Indigenous housing can address health & climate (download 41 pg)

Bangladesh > Ag & Nature-Based Solutions (Environmental Challenges):

Vulnerability & effectiveness of nature-based solutions (NbS) in the farming communities of coastal Bangladesh

Africa > Sea Level Rise (Sustainability):

Sea Level Variability Assessment along the African Coast (download)

Southeast Asia > Changing Tropical Cyclones (Nature):

Changes to tropical cyclone trajectories in Southeast Asia under a warming climate

Arctic Indigenous Communities At Risk (Nature Commentary):

Climate change is worsening the housing crisis — we must tackle the two together;  Thousands of people are being displaced across the Arctic. Governments must listen to Indigenous & local communities & act on their advice.

Mexico > Risk & Adaptation (Nature):

Asset-level assessment of climate physical risk matters for adaptation finance

Action, Inequity & Justice (Nature Commentary):

Climate action & the vantage point of imagined futures: a scenario-based conversation

Oklahoma Tribes & Inequitable Risks (News Stories on WCAS Paywalled Paper):

Scripps News: Study shows climate change is affecting some Native American tribes; A University of Oklahoma study examined changes of climate change & the risk they pose to tribal lands.

Cherokee Phoenix: Study finds climate change intensifies hazard risk for Oklahoma’s Native Americans

WCAS (Paywall): Future Heavy Rainfall & Flood Risks for Native Americans under Climate & Demographic Changes: A Case Study in Oklahoma