China > Heatwaves & Ozone (Nature):

Future warming exacerbates heatwave-ozone compound extremes in China
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New Fossil Fuel Projects (Nature):

Quantifying the regional to global climate impacts of individual fossil fuel projects to inform decision-making
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Mountain Glacier Impacts (Nature):

Mountain glaciers recouple to atmospheric warming over the twenty-first century
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Global Tipping Points (Int'l Research Group Report):

Global Tipping Points Report 2025 (download)

Nature News: Coral die-off marks Earth’s first climate ‘tipping point’, scientists say

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Tipping Points in Circulation Systems (ESD):

Tipping points in ocean & atmosphere circulations

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Germany > Livestock & Wolves (People & Nature):

How to reconcile pasture grazing & wolf recolonisation? Perceptions of management options by livestock farmers in Germany
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Stefan Rahmstorf on AMOC (RealClimate Blog):

High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)
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Projecting Emissions & Sea-Level Rise (Cornell U News re: Nature Paywalled Study):

Cornell Chronicle: To prevent rapid sea-level rise, reduce emissions now

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Ag Heat Impacts (ERL):

Amplified agricultural impacts from more frequent & intense sequential heat events
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Impacts on Marine Ecosystems (BG):

Mapping the safe operating space of marine ecosystems under contrasting emission pathways
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E Asia > Summer Heatwaves (ERL):

Hotspots of summer heatwaves in East Asia & their associated radiative & dynamical forcing
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SW North America > Hot Drought (GRL):

Hot Drought of Summer 2023 in Southwestern North America
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Aviation Clouds & Warming (Earth's Future):

A Stylized Study of the Climate Response to Longwave & Shortwave Forcing at the Altitude of Aviation-Induced Cirrus
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India > Malaria Risk (Nature):

Changing climate & its impacts on the dynamics of future malaria transmission over certain endemic regions in India
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Global Mountain Landscape Loss (Nature):

Global loss of mountain vegetated landscapes & its impact on biodiversity conservation
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Migration & Immobility (Annual Review):

Immobility in the Context of Climate Change
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Europe > Extreme Weather Ag Risks (STOTEN Review):

Extreme weather risks for European agriculture (1981–2020): A quantitative review using the E3CI
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China > River Runoff (Nature):

Climate change & human activities amplify runoff variability risks in lower reaches of large rivers
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Africa > Ag Adaptation (Nature Review):

A systematic review of climate change adaptation in vegetable farming systems in Africa
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Amazon Forest Fire-Driven Degradation (BG Ltrs):

Extensive fire-driven degradation in 2024 marks worst Amazon forest disturbance in over 2 decades
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Canada > Burned Peatland Emissions (GRL):

Large Carbon Losses From Burned Permafrost Peatlands During Post-Fire Succession
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Marine Heatwaves, Food Webs & Carbon (Nature):

Marine heatwaves modulate food webs & carbon transport processes
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Amazon River > Plastic Pollution (Ambio Review):

Plastic pollution in the Amazon: The first comprehensive & structured scoping review
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Arctic Stratosphere Dynamics (Nature):

Arctic stratospheric ozone as a precursor of ENSO events since 2000s
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Europe's Marine Heatwaves (Nature):

Recent European marine heatwaves are unprecedented but not unexpected
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Austria > Rain & Debris Flows (Nature):

Climate induced increase in frequency & area affected by critical rainfall conditions triggering debris flows in Austria
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Global Crop Water Consumption (Nature):

Global spatially explicit crop water consumption shows an overall increase of 9% for 46 agricultural crops from 2010 to 2020
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Global Food Waste (Cell Rep. Sustain. Commentary):

The global convergence of food waste: A growing sustainability challenge
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Energy Transition Macroeconomics (Energy Strategy Reviews):

Macroeconomic impact of energy transition: A comparative study of developed & developing countries
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N Atlantic - Europe > Changing Precipitation (WCD):

How relevant are frequency changes of weather regimes for understanding climate change signals in surface precipitation in the North Atlantic–European sector? A conceptual analysis with CESM1 large ensemble simulations
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Mitigation / Adaptation Decision-Making Tool (ERL Review):

The (Co)Benefits Portal—an evidence-based & climate policy-relevant tool for decision-making
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Our Global Food System & Planetary Boundaries (Lancet):

Lancet (Paywall): The EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems

Explained by Johan Rockström (5.5 min):


 

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Antarctic Sea Ice Dynamics (ERL):

Reversal of Ross Sea shelf water freshening is linked to a persistent decline in Antarctic sea ice since the mid-2010s
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Marine Heatwave Attribution (ERC):

Lagrangian attribution of marine heatwave drivers
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Reservoir CO2 & CH4 Emissions (Nature):

Freeze-thaw seasonal variations & environmental controls of CO2 & CH4 diffusive emissions from reservoirs in the upper Yellow River
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Net Zero & Heatwaves (Environ. Res. Clim.):

Heatwaves in a net zero World
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Arabian Gulf > Marine Heatwaves (Nature):

Intensification of marine heatwaves & their climate drivers in the Arabian Gulf
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AMOC & Bipolar Convection Seesaw (Nature):

Earth system response to Heinrich events explained by a bipolar convection seesaw
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Europe > Changes in Hailstorms (NHESS):

Insights from hailstorm track analysis in European climate change simulations
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Southern Ocean Ice & Heat Uptake Dynamics (ESD):

Increased future ocean heat uptake constrained by Antarctic sea ice extent
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IPCC Emissions Scenarios (Nature):

Influence of individual models & studies on quantitative mitigation findings in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
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Consumption by the Rich (Nature):

Nudge the rich! The case for targeting the top 10% in behavioural climate policy
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Destabilising Tipping Elements (Potsdam Inst. Press Release on Nature Paywalled Paper):

Nature (Paywall): Destabilization of Earth system tipping elements

PIK Press Release: Four major Earth system components are losing stability

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Antarctica > Seafloor Seeps (Nature):

Antarctic seep emergence & discovery in the shallow coastal environment
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The Warming Arctic (GRL):

Intensified Warm & Moist Arctic Coast in Summer Due To Future Sea Ice Retreat
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Justice & Int'l Migration (Nature):

Evidence of climate & economic drivers affecting migration in an unequal & warming world
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Renewed Doughnut Framework for Human Needs & Planetary Integrity (Nature):

Doughnut of social & planetary boundaries monitors a world out of balance

Nature Editorial: End GDP mania: how the world should really measure prosperity
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Predicting Sea Level Changes (Science):

Relative sea level projections constrained by historical trends at tide gauge sites
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Planetary Boundary Report (Potsdam Inst. for Climate Impact Research):

Planetary Health Check 2025 (Download 144 pg)

Mongabay: Interview with Johan Rockström
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Amazonian Community Territorial Mgmt (Nature):

Community-based management expands ecosystem protection footprint in Amazonian forests
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Tipping Point Dynamics (ESD Ideas):

Climate tipping is not instantaneous – the duration of an overshoot matters
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Africa > Growing Heatwaves & Heat Stress (Societal Impacts):

The societal impact of heatwave intensification & heat stress on African Urban populations
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New Indigenous Book (Canadian Scholars Pub.):

Indigenous Insights for Planetary Health & Sustainable Food Systems: Learning from International Case Studies
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Advocating for Indigenous Knowledge (Nature Commentary):

‘Communities already have the solutions’: why I advocate for Indigenous knowledge

New Book by Above Author (Penquin): Growing Papaya Trees: Nurturing Indigenous Roots During Climate Displacement
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British Columbia > Wildfire Recovery & Indigenous Food Sovereignty (Ecol. Evol.):

From Science to Sovereignty: Indigenizing Western Scientific Approaches for Culturally Appropriate Wildfire Recovery
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Indigenous Fire Stewardship (PNAS):

Indigenous fire stewardship shaped North American Great Lakes forests
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Planetary Boundaries & Biospheric Risk (One Earth):

Breaching planetary boundaries: Over half of global land area suffers critical losses in functional biosphere integrity
 
PIK News: 60% of the world’s land area is in a precarious state
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Indigenous Knowledge & Nature-Based Solutions (PNAS):

Indigenous critiques & recommendations for reclaiming nature-based solutions
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Planetary Boundaries, Land-Based Mitigation & Food Systems (Rockström, et al., Lancet Planetary Health):

Planetary boundaries under a land-based climate change mitigation scenario with a food demand transformation: a modelling study
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Risks to Arctic Food Webs & Alaska Native Food Security (Nature):

Bowhead whale faeces link increasing algal toxins in the Arctic to ocean warming
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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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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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Canada > Fisheries Mgmt & Indigenous Knowledge (Fish & Fisheries):

Inclusivity of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Fisheries Management
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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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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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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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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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