Transition Via AI (Nature):

Green & intelligent: the role of AI in the climate transition
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California > Nature-Based Solutions (Nature):

Experiments in nature-based solutions: pursuing conservation, climate action, & land use planning in California
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Alps Region > Extreme Weather (Nature):

A 2°C warming can double the frequency of extreme summer downpours in the Alps
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Global Land Moisture Deficits (Nature News):

Climate science & the case of the missing moisture
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Financing Adaptation (Science Policy Forum):

Climate adaptation finance: From paper commitments to climate risk reduction
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Impacts on Antarctic Seals (Global Change Biology):

Temporary Absence of Warming in the Northern Weddell Sea Validates Expected Responses of Antarctic Seals to Sea Ice Change
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Arctic Peatland Expansion (Nature):

Satellite data indicates recent Arctic peatland expansion with warming
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Clouds & Solar Absorption (GRL):

Contraction of the World's Storm-Cloud Zones the Primary Contributor to the 21st Century Increase in the Earth's Sunlight Absorption
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S America > Indigenous & Community Sustainable Pathways (Nature):

Indigenous & Local Communities’ initiatives have transformative potential to guide shifts toward sustainability in South America
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Limits to Carbon Offsetting (Nature):

Carbon offsetting of fossil fuel emissions through afforestation is limited by financial viability & spatial requirements
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Australia > Indigenous Landscape Burning (Global Change Biology):

Plant Responses to a Re-emergence of Cultural Burning in Long-Unburnt, Threatened Temperate Woodlands
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Impacts on Sharks (Conservation Biology):

Predictions of southern migration timing in coastal sharks under future ocean warming
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North Atlantic Oscillation & Extreme Weather (Nature):

More extreme summertime North Atlantic Oscillation under climate change
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Battery Electric Vehicles (Nature):

Battery electric vehicles show the lowest carbon footprints among passenger cars across 1.5–3.0 °C energy decarbonisation pathways
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Key Indicator Annual Update (ESSD):

Indicators of Global Climate Change 2024: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system & human influence (40pg)
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Global Ag Adaptation (Nature):

Impacts of climate change on global agriculture accounting for adaptation
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Europe > Adaptation Investments (Nature):

Private investments in climate change adaptation are increasing in Europe, although sectoral differences remain
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Boreal Weather Extremes (PNAS):

Increased frequency of planetary wave resonance events over the past half-century
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Worldwide National Emissions Targets (Nature):

Navigating the black box of fair national emissions targets
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Ice Sheets & Sea Level Rise (Nature):

Episodic reef growth in the Last Interglacial driven by competing influence of polar ice sheets to sea level rise
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Ecosystem Services of Intermittent Estuaries (Nature):

Intermittent estuaries deserve global attention as vulnerable & vital ecosystems
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Antarctica > Marine Plastic Pollution (Nature):

Oceanic regions shape the composition of the Antarctic plastisphere
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Canada > Blue Carbon Kelp Forests (Nature):

A blueprint for national assessments of the blue carbon capacity of kelp forests applied to Canada’s coastline
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Arctic Emission Observations (ESSD):

ARGO: ARctic greenhouse Gas Observation metadata version 1
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Mountain Region Human Adaptation (Nature):

Climate change adaptation in global mountain regions requires a multi-sectoral approach
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Wildfire, Carbon & Ocean Dynamics (Nature):

Future climate-driven fires may boost ocean productivity in the iron-limited North Atlantic
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Global River CO2 Emissions (Nature):

Old carbon routed from land to the atmosphere by global river systems
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Global Heatwave Impacts (Earth's Future):

Global Heatwaves Dynamics Under Climate Change Scenarios: Multidimensional Drivers & Cascading Impacts
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Arctic Mercury Pollution (Nature):

Stable isotopes unveil ocean transport of legacy mercury into Arctic food webs
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Canada > Fisheries Mgmt & Indigenous Knowledge (Fish & Fisheries):

Inclusivity of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Fisheries Management
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Antarctica > Glacial Meltwater as a Key Ecological Driver (Nature):

Impact of glacial meltwater on phytoplankton biomass along the Western Antarctic Peninsula
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Reaching Net-Zero Targets (Nature):

Separating CO2 emission from removal targets comes with limited cost impacts
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Ocean CO2 Sequestration Dynamics (Science):

Oceanic uptake of CO2 enhanced by mesoscale eddies
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China > Heatwave/Heavy Rain Events (Nature):

Accelerated shifts from heatwaves to heavy rainfall in a changing climate
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AMOC & European Temps (GRL):

European Temperature Extremes Under Different AMOC Scenarios in the Community Earth System Model

CarbonBrief: Ocean current ‘collapse’ could trigger ‘profound cooling’ in northern Europe – even with global warming
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Aerosol Effect Explainer by Zeke Hausfather (CarbonBrief):

Explainer: How human-caused aerosols are ‘masking’ global warming
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Canada > Extreme Wildfires (Nature):

Atmospheric & oceanic drivers behind the 2023 Canadian wildfires
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Planetary Boundary Thresholds, Lenton, Rockström, et al. (Earth System Governance):

Thresholds of significant harm at global level: The journey of the Earth Commission
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Mitigation Via Global Reforestation (Nature):

Addressing critiques refines global estimates of reforestation potential for climate change mitigation
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AMOC, Amazon Rainforest & Tipping Elements (ERL):

Causal pathway from AMOC to Southern Amazon rainforest indicates stabilising interaction between two climate tipping elements
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Hong Kong > Compound Heatwave-Ozone Events (Enviro Int'l):

Assessing the impact of compound heatwave-ozone event with varied definitions on mortality risk in Hong Kong
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Ocean Acidification (Global Change Biology):

Ocean Acidification: Another Planetary Boundary Crossed
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North American West Coast > Coastal Changes (Nature):

Waterline responses to climate forcing along the North American West Coast
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Threats to Coral Reefs (Science):

Anthropogenic climate change will likely outpace coral range expansion
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Predicting Arctic Sea Ice (Nature):

Assimilating summer sea ice thickness enhances predictions of Arctic sea ice & surrounding atmosphere within two months
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Widespread Support for Progressive Policies (Nature):

Majority support for global redistributive & climate policies
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Bowhead Whales at Risk (Ecol. Evol.):

21st Century Sea Ice Loss Will Upend 11,700 Years of Stable Habitat for Bowhead Whales
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Global Vertebrate Vulnerability Hotspots (Global Change Biology):

Projected Increases in Climate Extremes Across Global Vertebrate Diversity Hotspots
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Global Compound Extreme Events (Earth's Future):

Global Mapping of Concurrent Hazards & Impacts Associated With Climate Extremes Under Climate Change
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Increasing Worldwide Drought Severity (Nature):

Warming accelerates global drought severity
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North Atlantic Marine Heatwaves (Nature):

Drivers of the extreme North Atlantic marine heatwave during 2023
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North Atlantic Cold Blob & AMOC (Science):

Subpolar North Atlantic cooling reinforced by colder, drier atmosphere with a weakening Atlantic meridional overturning circulation
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Central Asia > Land Cover Change (Nature):

Climate-driven land cover change & altitudinal shifts in the Aksu region of the Tianshan mountains from 1985 to 2020
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Co-Creating Indigenous Curriculum (Community Science):

Building Relationships for Meaningful Co-Created Indigenous Climate Education
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Indigenous Māori Urban Ecological Restoration (Nature):

Reimagining, reclaiming, & reconnecting Indigenous voices in urbanism: a review of Indigenous approaches for urban ecological restoration
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Global Wild Animals at Risk, Ripple, et al. (BioScience):

Climate change threats to Earth's wild animals
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US Hurricanes, Sobel & Emanuel (Nature Comment):

Hurricane risk in a changing climate — the role of uncertainty
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Status of Planetary Boundaries, Rockström, et al. (Nature):

Exploring pathways for world development within planetary boundaries
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Indigenous Knowledge & Biodiversity Hotspots (Nature):

Simulated biodiversity hotspots from traditional ecological knowledge & Western metrics do not always overlap
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Alaska > Research Partnerships that Include Indigenous Communities (Community Science):

Sharing Our Story to Build Our Future: A Case Study of Evaluating a Partnership for Co-Produced Research in Southeast Alaska
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Warming Oceans, Trenberth, et al. (J of Climate):

Distinctive Pattern of Global Warming in Ocean Heat Content
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Solutions Involving Indigenous Knowledge (Front. Ecol. Environ. Conceptual Paper):

A path to reconciliation between Indigenous & settler–colonial epistemologies
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Triggering Tipping Points, Tim Lenton, et al. (ESD):

High probability of triggering climate tipping points under current policies modestly amplified by Amazon dieback & permafrost thaw
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New Indigenous Book (Hachette):

The Water Remembers: My Indigenous Family's Fight to Save a River & a Way of Life
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Declining Great Lakes Indigenous Wild Rice Harvest (Nature):

Climate change contributes to the decline in off-reservation tribal harvest availability in the Great Lakes region
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Indigenous Conservation & Traditional Ecological Knowledge / TEK (Nature News):

The future of conservation lies in listening, not just science
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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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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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Using Indigenous & Local Knowledge (Nature Career Feature):

How researchers can work fairly with Indigenous & local knowledge
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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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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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New Zealand > Indigenous Water Management (Nature):

Untapping the potential of Indigenous water jurisdiction: perspectives from Whanganui & Aotearoa New Zealand
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Indigenous Knowledge & Futures Thinking (Sustainability Science Review):

Framings in Indigenous futures thinking: barriers, opportunities, & innovations
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AMOC Update by Stefan Rahmstorf (RealClimate.org):

The AMOC is slowing, it’s stable, it’s slowing, no, yes, …
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Utilizing Indigenous Knowledge & other Traditional Knowledge re: Adaptation (Nature):

Curating transformation can strengthen adaptation & minimize losses & damages
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New Zealand > Indigenous Knowledge on Coastal Change (Camb. Prism., Coast. Futures):

Braiding archaeology, geomorphology & indigenous knowledge to improve the understanding of local-scale coastal change
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Indigenous Rights, Big Data & Open Science (Nature):

Governance of Indigenous data in open earth systems science
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US > Justice & Indigenous Co-Management (Nature):

From paternalism to self-determination: examining evolving tribal-federal relationships & co-management arrangements through three case studies
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Indigenous, Land-Based Knowledge (Book Chapter, Open Access, Springer Nature):

Chapter: Transforming the Planetary Health Crisis Through an Indigenous Land-Based Meta-Narrative

Full Open Access Book: Transforming Global Health Partnerships; Critical Reflections & Visions of Equity at the Research-Practice Interface
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Amazonian Ecosystems & Indigenous Knowledge (Science Policy Forum):

Indigenizing conservation science for a sustainable Amazon
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Canada > Just & Decolonial Action (Nature):

Shifting & sharing power in urban climate justice work: experiments in transformative learning in Vancouver, Canada
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Antarctica & Southern Ocean > Potential Tipping Points (Ambio):

Cascading tipping points of Antarctica & the Southern Ocean
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S. America & Africa > Tipping Rainforests (ESD):

Multi-fold increase in rainforest tipping risk beyond 1.5–2 °C warming
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Māori Whale Conservation (Frontiers):

How legal personhood & markets can partner to help save the whale
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Polar Sea-Ice Tipping Points (Nature):

Optimal control of polar sea-ice near its tipping points
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Polar Ice Sheets, Tipping Risks & Cascading Effects (Nature):

Polar ice sheets are decisive contributors to uncertainty in climate tipping projections
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Arctic Indigenous-Led Sustainability (Nature):

The benefits of Indigenous-led social science: a mindset for Arctic sustainability


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US > Tribal Lands & Clean Energy (Sustainability):

Opportunities & Barriers for Agrivoltaics on Tribal Lands
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Canada > Indigenous Peoples & Biocultural Conservation (Conserv. Sci. Pract.):

Cultural keystone species & their role in biocultural conservation
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Consumption Patterns & Planetary Boundaries (Nature):

Keeping the global consumption within the planetary boundaries
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Hawaiʻi > Indigenous Resilience (2 Frontiers Articles):

Kīpuka Kuleana: restoring relationships to place & strengthening climate adaptation through a community-based land trust
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Indigenous Knowledge & Adaptation Planning (Frontiers):

Indigenous knowledge in climate adaptation planning: reflections from initial efforts
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New TEK Book (Oregon State U):

Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge

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Planetary Boundaries Update, Rockström, et al. (Nature Review):

Planetary Boundaries guide humanity’s future on Earth
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