Permafrost Thaw & Organic Nitrogen (Soil & Environmental Health):

Role of permafrost thaw transitions in biogeochemical nitrogen cycling
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Lightning, Forests & Carbon Storage (Global Change Biology):

Lightning Impacts on Global Forest & Carbon Dynamics: Current Understanding & Knowledge Gaps
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Global Health Impacts (Future Healthcare J):

Understanding the health impacts of the climate crisis
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Global Freshwater Depletion Hotspots (Nature):

Tracking grid-level freshwater boundary exceedance along global supply chains from consumption to impact
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Ice Sheets & Sea-Level Rise (Nature):

Subglacial water amplifies Antarctic contributions to sea-level rise
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Global Record-Breaking Impacts (Nature):

Global & regional drivers for exceptional climate extremes in 2023-2024: beyond the new normal
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Urban Heat Islands > Mitigation & Adaptation (Nature):

Surface urban heat island effects intensify more rapidly in lower income countries
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Wildfire & Respiratory Risk (Nature):

Respiratory risks from wildfire-specific PM2.5 across multiple countries & territories
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Global Methane Mitigation (Nature):

Drivers of persistent changes in the global methane cycle under aggressive mitigation action
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Eurasia & AMOC (Nature):

Future increases in Eurasian mid-latitude winter temperature variability shaped by a weakened Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
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Canada > Arctic Watershed Erosion (Nature):

Fluvial erosion linked to warming in the Canadian Arctic
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Global Mangroves at Risk (Nature):

Mangroves & their services are at risk from tropical cyclones & sea level rise under climate change
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Italy > Multi-Year Droughts (Int. J. Climatol.):

Widespread Multi-Year Droughts in Italy: Identification & Causes of Development
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Southern Ocean & Iceberg Meltwater Dynamics (Nature):

Giant iceberg meltwater increases upper-ocean stratification & vertical mixing
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Importance of Diverse Forests (Ecology Ltrs):

Tree Diversity Increases Forest Temperature Buffering via Enhancing Canopy Density & Structural Diversity
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Ocean CO2 Uptake Dynamics (Nature):

Emergence of an oceanic CO2 uptake hole under global warming
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Global Kelp Forests & Marine Heatwaves (Nature):

Global floating kelp forests have limited protection despite intensifying marine heatwave threats
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US > Indigenous Knowledge, Impacts & Resilience Report (Inst. for Tribal Environmental Professionals):

Status of Tribes & Climate Change Report (Vol. 2, Download 125 Pg)

Vol. 1 (2021, Download 317 Pg)

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E Asia & US West > Increasing Precipitation (Nature):

Higher precipitation in East Asia and western US expected with future Southern Ocean warming
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Global Deforestation & Carbon Stores at Risk (Nature):

Hedging our bet on forest permanence for the economic viability of climate targets

PIK: Losing forest carbon stocks could put climate goals out of reach
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Warming of the Southern Ocean (Nature):

The greater role of Southern Ocean warming compared to Arctic Ocean warming in shifting future tropical rainfall patterns
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Achieving Net Zero (Nature Commentary):

Six roadblocks to net zero — & how to get around them
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China > Lake Biodiversity & Stability (Nature):

Climate warming & nutrient enrichment destabilize plankton network stability over the past century
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Geopolitical Conflicts Hamper Mitigation (Nature Perspective):

Geopolitical conflict impedes climate change mitigation
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Arabian Peninsula > Extreme Precipitation Events (Nature):

Dynamics of intensification of extreme precipitation events over the Arabian Peninsula derived from CMIP6 simulations
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US > Atmospheric River Trends (Nature):

Opposing trends in winter Atmospheric River over the Western & Eastern US during the past four decades
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Global Wind Power Challenges (Nature):

Escalating wind power shortages during heatwaves
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Coral Atoll Islands & Sea Level Rise (Earth's Future):

Climate Adaptation for a Natural Atoll Island in the Maldives - Predicting the Long-Term Morphological Response of Coral Islands to Sea Level Rise & the Effect of Hazard Mitigation Strategies
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Asia > Soil & Croplands at Risk (Earth's Future, 3 Studies):

Changes in Compound Extreme Events & Their Impacts on Cropland Productivity in China, 1985–2019

Future Soil Erosion Risk in China: Differences in Erosion Driven by General & Extreme Precipitation Under Climate Change

Historical & Projected Cropland Impacts of Heatwaves in Central Asia Under Climate Change
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US > Escalating Heatwaves (Nature):

Understanding spatiotemporal variation of heatwave projections across US cities
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Global Soil Moisture Decline (CarbonBrief Story on Paywalled Science Paper):

Science (Paywall): Abrupt sea level rise & Earth’s gradual pole shift reveal permanent hydrological regime changes in the 21st century

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Spread of Human Pathogenic Bacteria (Science):

Anthropogenic activity & climate change exacerbate the spread of pathogenic bacteria in the environment
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Reducing Urban Heat Stress (Urban Climate):

Thermal hazards in urban spaces: A review of climate-resilient planning & design to reduce the heat stress
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AMOC Dynamics (GRL):

Collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in a Strongly Eddying Ocean-Only Model
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Health of the Baltic Sea (Nature):

Major Baltic Inflows come in different flavours
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US > Beef Emissions (PNAS):

US grass-fed beef is as carbon intensive as industrial beef & ≈10-fold more intensive than common protein-dense alternatives
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Tropical Forests & Road Networks (Nature):

Sprawling roads enhanced tropical forest loss during the period 2001–2020
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Conservation in Global Borderlands (Nature):

Three-quarters of species’ ranges have not been covered by protected areas in global borders
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Germany > Sustainable Farming (Earth Stewardship):

Farmer motivation to participate in cooperative agri-environmental & climate measures
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Carbon Cycle Feedbacks, Rockström, et al. (ERL):

Interplay between climate & carbon cycle feedbacks could substantially enhance future warming

PIK News: Amplified global heating risk due to climate & carbon cycle feedbacks
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Global Lake Deoxygenation (Science):

Climate warming & heatwaves accelerate global lake deoxygenation
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Saving Glaciers (Nature Comment):

Glaciers are not just blocks of ice — plans to save them mustn’t overlook their hidden life
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China > Rhododendron (Woody Plant) Survival (Nature):

Predicting the impact of climate change on the distribution of rhododendron on the qinghai-xizang plateau using maxent model
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Alaska > Permafrost Thaw-Related Damages (Nature):

Permafrost thaw-related infrastructure damage costs in Alaska are projected to double under medium & high emission scenarios
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Training for a Green Economy (Nature Perspective):

Foundations for a green economy: how institutions shape green skills
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Siberia > Boreal Wildfires (Global Change Biology):

What Are the Limits to the Growth of Boreal Fires?
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Retreat of Marine-Terminating Glaciers (Nature):

New coasts emerging from the retreat of Northern Hemisphere marine-terminating glaciers in the twenty-first century
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Predicting Tropical Cyclones (Science):

An annually resolved 5700-year storm archive reveals drivers of Caribbean cyclone frequency
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Antarctica > Subglacial Drainage & Ice Loss (Nature):

The past, present, & future evolution of Aurora Subglacial Basin’s subglacial drainage system
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Baltimore, MD, US > Urban Heat Island (Nature):

Distributional outcomes of urban heat island reduction pathways under climate extremes
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Arctic Warming & Marine Heatwaves in NE Pacific (Nature):

Arctic warming as a potential trigger for the warm blob in the northeast Pacific
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Global Socio-Economics, Mitigation & Adaptation (Nature):

Quantifying both socioeconomic & climate uncertainty in coupled human–Earth systems analysis
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US > City Action Plans (Climatic Change):

A review of US city climate action plans
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Global Update (WMO Report):

State of the Global Climate 2024 (download 42 pg)
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Antarctica > Effects of Warming (Nature):

Surface darkening by abundant & diverse algae on an Antarctic ice cap
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Tropical Atlantic Extreme Marine Heatwaves (Nature):

The severe 2020 coral bleaching event in the tropical Atlantic linked to marine heatwaves
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Storytelling & Justice (Climate & Development):

A review of intersectionality & climate change & the potential of intersectional participatory methods & storytelling to co-produce climate justice
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Using Indigenous & Local Knowledge (Nature Career Feature):

How researchers can work fairly with Indigenous & local knowledge
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Amsterdam > Green Roofs & Food Crops (SCS):

Optimizing productive green roofs for urban food self-sufficiency in Amsterdam
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Our Carbon Budget (ESSD):

Global Carbon Budget 2024
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AI & Early Warning Systems (Nature Perspective):

Early warning of complex climate risk with integrated artificial intelligence
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Antarctic Coastal Ecosystems (Nature):

Climate change-driven ice variability & isotopic polarization in Antarctic coastal food webs
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S Africa > Indigenous Crop Resilience (Nature):

Indigenous farming methods & crop management practices used by local farmers in Madibeng local municipality, South Africa
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Indigenous & Holistic Fire Management (Nature Perspective):

Integrated fire management as an adaptation & mitigation strategy to altered fire regimes
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Our Warming Oceans (Nature):

Record sea surface temperature jump in 2023–2024 unlikely but not unexpected
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Austria > Heavy Rain & Flooding (Nature):

Increasing hourly heavy rainfall in Austria reflected in flood changes
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Modeling Tools (Nature Perspective):

The futures of climate modeling
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US > Burn Smoke & Inequality (Nature):

Socially vulnerable communities face disproportionate exposure & susceptibility to US wildfire & prescribed burn smoke
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Global Heat Stress & Greenness (The Innovation):

Billions of people exposed to increasing heat but decreasing greenness from 2000 to 2022
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Comparing Modeled & Observed Trends (Science Review):

Confronting Earth System Model trends with observations
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Bangladesh > Migration & Inequality (Nature):

Economic inequality is a crucial determinant of observed patterns of environmental migration
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New Book (Routledge):

Confronting Climate Coloniality: Decolonizing Pathways for Climate Justice
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Earth's Energy Imbalance & Ocean Warming (ERL):

Reconciling Earth's growing energy imbalance with ocean warming
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Arctic Sea-Ice Loss & Atmospheric Response (Nature):

Arctic sea-ice loss drives a strong regional atmospheric response over the North Pacific & North Atlantic on decadal scales
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Greenland > Fjord Heat Exchange (Nature):

Winter subglacial meltwater detected in a Greenland fjord
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UK > Extreme Heat & Fires (ERL):

Very high fire danger in UK in 2022 at least 6 times more likely due to human-caused climate change
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Amazonia > Threatened Peatlands (ERL):

Surge of peatland destruction by an advancing front of artisanal gold mining in Amazonia
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Svalbard > Methane Emissions (Biogeosciences):

Proglacial methane emissions driven by meltwater & groundwater flushing in a high-Arctic glacial catchment
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Predicting Weather Extremes (Nature):

How to stop being surprised by unprecedented weather
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Whales & Nutrient Movement (Nature):

Migrating baleen whales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical & subtropical ecosystems
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Himalayan Ag Adaptation (Sci. Total Environ.):

Climatic vulnerability & adaptation strategies for vegetable production in the Northern Himalayan region
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Global Tree Restoration Impacts (Nature):

Observed different impacts of potential tree restoration on local surface & air temperature
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Madagascar > Farmer Adaptation (PLOS):

Climate Change Perceptions & Adaptive Behavior Among Smallholder Farmers in Northeast Madagascar
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Geoengineering Implications (Nature):

Assessing the impacts of mitigation & geoengineering intervention scenarios on Earth system dynamics & climatological variability with multimodal simulations
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Antarctica > Dynamics of Projecting Ice Loss (Nature):

Rare ice-base temperature measurements in Antarctica reveal a cold base in contrast with predictions
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Mitigation Via Worldwide Solar Panels (Nature):

Worldwide rooftop photovoltaic electricity generation may mitigate global warming
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Greenland > Ice Sheet Instability (Nature):

Active ice sheet conservation cannot stop the retreat of Sermeq Kujalleq glacier, Greenland
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Emissions From Global Ditches/Canals (Global Change Biology):

The Importance of Ditches & Canals in Global Inland Water CO2 and N2O Budgets
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Shifting N Atlantic Hurricanes (Nature):

The southward shift of hurricane genesis over the northern Atlantic Ocean
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Mesoamerica > Vulnerable Cloud Forests (Science):

Upslope plant species shifts in Mesoamerican cloud forests driven by climate & land use change
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West Antarctic Ice Loss Dynamics (Nature):

The influence of subglacial lake discharge on Thwaites Glacier ice-shelf melting & grounding-line retreat
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Monitoring Forests Worldwide (EDS):

OpenForest: a data catalog for machine learning in forest monitoring
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Risks to Tropical American Plant Communities (Science):

Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change
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US > Marine Heatwaves (Nature):

Climate change & variability drive increasing exposure of marine heatwaves across US estuaries
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Caribou Conservation & Indigenous Observations (Global Change Biology):

The Erosion of Threatened Southern Mountain Caribou Migration
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Indigenous Resilience > Gitxsan Nation (Canadian Geographies):

A framework for Indigenous climate resilience: A Gitxsan case study
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Arctic Indigenous Food Cultures (Nature Commentary):

Arctic food & energy security at the crossroads
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Bioenergy & Planetary Boundaries (Nature):

Multiple planetary boundaries preclude biomass crops for carbon capture & storage outside of agricultural areas
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Marine Ecosystem Restoration with Indigenous & Community Involvement (Nature Review):

A framework for just seascape restoration
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Indigenous Knowledge & Human-Polar Bear Coexistence (Nature):

Coexistence between people & polar bears supports Indigenous knowledge mobilization in wildlife management & research

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