Chile > Wildfires (Nature):

Extreme fire weather in Chile driven by climate change & El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
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Newspaper Coverage Within 26 Countries (ERL):

Vulnerable voices: using topic modeling to analyze newspaper coverage of climate change in 26 non-Annex I countries (2010–2020)
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West Antarctic Ice Sheet Stability (Nature):

Abrupt Holocene ice loss due to thinning & ungrounding in the Weddell Sea Embayment
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China > Heat–Resilient Urban Communities & Infrastructure (Environ. Technol. Innov.):

Towards Cool Cities & Communities: Preparing for an increasingly Hot Future by the Development of Heat-Resilient Infrastructure & Urban Heat Management Plan
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Morocco > Drought Risk (Landscape & Urban Planning):

Drought threatens agroforestry landscapes & dryland livelihoods in a North African hotspot of environmental change
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Support For Action Across 125 Countries (Nature):

Globally representative evidence on the actual & perceived support for climate action
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Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) Status (Nature):

Physics-based early warning signal shows that AMOC is on tipping course

RealClimate Post: New study suggests the Atlantic overturning circulation AMOC “is on tipping course”
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Forests + Aerosol-Cloud Feedback (Nature):

Process-evaluation of forest aerosol-cloud-climate feedback shows clear evidence from observations & large uncertainty in models
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Bedrock Rebound Due To Peripheral Glacier Ice Loss (GRL):

Vertical Land Motion Due To Present-Day Ice Loss From Greenland's & Canada's Peripheral Glaciers
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Japan > Dynamics of Typhoon Intensity (GRL):

Buffering Effect of Atmosphere–Ocean Coupling on Intensity Changes of Tropical Cyclones Under a Changing Climate
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Individual Mitigation Behavior in 63 Countries (Science):

Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries
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Health Psychology & Ecological / Health Breakdowns (Health Psychology Review):

Health psychology & climate change: time to address humanity’s most existential crisis
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Global Future Clean Water Scarcity (Nature):

A triple increase in global river basins with water scarcity due to future pollution
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A Participatory Energy Transition (Energy Strategy Reviews):

Advancing participatory energy systems modelling
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Sea Sponges As Warming Proxy (Nature Study + Responses):

Nature: 300 years of sclerosponge thermometry shows global warming has exceeded 1.5 °C


Guardian: Ancient sea sponges at centre of controversial claim world has already warmed by 1.7C
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Measuring Increasingly Intense Hurricanes (PNAS):

The growing inadequacy of an open-ended Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale in a warming world
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Drought Sensitivity of Vegetation (AGU Adv.):

Systematic Underestimation of Canopy Conductance Sensitivity to Drought by Earth System Models
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Puerto Rico > Hurricane Flooding (NHESS):

Current & future rainfall-driven flood risk from hurricanes in Puerto Rico under 1.5 & 2 °C climate change
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A Global Coalition For Phaseout Policies (Int Environ Agreem - P):

The environmental & economic effects of international cooperation on restricting fossil fuel supply
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California > Heat/Wildfire Impacts & Social Justice (Science):

Exploring spatial heterogeneity in synergistic effects of compound climate hazards: Extreme heat & wildfire smoke on cardiorespiratory hospitalizations in California
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Global Cattle Meat Production & Heat Stress (Nature):

Unequal impact of climate warming on meat yields of global cattle farming
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Bangladesh & NE India > Increasing Extreme Rainfall (RMetS):

Climate change quadruples flood-causing extreme monsoon rainfall events in Bangladesh & northeast India
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Egypt > Crops & Water Stress (Nature):

Mitigation of water stress in broccoli by soil application of humic acid
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Changing Global Day V. Night Temps (Climate):

Reversed asymmetric warming of sub-diurnal temperature over land during recent decades
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US > Widespread Denial (Nature):

A representative survey experiment of motivated climate change denial
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Analyzing Record-Breaking September 2023 Temps (Nature):

The jump in global temperatures in September 2023 is extremely unlikely due to internal climate variability alone
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Europe & US > Improving Urban Ag Footprints (Nature):

Comparing the carbon footprints of urban & conventional agriculture
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Risk to Global Wheat Crops (Nature):

Production vulnerability to wheat blast disease under climate change
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COVID-19 Spending & Missed Opportunities Around The World (Nature):

The impact of COVID-19 fiscal spending on climate change adaptation & resilience
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Central-West Africa > Water Scarcity & Conflict (Earth's Future):

Understanding Links Between Water Scarcity & Violent Conflicts in the Sahel & Lake Chad Basin Using the Water Footprint Concept
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Ocean Temp & Sea-Ice Extremes (AMS):

A glimpse into the future: The 2023 ocean temperature & sea-ice extremes in the context of longer-term climate change (download 21 pg)
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Arctic Permafrost Dynamics & Emissions (PNAS):

Permafrost extent sets drainage density in the Arctic
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Risks To Tropical Montane Cloud Forests (Ecological Indicators):

Multi-decadal trends of low-clouds at the Tropical Montane Cloud Forests
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Growing Global Ag (Including Livestock) Emissions (ERL):

Livestock increasingly drove global agricultural emissions growth from 1910–2015
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Water Stressed Regions (Earth System Dynamics):

Future water storage changes over the Mediterranean, Middle East, & North Africa in response to global warming & stratospheric aerosol intervention
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Russia-Ukraine > War Impacts on Food & Emissions (Nature):

The Russia-Ukraine war decreases food affordability but could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions
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Canada > Media Coverage (Public Understanding of Science):

The politics of politicization: Climate change debates in Canadian print media
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Global Extreme Heat & Rain Risks (Nature):

Global increase in future compound heat stress-heavy precipitation hazards & associated socio-ecosystem risks
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Africa > Impacts On Elephants (PLOS):

Dynamic modeling of African elephant populations under changing climate & habitat loss across the Greater Virunga Landscape
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British Columbia, Canada > Indigenous Resilience (Canadian Geographies):

A framework for Indigenous climate resilience: A Gitxsan case study
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E Africa > Public Support of Mitigation Policies (Climate Policy):

Public acceptability of policy instruments for reducing fossil fuel consumption in East Africa
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Migrating Seabirds (PNAS):

Climate change drives migratory range shift via individual plasticity in shearwaters
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India > Forests (Nature):

Warming inhibits increases in vegetation net primary productivity despite greening in India
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San Francisco Bay > Wetland CH4 (mSystems):

Multiple microbial guilds mediate soil methane cycling along a wetland salinity gradient
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Europe > Glacier Loss (GRL):

Committed Ice Loss in the European Alps Until 2050 Using a Deep-Learning-Aided 3D Ice-Flow Model With Data Assimilation
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Risks To Global Transport Infrastructure (Earth's Future):

Exposure of Global Rail & Road Infrastructures in Future Record-Breaking Climate Extremes
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Global Wildfire Dynamics (Nature):

Enhanced future vegetation growth with elevated carbon dioxide concentrations could increase fire activity
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Impacts From Boreal Forest Exploitation By Settlers (GRL):

Pollen in Polar Ice Implies Eastern Canadian Forest Dynamics Diverged From Climate After European Settlement
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S China > Urbanization & Extreme Rain (Nature):

Analyzing urban influence on extreme winter precipitation through observations & numerical simulation of 2 South China case studies
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ExxonMobil Deception (Science Review):

Assessing ExxonMobil’s global warming projections
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Australia > "Treethane" - Wetland Tree CH4 Emissions (JGR):

Large Methane Emissions From Tree Stems Complicate the Wetland Methane Budget
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Global Marine Heat Waves (Science):

Historical & future maximum sea surface temperatures
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US Pacific NW > Soil Organic Carbon (Nature):

Revealing the hidden carbon in forested wetland soils
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Sudano-Sahel Region, Africa > Dryland Vegetation (Earth's Future):

Simulated Tree-Grass Competition in Drylands Is Modulated by CO2 Fertilization
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Switzerland > Glacier Loss (Nature):

High-altitude glacier archives lost due to climate change-related melting
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Global Cave Temps (Nature):

Temperature variation in caves & its significance for subterranean ecosystems
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"Planetary Commons" For Comprehensive Stewardship (Rockström et al., PNAS):

The planetary commons: A new paradigm for safeguarding Earth-regulating systems in the Anthropocene
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Indigenous Knowledge & Solutions (Science Editorial):

Time to support Indigenous science
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Earth System / Planetary Boundaries (Rockström et al., Nature Review):

Translating Earth system boundaries for cities & businesses

For More on These Boundaries, See Blog Resources Page (Add'l Resources)
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Indigenous Knowledge Systems (Nature Commentary):

Ecological research ‘in a good way’ means ethical & equitable relationships with Indigenous Peoples & Lands
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Indigenous & Local Community Knowledge of Impacts (Sustainable Earth Reviews):

Local studies provide a global perspective of the impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples & local communities
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Global Impacts on Indigenous Peoples (Nature):

Indigenous Peoples & local communities report ongoing & widespread climate change impacts on local social-ecological systems
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Holistic, Restorative & Just Mitigation (Wm Ripple, et al. ERL Commentary):

An environmental & socially just climate mitigation pathway for a planet in peril
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US > Unequal Urban Flood Risk (Nature)

High urban flood risk & no shelter access disproportionally impacts vulnerable communities in the USA
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Sub-Saharan Africa > Food Security (Nature):

Stakeholder-driven transformative adaptation is needed for climate-smart nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa
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US > Inequity & Sea Level Rise (Nature):

Demographics & risk of isolation due to sea level rise in the US
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India > Just Energy Transition (Energy Research & Social Science):

Just transition away from coal: Vulnerability analysis of coal districts in India
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Indian Ocean Fisheries & Inequity (Nature):

Fisheries subsidies exacerbate inequities in accessing seafood nutrients in the Indian Ocean
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Just Adaptation Policies (Nature Editorial):

Effective climate adaptation must be imaginative & inclusive

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California > Just Energy Grids (Enviro Research):

Toward equitable grid resilience: operationalizing climate adaptation strategies to mitigate flooding impacts
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Africa > Drought & Human Settlement Patterns (Earth's Future):

Drought & Human Mobility in Africa
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New Tipping Point Report (Tim Lenton, Et al.):

Global Tipping Points (Download Full Report)

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Global Disaster-Induced Human Movement (Nature):

Exploring interactions between socioeconomic context & natural hazards on human population displacement
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Africa > Wildfire Behavior (iScience):

Positive feedback to regional climate enhances African wildfires
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Ending Extreme Poverty Worldwide (Nature):

Ending extreme poverty has a negligible impact on global greenhouse gas emissions
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Human Rights & Adaptation (Nature):

The human right to climate adaptation
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E. Africa > Drought Hotspots (Climatic Change):

Potential impacts of 1.5 °C & 2 °C global warming levels on drought modes over Eastern Africa
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Africa > Impacts on Migration (Sustainability Review):

A Systematic Review of International & Internal Climate-Induced Migration in Africa
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Systems-Informed Just Solutions (Science of the Total Enviro):

Thinking outside the ocean-climate nexus: Towards systems-informed decision making in a rapidly changing world

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California Forests > Precolonial Fire Regimes (Science):

Low-intensity fires mitigate the risk of high-intensity wildfires in California’s forests
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Earth System Boundaries > Blue Water, (Rockström et al., Nature):

Living within the safe & just Earth system boundaries for blue water

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Arctic Governance & Indigenous Decision Making (The Polar Journal):

Old Sea, New Ice: sea ice geoengineering & indigenous rights in Arctic Ocean governance
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Michael Mann > A Reason For Hope (Frontiers Commentary):

Warming ends when carbon pollution stops
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Breaching Tipping Points (Earth's Future):

Committed Global Warming Risks Triggering Multiple Climate Tipping Points
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S. Africa > Temps & Inequality (ERL):

Inequality & growth impacts of climate change—insights from South Africa
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James Hansen, et al. > What Is Required Of Us Now (Oxford Open Climate Change):

Global warming in the pipeline
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Human Rights Approach to Global Policy (Nature Commentary):

Protect the ‘right to science’ for people & the planet; Upholding human rights can ensure that environmental policy is driven by facts & evidence, not denialism, greed & profit.

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US > Disadvantaged Communities, Greenspace & Human Health (Science of the Total Enviro):

The relationship between greenspace exposure & telomere length in the National Health & Nutrition Examination Survey
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Johan Rockström Speaks in Scotland (44th TB Macaulay Lecture, 98 min):


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India > Air Pollution & Justice (Nature):

An environmental justice analysis of air pollution in India
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    Just Urban Adaptation (Habitat Int'l):

    Socio-economic projections in urban climate change adaptation planning: Practices & prospects for just adaptation
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    Our Planetary Emergency (Bioscience):

    The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory
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    Conservation of Indigenous Peoples Lands (Biological Conservation):

    Even after armed conflict, the environmental quality of Indigenous Peoples' lands in biodiversity hotspots surpasses that of non-Indigenous lands
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    Equity & Disaster Risk Modeling (Nature):

    The importance of accounting for equity in disaster risk models
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    East Africa > Adaptation (Climate Policy):

    Tracking climate change adaptation in Eastern Africa: integrating governmental & livestock keeper perspectives
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    Global Conservation & Social Equity (PNAS):

    Avoiding an unjust transition to sustainability: An equity metric for spatial conservation planning
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    Indigenous Food Systems & Ecological Restoration (Frontiers):

    Pop-up restoration in colonial contexts: applying an indigenous food systems lens to ecological restoration
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    Global Indigenous > Health, Mitigation & Adaptation (PLOS Review):

    Indigenous Peoples: Traditional knowledges, climate change, & health
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    Canada > Indigenous-Led Conservation (FACETS):

    Indigenous protected & conserved areas (IPCAs): Canada's new path forward for biological & cultural conservation & Indigenous well-being
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    Projecting Poverty Across 175 Countries (Climatic Change):

    How many people will live in poverty because of climate change? A macro-level projection analysis to 2070

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