US > Dryland Soil Crust Degradation & Feedback (Nature):

Experimental evidence of a biological soil crust degradation climate warming amplification feedback

Surface Ocean CO2 (Nature Data Descriptor):

Recalculating the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) to a sea surface temperature climate data record

US Southeast Coast > Flooding, Sea Levels & AMOC Variability (Nature):

Multiyear predictability of flood frequency along the US Southeast Coast from Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation variability

Global Fish Impacts (GCB):

Sensitivity of Marine Pelagic Fish Catch Potential to Changes in Primary Production in a Global Fisheries Model

Polar Blue Carbon (GCB):

Status of Polar Blue Carbon: Toward Recognition & Integration in Marine Policy

Greenland > Ice Shelf Instability (Cryosphere):

Temporal evolution of the Petermann Ice Shelf estuary constrained by satellite remote sensing observations

US > Prescribed Burns, Soil Nitrogen & GHG Production (mSystems):

Prescribed burns drive lasting changes in soil nitrogen cycling & microbial function

Global Mitigation via Food Emission Taxes (Nature):

Food emissions taxes can deliver health & environmental benefits with limited leakage

Planetary Boundary Update:

Planetary Health Check 2026 (download 124 pg)

PIK (Potsdam Institute) News: Planetary Health Check 2026 finds mounting pressures across Earth’s life support systems

Guardian: ‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn


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California > Winds & Wildfires (Earth's Future):

Anthropogenic Warming Weakens Mild Offshore Winds in Southern California but Not the Extreme Fire-Weather Winds

Colorado River Drought Impacts (Nature):

Widespread drought-driven declines in streamflows & water quality in the Upper Colorado River Basin during 1998-2022

North America > Changing Winter Snowmelt (J of Hydrology):

Climate change both increases & decreases winter snowmelt across North America

Chesapeake Bay, US > Sea Level Rise & Cyclones (Earth's Future):

Quantifying Future Effects of Low-Frequency Tropical Cyclones & Sea Level Rise Scenarios on Nonlinear Interactions in Total Water Levels

Warming & Tipping Points (ERL Perspective):

Tipping points do not make 1.5 °C a physical climate limit

China > Droughts & Floods (PNAS Nexus):

Warming accelerates drought–flood oscillations & stratifies socioeconomic exposure

Shifting Global Extreme Heat Seasonality (AGU Adv):

Extreme Dry & Humid Heat Seasons Are Changing Asymmetrically

Singapore > Extreme Rain (AGU Adv):

Equatorial Extreme Convective Storms Are Expanding & Becoming More Persistent

US Midwest > Maize Yield Volatility (ERL):

Irrigation & historical reductions in the interannual variability of Midwestern maize yield

Urban Adaptation - the Shelter (URP):

From emergency shelters to urban climate shelters: enabling conditions for long-term climate adaptation

AMOC & the North Atlantic Warming Hole (GRL):

Deciphering the Link Between Modeling Errors & the North Atlantic Surface Warming Pattern Projected by CMIP5 & CMIP6 Models

Global River Flooding (Nature):

Global estimation of bankfull river discharge reveals distinct flood recurrences across climate zones

West Africa > Impacts to Hydropower (PLOS):

Integrating machine learning to assess climate risks on reservoir’s inflow & hydropower generation across West African basins

Africa > Adaptive Rangeland Management (Nature):

Minimizing climate change adaptation trade-offs in African rangelands

Cocoa Crops at Risk (PNAS):

Rainfall extremes drive cocoa yield losses across the tropics

Uganda > Agroforestry Adaptation Pathways (Nature):

Carbon finance as climate adaptation depends on smallholder livelihood contexts in Uganda

Amazonian Forests & Drought (Nature):

Amazonian trees under long-term drought exposure are more resilient to El Niño extreme

Swiss Alps > Thawing Permafrost (Environ Res Clim):

The importance of hot summers & individual heatwaves for permafrost in the Swiss Alps

Paris Emissions-Reduction Pledges (Nature):

Strategic objectives underpin national climate pledges

Antarctica > Ice-Sheet Thinning Dynamics (Nature):

Synchronous Holocene thinning of Pine Island Glacier & its tributaries influenced by ice-shelf unpinning

China > Renewable Energy Transition (Nature):

Balancing energy, water, & ecology through renewable energy transitions in the Yellow River Basin

North Indian Ocean > Sea Level Rise (Nature):

Sub-basin sea level budget analysis in the North Indian Ocean (2003–2024)

US > Indigenous Harvest of Wild Rice at Risk (Hydrol Process):

Winter Type, Mediated by Land-Surface Processes, Controls Seasonal Discharge Variability in Culturally Critical Ecosystems in the US's Upper Midwest

Declining Antarctic Sea Ice (Earth Space Sci):

Satellite‐Derived Volume Budget of Antarctic Sea Ice

Amazonia > Small Tree Contribution to Carbon Stock (Ecosphere):

The contribution of small trees to carbon stocks along a recovery gradient in the Amazonia

Canada > Regions Prone to Powerline-Caused Wildfires (GRL):

Assessing Wildfire Hazard for Powerline Expansion Under the Changing Climates in Alberta, Canada

Fragmented Mangroves Impacting Blue Carbon Storage (Earth's Future):

Significant Decline in Carbon Storage at the Edges of Mangrove Forest

Seaweed Forest Loss (PLOS Essay):

Seaweed carbon removal cannot keep up with climate-driven loss

Europe > Mountain Plant Extinctions (Science):

Rising plant extinction rates on European mountain summits

Svalbard > Methane Emissions (Nature):

Subglacial geology & thermal conditions regulate methane emissions from Svalbard glaciers

Interpreting Ice Cores (Nature):

Shallow Antarctic blue ice shows photochemical influence on trapped greenhouse gases

Sweden > Public Perceptions (Frontiers):

Perceptions & underpinnings of climate justice demands: investigating the public’s conception of international & individual-level duties