Nature Climate Change

New publication figure! In @natclimate.nature.com . It was fantastic to be part of the #COOLSCHOOLS project. Congrats to the authors! @uocuniversitat.bsky.social

Spatially explicit global assessment of cropland greenhouse gas emissions circa 2020 - Nature Climate Change Emissions from croplands are an important source of GHG emissions that can be shaped by management. This study presents maps of emissions globally for different crops, showing that drained peatlands, rice paddies and fertilizer were the main drivers, and highlights differences in emission intensity.

One of our top-rated posts on @altmetric.com this past week was published in @natclimate.nature.com. You can read 'Spatially explicit global assessment of cropland greenhouse gas emissions circa 2020' here: spklr.io/63320DUe4q

🧊 When melting ice becomes a tourist attraction

New comment (incl. @matthias-huss.bsky.social ) on the paradox of #glacier tourism: last-chance visits, short-term fixes, and glaciers as symbols of #climateaction.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Photo: Rhône glacier (Sept 2023)

Photo showing a tall, jagged ice front of the Ronne Ice Shelf in West Antarctica rising above the calm surface of the Weddell Sea. Credit: Torsten Albrecht / PIK.

🔔🚨 New Publication Alert!

Research has shown that the Antarctic Ice Sheet is a climate tipping element.

We found: it’s not one — it’s many.

📄 Paper (open access): www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📢 Press release: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

Tread below 🧵👇

Perspective: @danielviviroli.bsky.social et al discuss how climate change in mountain regions is cascading downstream and the related hydrological challenges for social-ecological systems and adaptation rdcu.be/e3fK2

CO₂ removal requires careful site selection to avoid harm to #biodiversity, a new study shows. At the same time, researchers find that the cooling effects of #CDR can benefit biodiversity: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
@tyndallcentre.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social

Biodiversity implications of land-intensive carbon dioxide removal - Nature Climate Change Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) plays an important role in decarbonization pathways to meet climate goals, but some methods are land-intensive. Multimodel analysis reveals conflicts between biodiversity ...

In a new study, published today in Nature Climate Change, we explore how carbon dioxide removal (CDR) – approaches that take CO2 out of the atmosphere – may affect #biodiversity. 🦎🐌 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Glacier loss may peak at 2,000–4,000 disappearing each year by mid‑century, says a study in @natclimate.nature.com. Limiting warming to 1.5 °C could more than double the number of glaciers that remain by 2100: spklr.io/633208LZri

#ClimateChangeScience #glaciology

Recommended read: A commentary co-authored by climate scientist Prof @clequere.bsky.social in Nature argued that several climate trends have locked in “irreversible progress in climate action”.

Mechanisms that sustain irreversibility in climate action: Figure 1

Why key progress in #ClimateAction is irreversible⚡

🛑Backstops inc.
-more than 5,000 laws/policies across 200 countries
-infrastructure that supports low-carbon development

🔁 Positive feedbacks inc.
-international/interorganisational collaboration
-'ambition loops'

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AI-driven weather forecasts for climate adaptation in India - Nature Climate Change Advanced monsoon onset prediction with multi-week lead time via an artificial intelligence (AI) weather model helps smallholder farmers adapt to a changing climate.

NEW:

For the new @natclimate.nature.com series Solutions in Practice, profiled a novel AI-powered long-range monsoon onset forecast with a 4-week lead time sent to 38 million Indian farmers, allowing them to plan for growing season based on the timing of the rain!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Accounting for ocean impacts nearly doubles the social cost of carbon - Nature Climate Change Oceans provide essential ecosystem services to human society, yet the climate impacts on blue capital have long been ignored. Incorporating the latest works on ocean science and economics, researchers...

The Social Cost of Carbon for the Oceans is out today in Nature Climate Change.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Until now, ocean damages have been largely missing from SCC estimates used in climate policy.

The image shows the January cover of journal, with the journal name over an image of an electric vehicle charger. The line "Positive progress on climate action" describes the cover.

Nature Climate Change January issue is online, content includes:

😀 new format "Solutions in Practice"
▶️ irreversibility in climate action
🏞️ changing pace of Arctic rivers
🥵 increasing human heat mortality
📈 revised reporting of US corporate emissions

& much more www.nature.com/nclimate/vol...

🌍 Our new @natclimate.nature.com study, led by @xuyanbin.bsky.social shows climate variations like El Niño don’t just affect weather — they can shape long-term human health and economic outcomes. Proud to contribute on the climate science side.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#ENSO #PublicHealth

Irreversibility in climate action - Nature Climate Change Although climate action is undermined by political interests and institutional inertia, multiple safeguards are in place to prevent backsliding on progress so far, and positive feedbacks reinforce progress despite opposing forces. Key elements of climate action are irreversible and can be further strengthened by commitments, investments and positive narratives.

In a new @natclimate.nature.com comment piece, Nigel Topping (Chair of @thecccuk.bsky.social) joins Corinne Le Quéré and other senior climate voices to discuss the irreversibility of climate change progress: spklr.io/633248nUC8

@nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com
🧪 #ClimateChange #ClimateAction

Communicating the need for climate action Nature Climate Change - It is essential to understand the best way to frame a persuasive message aimed at increasing concern about climate change and support for pro-environmental action. Now a...

The associated N&V "Communicating the need for climate action" by @jorislammers.bsky.social & Formanski provides further context rdcu.be/eXZ8m

Registered Report: A registered report megastudy on the persuasiveness of the most-cited climate messages finds that of the top 10 messaging strategies, many have significant, but small, effects on climate change attitudes. Voelkel et al. rdcu.be/eXZ3h

A registered report megastudy on the persuasiveness of the most-cited climate messages - Nature Climate Change How to effectively communicate climate change to the public has long been studied and debated. Through a registered report megastudy, researchers tested the ten most-cited climate change messaging str...

So little was known 18 years ago when I started researching climate comms. I'm blown away by how much we now know. This study, led by the incomparable Jan Voelkel with his all-star band, and released today in @natclimate.nature.com confirms that many distinct message strategies can work...

Trapped between darkness and heat: desert birds (Argya squamiceps) initiate daily activity earlier (and terminate it later) in response to heat Abstract. Diurnal desert endotherms must adjust the timing of their daily activity to mitigate physiological stress from ambient heat. Understanding the li

Nature Climate Change @natclimate.nature.com nicely covered our recent #ProcB paper (royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...).
Read if interested in how global warming affects the #sleep of desert birds #Arabian_babbler 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The image shows the December cover of journal, with the journal name over a watercolour painting of Edinburgh Old Town, UK. The line "Integrating adaptation into heritage conservation" describes the cover.

Nature Climate Change December issue includes:

💰 Q&A with funding agencies and their role in research
⬇️ low oxygen in rivers globally
💡 night light and ecosystems
🗣️ negative/positive probabilities for communication
🐦 hybridization to reduce vulnerability

& much more www.nature.com/nclimate/vol...

Peak glacier extinction in the mid-twenty-first century - Nature Climate Change Many mountain glaciers will disappear with warming. Here the authors assess how many glaciers will disappear per year under different warming scenarios, finding that a peak in glacier loss will happen during the mid-twenty-first century.

The number of glaciers disappearing worldwide each year is projected to sharply increase, peaking at 2,000–4,000 per year around the middle of the century, depending on the level of warming above pre-industrial levels: spklr.io/63324BQ8QK

@natclimate.nature.com #ClimateChange

🚨 New paper alert! ❄️

How many glaciers will exist by 2100 at +1.5 °C vs +4 °C warming? Our new study led by @landervt.bsky.social , projects the extinction year of ~200,000 glaciers worldwide. 🌍🧊

Can you imagine the Alps with only 20 glaciers remaining?

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

US cities consume 11 million tonnes of meat each year, producing 329 million tonnes of carbon emissions. A new study in @natclimate.nature.com shows emissions could drop by up to 51% by cutting waste and swapping beef for poultry: spklr.io/63329Bo7Xz

#foodconsumption #foodsystems

Reorienting climate litigation in a time of backlash - Nature Climate Change Restrictions on civil society may drive climate activists to shift from protest to litigation. However, challenges to judicial independence, deregulation and anti-climate litigation mean that activist...

Climate litigation is a path forward, if done correctly.

@mer29-cam.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social Lisa Vanhala, Joana Setzer, Ian Higham & @harrovanasselt.bsky.social have published a piece in @natclimate.nature.com that helps us understand effective action.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Temporary carbon dioxide removals to offset methane emissions - Nature Climate Change Methane emissions have a large short-term impact on temperature, which can be potentially offset by nature-based solutions that provide temporary carbon storage. This research demonstrates such matchi...

In a @natclimate.nature.com paper out today Frank Venmans
@wrickels.bsky.social and @bengroom.bsky.social outline how offsetting methane with CO2 removal contracts of 30 years has several advantages over offsetting with permanent removal contracts
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Temporary carbon dioxide removals to offset methane emissions - Nature Climate Change Methane emissions have a large short-term impact on temperature, which can be potentially offset by nature-based solutions that provide temporary carbon storage. This research demonstrates such matchi...

New paper. Interesting idea. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Global bias towards recording latitudinal range shifts - Nature Climate Change The authors consider studies reporting species range shifts and demonstrate a geometric bias in sampling along latitudinal, rather than longitudinal, gradients. This bias may favour the corroboration ...

New Paper out in Nature Climate Change @natclimate.nature.com! 🌿
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Read the full paper from: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Microbes wake up - Nature Climate Change Nature Climate Change - Microbes wake up

Wonderful to see a writeup of our recent permafrost work out in @natclimate.nature.com ! "Microbes wake up"

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Corals, Coasts and One Health Corals, Coasts and One Health is focused on addressing the urgent challenges facing coral reefs and connected coastal ecosystems. The conference program will bridge scales and disciplines, linking mic...

🚨1 week left until Abstract submission closes for the upcoming Nature conference "Corals, Coasts and One Health" 🪸 natureconferences.streamgo.live/corals-coast...

Join editors from @natecoevo.nature.com , @natclimate.nature.com , @natrevearthenviron.nature.com & @commsbio.nature.com 14–16 Feb 2026