Protect Antarctica (Nature Comment):

Protect Antarctica — or risk accelerating planetary meltdown

E. Europe > Extreme Heat (Nature):

Breaking records under clear skies: the impact of sunshine duration & atmospheric dynamics on the 2024 Eastern European extreme summer temperatures

Antarctic Biota Challenges (GCB Review):

Research Bias in Long-Term Monitoring of Antarctic Nearshore Marine & Terrestrial Biota

Svalbard > Melting Glaciers (PNAS):

Svalbard’s 2024 record summer: An early view of Arctic glacier meltdown?

Conserving Grassy Ecosystems (Science Comment):

Nature conservation policies are biased toward forests & neglect grassy ecosystems worldwide

Global Loss of Carbon Sequestered by Vegetation (One Earth):

Humans have depleted global terrestrial carbon stocks by a quarter

Australia > Degrading Peatlands (JGR: Biogeosciences):

Above & Belowground Carbon Dynamics of a Degraded Mountain Peatland

India > Future Rice Failure (ERL):

Risk of rice production failure in India under climate change

AMS Annual Report (BAMS):

 State of the Climate in 2024 (download 527 pg)

US > Hydroclimatic Extremes & Whiplash (Nature):

The future intensification of hydrological extremes & whiplashes in the contiguous US increase community vulnerability

Global Ocean Circulation Dynamics (Nature):

Controls of the global overturning circulation of the ocean

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

Retreating Tidewater Glacier Dynamics (Nature):

Calving-driven fjord dynamics resolved by seafloor fibre sensing

Mediterranean Region > Wet/Dry Cycle Dynamics (OLAR):

Persistent Oscillations in the Decadal Prediction of Central Mediterranean Wetting & Drying Phases

US > Changing Rainfall Patterns (Science):

Diurnal urban rainfall anomalies across different landscapes

Reindeer at Risk (Science):

Mismatch in reindeer resilience to past & future warming signals ongoing declines

Europe > Extreme Heatwaves (Nature News):

Summer 2025 is roasting hot: these charts show why it matters

Global Extreme Precipitation (Nature):

Future extreme precipitation may shift to colder seasons in northern mid- and high latitudes

New Book (Bloomsbury):

Sink or Swim: How the world needs to adapt to a changing climate

SE Asia > Extreme Weather & Rice Yields (Atmospheric Research):

Compound drought-heatwave events accelerate the potential risk on rice yield over Southeast Asia