New Book (Melville House):

The Future of Energy

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Endangered Arctic Plant Evolutionary Rescue (Royal Society):

The potential for evolutionary rescue in an Arctic seashore plant threatened by climate change

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New Book (Springer):

Disaster & Climate Risk Education: Insights from Knowledge to Action
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US > Hurricane & Tropical Storm Fatalities (Nature):

Mortality caused by tropical cyclones in the US
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Projecting Future Global Impacts (Frontiers):

Emerging signals of climate change from the equator to the poles: new insights into a warming world
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Estimating CO2 Kept In Atmosphere (Nature):

A regression-based approach to the CO2 airborne fraction
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Compound Extreme Events (ERL):

Comparison of the risks & drivers of compound hot-dry & hot-wet extremes in a warming world
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Canada > Wildfires (Nature):

Global climate change below 2 °C avoids large end century increases in burned area in Canada
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Costa Rica > Sloths At Risk (PeerJ):

Sloth metabolism may make survival untenable under climate change scenarios
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Mitigation Via Wetlands (Nature):

New perspectives on temperate inland wetlands as natural climate solutions under different CO2-equivalent metrics
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Worldwide Urban Solutions (Resilient Cities Network Report):

Urban Pulse: Identifying Resilience Solutions at the Intersection of Climate, Health & Equity (Download 76 Pg)

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Risks To Alpine & Tibetan Plateau Tundra (RMetS):

High-resolution CMIP6 analysis highlights emerging climate challenges in alpine & Tibetan Tundra zones
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Defining The Anthropocene's Onset (PNAS):

Toward defining the Anthropocene onset using a rapid increase in anthropogenic fingerprints in global geological archives
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US > Extreme Temps & Racial Disparities (One Earth):

Racial disparities in deaths related to extreme temperatures in the US
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Northern Cryosphere > Inland Water Emissions (Science):

Inland water greenhouse gas emissions offset the terrestrial carbon sink in the northern cryosphere
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Worldwide Policy Databases (Nature Review):

A review of national climate policies via existing databases
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2022 Tonga Volcanic Tsunami (Nature):

A coupled atmosphere-ocean source mechanism was a predictor of the 2022 Tonga volcanic tsunami
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The Marine Carbon Sink (Nature):

Marine carbon sink dominated by biological pump after temperature overshoot
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China > Developing Desert Photovoltaic Parks (Nature):

Assessment of the ecological & environmental effects of large-scale photovoltaic development in desert areas
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Predicting Global CO2 Emissions (Nature):

Forecasting national CO2 emissions worldwide

Author Correction
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The Ocean CO2 Sink (Nature):

Constraining the trend in the ocean CO2 sink during 2000–2022
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Baltic Sea Marine Heatwaves (Nature):

Variability of marine heatwaves’ characteristics & assessment of their potential drivers in the Baltic Sea over the last 42 years
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Assessing Tropical Cyclone Risk (Nature):

Modeling surge dynamics improves coastal flood estimates in a global set of tropical cyclones
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Global Human Coastal Populations (Nature):

Accelerating growth of human coastal populations at the global & continent levels: 2000–2018
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Global Compound Hot-Dry Events (Nature):

A high-resolution dataset for future compound hot-dry events under climate change
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Deer Responses & Dynamics (Global Change Biology Review):

Climate change & deer in boreal & temperate regions: From physiology to population dynamics & species distributions
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US > Extreme Temp Mortality (JAMA):

Projections of Extreme Temperature–Related Deaths in the US
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Indigenous Shellfishing & Resiliency (Nature):

Shellfishing, sea levels, & the earliest Native American villages (5000–3800 yrs. BP) of the South Atlantic Coast of the US
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Global Ag Carbon Sinks (Nature):

Enhanced agricultural carbon sinks provide benefits for farmers & the climate
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Global Heatwaves, Croplands & Food Security (ERL):

Increasing exposure of global croplands productivity to growing season heatwaves under climate warming

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Global Post-Drought Precip (GRL):

Future Increase in Post-Drought Precipitation With a Stronger Response to Warming
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US > Mental Burnout (J of Enviro Psychology):

Thinking about the future: Examining the exacerbating & attenuating factors of despair-induced climate burnout
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Rationing Policy Acceptance (Nature):

Public acceptability of climate-motivated rationing
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S America > Severe Impacts (Nature):

South America is becoming warmer, drier, & more flammable
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Arctic Ocean Marine Heatwaves (Nature):

Arctic Amplification of marine heatwaves under global warming
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Extreme El Niño Events (Nature):

Future increase in extreme El Niño supported by past glacial changes
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Atlantic Ocean's Sargasso Sea Region > Phytoplankton Warming Response (Nature):

Climate variability shifts the vertical structure of phytoplankton in the Sargasso Sea
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Increasingly Large Wildfires & Feedbacks (Nature):

Forest fire size amplifies postfire land surface warming
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Understanding Extreme Events (ASL):

A shifting climate: New paradigms & challenges for (early career) scientists in extreme weather research
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Antarctic Algae Blooms (JGR):

Chlorophyll Production in the Amundsen Sea Boosts Heat Flux to Atmosphere & Weakens Heat Flux to Ice Shelves
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Predicting Sea Ice Cover (Royal Society):

On transitions in water wave propagation through consolidated to broken sea ice covers
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Planetary Health Check, Johan Rockström, Et al. (New Report & Website):

Planetary Health Check (Download 97 pg 2024 Report)

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Scenario-Based Adaptation Planning (Frontiers):

Scenario planning for climate adaptation & management: a high-level synthesis & standardization of methodology
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Arctic-Subarctic Permafrost Thaw & Wildfire (Nature):

Abrupt increase in Arctic-Subarctic wildfires caused by future permafrost thaw
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Sustainable Global Fisheries (Nature):

Rethinking sustainability of marine fisheries for a fast-changing planet
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Summer Weather Extremes (Nature):

Increased projected changes in quasi-resonant amplification & persistent summer weather extremes in the latest multimodel climate projections
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Svalbard > Warming & Cloud Microphysics (Nature):

Surface warming in Svalbard may have led to increases in highly active ice-nucleating particles
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China > Urban Heat Islands & Trees (AAS):

Enhanced Cooling Efficiency of Urban Trees on Hotter Summer Days in 70 Cities of China

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Evidence-Based Policies (Nature News):

Scientists are building giant ‘evidence banks’ to create policies that actually work
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Colorado River > Water Scarcity (Earth's Future):

Scenario Storyline Discovery for Planning in Multi-Actor Human-Natural Systems Confronting Change
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China > Peak Emissions (Nature Commentary):

What does peak emissions mean for China — & the world?
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US > Flood Exposure (2 Studies):

Earth's Future: A Nationwide Analysis of Community-Level Floodplain Development Outcomes & Key Influences

Oxford Open Climate Change: How local governments avoid floodplain development through consistent implementation of routine municipal ordinances, plans, & programs
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Ireland > Framing the Farming Message (J of Rural Studies):

Policy & politics: How specialist farming media frame climate action
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Siberia > Shifting Wildfire Regime (AGU Advances):

Escalating Wildfires in Siberia Driven by Climate Feedbacks Under a Warming Arctic in the 21st Century
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Large Seabird Southern Ocean Sea-Ice Habitat (Progress In Oceanography):

Seasonal resource tracking & use of sea-ice foraging habitats by albatrosses & large petrels 
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Antarctic Ice Loss (Nature):

Ocean warming as a trigger for irreversible retreat of the Antarctic ice sheet
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Global Marine Ecosystem Risks (PLOS):

Cumulative human impacts on global marine fauna highlight risk to biological and functional diversity
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Amazon > Carbon Cycle Projections (Nature):

Emergent constraints on future Amazon climate change-induced carbon loss using past global warming trends
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Antarctic Sea Ice Production (Nature):

Evidence for large-scale climate forcing of dense shelf water variability in the Ross Sea
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W Mediterranean Region > Extreme Heat (Nature):

Recent heatwaves as a prelude to climate extremes in the western Mediterranean region
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California > Urban Heat Exposure (Nature):

Is home where the heat is? comparing residence-based with mobility-based measures of heat exposure in San Diego, California
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Global Drought Risk (Nature):

Observation-constrained projections reveal longer-than-expected dry spells
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Antarctic Sea Ice Dynamics (Nature):

A dataset of the daily edge of each polynya in the Antarctic
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Africa > New Earth4All Report:

SDGs for All: Africa (download 68 pg)

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IPCC Author Survey (Nature):

Perceptions of carbon dioxide emission reductions & future warming among climate experts
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Planning Green Energy Systems (Adv. Appl. Energy):

Planning reliable wind- & solar-based electricity systems
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US > Urban Heat & Just Strategies (PNAS):

Prioritizing social vulnerability in urban heat mitigation
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UK > Weather-Related Mortality (Lancet):

Expert judgement reveals current & emerging UK climate-mortality burden
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Scientists & Activism (Nature):

Between two worlds the scientist’s dilemma in climate activism
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Beyond GDP (Lancet Review):

Beyond GDP: a review & conceptual framework for measuring sustainable & inclusive wellbeing
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Adaptation Solutions (Nature Perspective):

Improving adaptation assessment in the IPCC
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Minimizing Aviation Contrails (ACP):

The importance of an informed choice of CO2-equivalence metrics for contrail avoidance
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Borneo > Logging & CO2 (New Phytologist):

From tree to plot: investigating stem CO2 efflux & its drivers along a logging gradient in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
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Greenland > Rockslide & Tsunami (Nature News on Paywalled Science Paper):

Nature News: Weird signal that baffled seismologists traced to mega-landslide in Greenland


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Twitter Discourse (Discover Sustainability):

Tweeting climate change: analyzing actor diversity & influence in climate-change discourse post-Paris agreement
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Fossil Fuel Finance (Nature):

The challenge of phasing-out fossil fuel finance in the banking sector
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UK > Academic Air Travel (GEC):

Tackling the academic air travel dependency. An analysis of the (in)consistency between academics’ travel behaviour & their attitudes
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US > Religious Beliefs (Nature):

Belief in divine (versus human) control of earth affects perceived threat of climate change
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New Open Access Book:

Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground; Actors, Arguments & Approaches in the Global South & Global North (download 259 pg)
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S Atlantic Ocean Carbon Pump (Global Biogeochemical Cycles):

The Changing Biological Carbon Pump of the South Atlantic Ocean
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US > Eastern Forests (Global Change Biology):

Asymmetric effects of hydroclimate extremes on eastern US tree growth: Implications on current demographic shifts & climate variability
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Antarctic Ice Sheet > Projecting Changes (Earth's Future):

Evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet Over the Next Three Centuries From an ISMIP6 Model Ensemble
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N Hemisphere > Heatwave Trends (Nature):

Sketching the spatial disparities in heatwave trends by changing atmospheric teleconnections in the Northern Hemisphere
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Global Consumer Risk & Inequality (Nature):

Global economic impact of weather variability on the rich & the poor
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Greenland Ice Sheet > Extreme Melting (J of Climate):

Rising Extreme Meltwater Trends in Greenland Ice Sheet (1950–2022): Surface Energy Balance & Large-Scale Circulation Changes
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Carbon Footprint Inequality (Nature):

Underestimation of personal carbon footprint inequality in four diverse countries
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A Just & Safe Planet, Johan Rockström, et al. (Lancet):

A just world on a safe planet: a Lancet Planetary Health–Earth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, & transformations

See Resources Page For More On Earth System / Planetary Boundaries
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Sweden > Extreme Weather Hotspots (SERRA):

Identifying regional hotspots of heatwaves, droughts, floods, & their co-occurrences
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Tibetan Plateau Heatwave (Weather & Climate Extremes):

Land-atmosphere coupling amplified the record-breaking heatwave at altitudes above 5000 meters on the Tibetan Plateau in July 2022
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Boreal Forest Diversity (Nature):

Boreal tree species diversity increases with global warming but is reversed by extremes
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Global Forest Loss (One Earth):

Disproportionate low-elevation forest loss in over 65% of the world’s mountains calls for targeted conservation
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Sea Ice-Ocean Storm Response (JGR):

Air-Ice-Ocean Coupling During a Strong Mid-Winter Cyclone: Observing Coupled Dynamic Interactions Across Scales
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Antarctic Krill Fishery (Nature):

Whale recovery & the emerging human-wildlife conflict over Antarctic krill
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Marine Mammal & Ocean Health (Nature):

Marine mammals as indicators of Anthropocene Ocean Health
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US > Increasing Winter Precip (Nature):

Robust future intensification of winter precipitation over the US
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Europe & US > Extreme Urban Rain (Earth's Future):

Intensification & Changing Spatial Extent of Heavy Rainfall in Urban Areas
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Digital Inputs & Emissions Reduction (ERL):

Digital input requirements for global carbon emission reduction
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US > Hydropower Projections (ERL):

Multi-scale impacts of climate change on hydropower for long-term water-energy planning in the contiguous US
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Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledge (Nature Commentary):

No basis for claim that 80% of biodiversity is found in Indigenous territories
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Mapping Global Urban Precip Hotspots (PNAS):

Global scale assessment of urban precipitation anomalies
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