Improving future climate meetings
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 21 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02293-2 Improving future climate meetings
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Glaciers give way to new coasts
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 21 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02275-4 Climate change is causing rapid shrinkage of high-latitude glaciers, fundamentally altering the nature of Arctic landscapes. Now, research quantifies the substantial, yet under-reported, development of new coastlines and islands that are revealed as marine-terminating glaciers fall back from the sea.
New coasts emerging from the retreat of Northern Hemisphere marine-terminating glaciers in the twenty-first century
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 21 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02282-5 As marine-terminating glaciers retreat, they reveal new coastlines in many regions. Here the authors use satellite data to quantify these changes for the Northern Hemisphere, finding that between 2000 and 2020, a total of 2,466 km of new coastline has been uncovered.
Colonial legacies in tropical forestry hinder good management
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 21 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02288-z Colonial legacies in tropical forestry hinder good management
A westward shift of heatwave hotspots caused by warming-enhanced land–air coupling
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 20 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02302-4 Heatwaves are expected to become more frequent with warming, but how their spatial patterns change is not well understood. Here the authors show that heatwave hotspots in the Northern Hemisphere have shifted westwards over the past few decades.
Microbial photosynthesis mitigates carbon loss from northern peatlands under warming
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 20 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02271-8 The authors use experimental and modelling approaches to understand the response of microbial photosynthesis to peatland warming. They show that warming amplifies microbial photosynthesis, which could offset rising CO2 emissions from northern peatlands by 6.0–13.7% in 2100 (SSP 2-4.5–SSP 5-8.5).
Drought legacies delay spring green-up in northern ecosystems
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 20 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02273-6 The authors investigate the impacts of drought legacy on springtime leaf unfolding and green-up. They show that drought delays springtime phenology, primarily through exogenous environmental memory effects, and suggest that future spring advances may be dampened by increasing drought.
Decreasing dynamic predictability of global agricultural drought with warming climate
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 17 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02289-y Soil moisture droughts can have severe impacts on agriculture, which makes forecasting them crucial. Here the authors show that the dynamic predictability of these agricultural droughts decreases with climate change in many regions.
Uncrewed surface vehicles offer the key to new frontiers in ocean science
To fill in ocean-observation gaps, scientists have increasingly turned to an array of Uncrewed Surface Vehicles, some of which can navigate tens of thousands of kilometers to capture key observations… Read More To fill in ocean-observation gaps, scientists have increasingly turned to an array of Uncrewed Surface Vehicles, some of which can navigate tens of thousands…
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Scientists at AOML monitor the impacts of ocean acidification on reefs with new series of buoys
Scientists have deployed a new series of Sofar “Spotter” buoys at four of the seven Mission: Iconic Reefs within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary identified as essential sites for… Read More Scientists have deployed a new series of Sofar “Spotter” buoys at four of the seven Mission: Iconic Reefs within the Florida Keys National Marine…
Bringing storm surge to virtual reality
A new virtual reality simulation will use the idea that “seeing is believing” to show people why coastal evacuation orders are so important during storms. Read More A new virtual reality simulation will use the idea that “seeing is believing” to show people why coastal evacuation orders are so important during storms.
Cooking emissions rival fossil fuels as an ozone pollution source in Los Angeles
As the adoption of cleaner-burning engines and electric vehicles drives fossil fuel emissions lower, volatile organic compounds from cooking are playing a significant role in ozone over Los Angeles. Read More As the adoption of cleaner-burning engines and electric vehicles drives fossil fuel emissions lower, volatile organic compounds from cooking are playing a significant role in…
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New article on small business responses to compound disasters
Small businesses are critical in community disaster recovery. They provide essential goods and services and employment, and act as gathering locations during disasters. Read More Small businesses are critical in community disaster recovery. They provide essential goods and services and employment, and act as gathering locations during disasters.
Publisher Correction: Climate-driven connectivity loss impedes species adaptation to warming in the deep ocean
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 14 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02313-1 Publisher Correction: Climate-driven connectivity loss impedes species adaptation to warming in the deep ocean
Small step funding models fit better for climate research
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 14 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02281-6 Small step funding models fit better for climate research
Actualisatie Startanalyse biedt basis voor aardgasvrije warmteplannen van gemeenten
Hoe worden Nederlandse woningen in de toekomst verwarmd zonder aardgas? Alle gemeenten moeten daarvoor in 2026 concrete plannen indienen: warmtenetten warmtepompen of blijft er een gasaansluiting?
Mitigation needed to avoid unprecedented multi-decadal North Atlantic Oscillation magnitude
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 12 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02277-2 The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is a key pattern of climate variability for surrounding land areas during winter. Here the authors constrain projections to show that the magnitude of the NAO increases under high emissions, leading to more severe winters.
The implications of climate gentrification for urban climate action
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 11 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02265-6 Urban climate actions have resulted in some progress towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting human settlements to a warmer planet. However, the long-term implications of climate gentrification threaten the continued efficacy of these actions.
Germination timing shifts communities
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02287-0 Germination timing shifts communities
Strength in collaboration
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02298-x The IPCC is in its seventh assessment cycle, and international collaboration, which established this organization, is still needed to ensure successful deliverables.