Threats to Global Biodiversity (Science):

Can we bend the curve: Trends in global biodiversity scenarios

Tipping Thresholds (Oregon State U Press Release, One Earth Paper & Guardian article):

OSU Press Release: Course correction needed quickly to avoid pathway to ‘hothouse Earth’ scenario, scientists say

One Earth: The risk of a hothouse Earth trajectory 

Guardian: Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say

Soil Moisture & Atmospheric Circulation (Nature):

The role of soil moisture on summer atmospheric circulation climatology in the Northern Hemisphere

Europe > Butterfly Trends (GEB):

The Interplay of Climate Change, Urbanisation, & Species Traits Shapes European Butterfly Population Trends

Europe > Transport Infrastructure at Risk (Nature):

Coastal flood risk to European surface transport infrastructure at different global warming levels

Ecosystem / Geopolitical Risk (Mongabay Commentary):

Tipping points & ecosystem collapse are the real geopolitical risk

China > Mitigation via Forests (Nature):

Substantial contribution of trees outside forests to above-ground carbon across China

Predicting Arctic Sea Ice (Chaos):

Accurate & robust real-time prediction of September Arctic sea ice

Greenland Colonization Brief (Yellowhead Inst.):

Is Kalaallit Nunaat for Its People? Inuit Reflections on American (& Danish) Colonization

Amazon > Deforestation (EGUsphere):

Extreme events in the Amazon after deforestation

Greenland Ice Sheet > Feedback Mechanisms (Cryosphere):

Positive feedbacks drive the Greenland ice sheet evolution in millennial-length MAR–GISM simulations under a high-end warming scenario

Conserving Biodiversity (Nature Editorial):

Biodiversity conservation has an evidence problem — it’s time to fix it

Costa Rica > Forest Restoration & Biodiversity (GCB):

Large-Scale Forest Restoration Accompanied by Biodiversity Recovery in Costa Rica's Redistributive Payment for Ecosystem Service Program

Global Ag Expansion Impacts (Royal Society):

Bending the curve of agricultural expansion offers a new era for biodiversity & climate

Global Crop Losses (ESD):

The largest crop production shocks: magnitude, causes & frequency

Greenland > Glacier Loss (EGUsphere):

Projecting the response of Greenland's peripheral glaciers to future climate change: glacier losses, sea level impact, freshwater contributions, & peak water timing

Southern Ocean Meltwater Dynamics (PNAS):

Deglacial stratification of the polar Southern Ocean

Status of Global Mountain Grasslands (Earth's Future):

Impacts of Climate Change & Human Activities on Global Mountain Grasslands: Insights Into the Last Two Decades & Future Climate Scenarios

Changing Afro-Asian Summer Monsoon (ERL):

Arctic warming delays the Afro-Asian monsoon retreat amplifying autumn rainfall

Changing Arctic Aquifers (ERL):

Classifying pan-Arctic supra-permafrost aquifer function under present & projected conditions

Southern Ocean Carbon Uptake (Nature):

South Pacific carbon uptake controlled by West Antarctic Ice Sheet dynamics

CO2 Removal & Risks to Biodiversity (Nature):

Biodiversity implications of land-intensive carbon dioxide removal

Global Wheat Crops at Risk (Climatic Change):

Extreme heat & drought at flowering could threaten global wheat yields under climate change

Mitigation via Peatland Restoration (Restor. Ecol.):

Restoration of forestry-drained oligotrophic peatlands can bring climate change mitigation within a few decades

Global Soil Erosion from Wildfires (Nature):

Global estimation of post-fire soil erosion

Inequity in Ocean-Based Activities (Nature):

The Ocean Equity Index

Africa > Intensifying Heatwaves (Nature):

Coupled climate–land-use interactions modulate projected heatwave intensification across Africa

Deforestation & Energy Poverty (Energy Policy):

Fuelling energy poverty? Evidence on the role of deforestation in developing countries

Johan Rockström on Dietary Choices (Nature World View):

How to eat well & within Earth’s limits

Greenland > Sea-Level Dynamics (Nature):

Projections of 21st-century sea-level fall along coastal Greenland

Kenya > Malaria Trends (Nature):

High resolution physically based modelling reveals malaria incidence reduction by vector control measures

Landback > Washington State Action (Chinook Indian Nation):

Washington Residents Only: Urge Washington State Leaders to Support Landback for the Chinook Indian Nation

Gender Inequality, Justice & Sustainability (ES&P):

Harness gender empowerment to achieve climate justice, sustainability, & equity

Tibetan Plateau > Compound Hot-Dry Events (Climate Dynamics):

Intensification of compound hot–dry events on the Tibetan plateau under a warming background

Europe & N Africa > Sea Level Rise & Coastal Ag (Nature):

Assessing extreme sea level rise impacts on coastal agriculture in Europe & North Africa

Industry False Solutions (ERSS):

False solutions: How do fossil fuel companies reproduce their power through the energy transition

US > Vulnerable Populations (ERL):

Cumulative environmental burdens & vulnerable populations: taking into account the intensity & count of burdens in environmental justice analyses

Canada > Indigenous-Led Nature-Based Solutions (Earth's Future):

Indigenous-Led Nature-Based Solutions Align Net-Zero Emissions & Biodiversity Targets in Canada

Johan Rockström on Global Coral Bleaching (Wired):

The Earth Is Nearing an Environmental Tipping Point; Today’s global coral bleaching events are the worst kind of climate warning.

Global Compound Hazards & Inequality (Nature):

Divergent trends in demographic & socioeconomic inequalities of global wildfire & compound hazard exposures

Global Poverty & Inequality (Nature):

Impacts of global warming on subnational poverty & inequality

Karnali River in Nepal & China > Flooding (Nature):

Increased rainfall-runoff drives flood hazard intensification in Central Himalayan river systems

Research Gap, Indigenous Knowledge (Frontiers):

Indigenous peoples’ voices & engagement on climate change: towards improved health & wellbeing

Caribbean > Extreme Heatwaves (GRL):

Climatology & Large-Scale Drivers of Extreme Heatwaves in the Caribbean: From 1971 to 2025

Co-Designing Earth System Models with Indigenous Communities (AGU Adv.):

Toward Co-Designed Earth System Models: Reflecting End-User Priorities in Local Applications From a Modeler's Perspective

Eos.: Climate Modeling for Communities, with Communities

Africa > Sea Level Rise (Nature):

Accelerating sea level rise in Africa & its large marine ecosystems since the 1990s

Asia > Heatwaves & Inequity (CRM):

Assessing exposure inequity to heatwaves between urban & rural populations across 18 Asian countries in a warmer climate

New Indigenous Book (OSU):

Landkeeping: Restoring Indigenous Fire Stewardship & Ecological Partnerships

Indigenous Fire Stewardship (Fire Ecology):

Indigenous stewardship rights & opportunities to recenter Indigenous fire

Indigenous Mitigation & Adaptation Strategies (WIREs Review):

Perceptions of Climate-Related Risk by Indigenous Communities: A Systematic Review

Africa > Deforestation (Nature):

Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source

Sub-Saharan Africa > Heatwave Mortality (Science):

Escalated heatwave mortality risk in sub-Saharan Africa under recent warming trend

Indigenous & Traditional Knowledge Leadership in Ocean Governance (Nature):

Co-producing ocean plans with Indigenous & traditional knowledge holders

Congo Basin > Deforestation (Earth's Future):

Increasing Forest Disturbance in the Congo Basin is Driven by an Emerging Frontier in Cameroon

Brazilian Amazon > Disasters & Social Vulnerability (Nature):

“Vulnerabilities & compound risks of escalating climate disasters in the Brazilian Amazon”

China > Peatland Carbon Stock & Subsidence (Nature):

Climate–human interactions influence widespread peatland subsidence & soil carbon stock vulnerability in China

Amazon Deforestation (Nature):

Observed shifts in regional climate linked to Amazon deforestation

S America's Andes Mountains > Declining Rivers (Nature):

Recent south-central Andes water crisis driven by Antarctic amplification is unprecedented over the last eight centuries

US > Inequitable Flooding Hazards (Nature):

Sea level rise & flooding of hazardous sites in marginalized communities across the US

Arctic Inuit & Adaptation (Nature):

Political ecology of climate change adaptation in the Arctic: Insights from Nunatsiavut, Canada

Africa > Forest Loss (Nature):

Deforestation reduces microclimate buffering of African montane forests

Mozambique > Vulnerable Farmers (ERC):

Smallholder farmers’ livelihood vulnerability to climate change in Metuge district, Northern Mozambique

S America > Glacier Retreat (Nature):

Less water from glaciers during future megadroughts in the Southern Andes

Caribbean Severe Coral Bleaching (PNAS):

Marine heatwave decimates fire coral populations in the Caribbean

Hawaiʻi > Indigenous Aquaculture & Resiliency (Nature):

Restoration & management of an Indigenous aquaculture system helps mitigate climate change impacts to estuarine fisheries

W Africa > Land Use & Weather Extremes (Earth's Future):

Impacts of Idealized Land Use & Land Management Changes on Weather Extremes in West Africa

AMOC & Brazil's Precipitation (Nature):

AMOC weakening modulates global warming impacts on precipitation over Brazil

Justice for Wildfire Loss (Nature Comment):

Recognition of Loss & Damage from wildfires is key for climate justice

Presentation Slide Deck of Key Facts (Climate Central):

Climate Change: Key Facts (Free Slide Deck)

Global Mitigation & Income Inequality (ERL):

Enhancing energy & food access through reduction of income inequality does not jeopardize the achievement of existing climate pledges

New Tim Lenton Book (Oxford U):

Positive Tipping Points: How to Fix the Climate Crisis

Nile Basin Flood Risk (Nature):

Nile basin flow regimes under 21st century climate variability

China > Extreme Sea Level Rise Events (Nature):

Reconstructing hourly coastal total sea levels & assessing current & future extreme sea levels threats to the Coast of China

Singapore > Sea Level & Intertidal Reefs (Nature):

Coral microatoll partial mortality after multi-hour subaerial exposure with implications for relative sea-level studies

Amazon > Extreme Warm Waters (Science):

Extreme warming of Amazon waters in a changing climate

Brazil > Forest Restoration (Nature):

Land tenure regimes influenced long-term restoration gains & reversals across Brazil’s Atlantic forest

India > Heat Stress & Migrant Workers (Earth's Future):

Migrant Laborers in India Face Increased Heat Stress Driven by Climate Warming & ENSO Variability

Global Food Systems & Planetary Boundaries (Nature):

Identifying the safe operating space for food systems

China > Vegetation Resilience (GRL):

Climate Impacts on Forest & Grassland Resilience in China: The Role of Climate Inter-Annual Variability

Worldwide Luxury Consumption (Annual Reviews):

What Has Been Done to Reduce Luxury Consumption? A Global Review

China > Sea-Level Rise (Nature):

Modern sea-level rise breaks 4,000-year stability in southeastern China

China > Urban Extreme Heat (Earth's Future):

Urban Adaptation Strategies Alleviate the Exposure of Future Population to Extreme Heat in China

S Africa > Changes in Precipitation (WIREs Review):

Southern African Climate Change: Processes, Models, & Projections

China > Heatwaves & Ozone (Nature):

Future warming exacerbates heatwave-ozone compound extremes in China

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

Tipping Points in Circulation Systems (ESD):

Tipping points in ocean & atmosphere circulations

Stefan Rahmstorf on AMOC (RealClimate Blog):

High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)

China > River Runoff (Nature):

Climate change & human activities amplify runoff variability risks in lower reaches of large rivers

Africa > Ag Adaptation (Nature Review):

A systematic review of climate change adaptation in vegetable farming systems in Africa

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):

 

Consumption by the Rich (Nature):

Nudge the rich! The case for targeting the top 10% in behavioural climate policy

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

Justice & Int'l Migration (Nature):

Evidence of climate & economic drivers affecting migration in an unequal & warming world

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

Planetary Boundary Report (Potsdam Inst. for Climate Impact Research):

Planetary Health Check 2025 (Download 144 pg)

Mongabay: Interview with Johan Rockström

Amazonian Community Territorial Mgmt (Nature):

Community-based management expands ecosystem protection footprint in Amazonian forests

Tipping Point Dynamics (ESD Ideas):

Climate tipping is not instantaneous – the duration of an overshoot matters

Africa > Growing Heatwaves & Heat Stress (Societal Impacts):

The societal impact of heatwave intensification & heat stress on African Urban populations

New Indigenous Book (Canadian Scholars Pub.):

Indigenous Insights for Planetary Health & Sustainable Food Systems: Learning from International Case Studies

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