Open access notables
Managing and mitigating future public health risks: Planetary boundaries, global catastrophic risk, and inclusive wealth, McLaughlin & Beck,& Risk Analysis [perspective]:
There are two separate conceptualizations for assessing existential risks: Planetary Boundaries (PBs) and global catastrophic risks (GCRs). While these concepts are similar in principle, their underpinning literatures tend not to engage with each other. Research related to these concepts has tended to be siloed in terms of the study of specific threats and also in terms of how these are assumed to materialize; PBs attribute global catastrophes to slow-moving and potentially irreversible global changes, while GCRs focuses on cataclysmic short-term events. We argue that there is a need for a more unified approach to managing global long-term risks, which recognizes the complex and confounded nature of the interactions between PBs and GCRs. We highlight where the PB and GCR concepts overlap and outline these complexities using an example of public health, namely, pandemics and food insecurity. We also present an existing indicator that we argue can be used for monitoring and managing risk. We argue for greater emphasis on national and global ‘‘inclusive wealth’’ as a way to measure economic activity and thus to monitor and mitigate the unintended consequences of economic activity. In sum, we call for a holistic approach to stewardship aimed at preserving the integrity of natural capital in the face of a broad range of global risks and their respective regional or global manifestations.
El Niño and Sea& Surface Temperature& Pattern Effects Lead to Historically High Global Mean& Surface Temperatures in 2023, Jiang et al.,& Geophysical Research Letters:&
In 2023, the world experienced its highest ever global mean surface temperature (GMST). Our study underscores the pivotal significance of El Niño and sea surface temperature (SST) warming as the fundamental causes. Interannually, the increment of GMST in 2023 comprised two phases: first, gradual ocean warming associated with El Niño and the North Atlantic from January to August; second, a continued rise in land temperatures in the mid-to-high latitude regions from September onwards, influenced by SST patterns. Notably, the maturation of El Niño prolonged warming in North America through excitation of the Pacific-North American teleconnection. During the most recent 15& years, GMST has entered an accelerated warming period, primarily driven by rapid SST warming trends in the tropical Indian Ocean, tropical Atlantic, subtropical North Pacific, and North Atlantic. These decadal warming patterns, combined with El Niño, may further increase GMST, with 2023 as a particularly striking example.
Carbon emission and energy risk management in mega sporting events: challenges, strategies, and pathways, Su et al.,& Frontiers in Environmental Science
The study reveals that large-scale sporting events generate substantial carbon emissions and energy consumption in transportation, venue construction, and event operation. However, carbon emissions and energy usage can be significantly reduced by optimizing venue locations, promoting green transportation, and implementing energy-saving measures at all stages. This study not only provides empirical data and theoretical support for the management of carbon emissions and energy efficiency in sporting events but also proposes practical and feasible suggestions that are highly important for the sustainable development of future sporting events. The findings have reference value for policymakers and event organizers in planning and implementing energy-saving and low-carbon events, helping promote environmental governance and sustainable development in the sports sector.
Hydroclimatic extremes threaten groundwater quality and stability, Schroeter et al.,& Nature Communications
Heavy precipitation, drought, and other hydroclimatic extremes occur more frequently than in the past climate reference period (1961&-1990). Given their strong effect on groundwater recharge dynamics, these phenomena increase the vulnerability of groundwater quantity and quality. Over the course of the past decade, we have documented changes in the composition of dissolved organic matter in groundwater. We show that fractions of ingressing surface-derived organic molecules increased significantly as groundwater levels declined, whereas concentrations of dissolved organic carbon remained constant. Molecular composition changeover was accelerated following 2018’s extreme summer drought. These findings demonstrate that hydroclimatic extremes promote rapid transport between surface ecosystems and groundwaters, thereby enabling xenobiotic substances to evade microbial processing, accrue in greater abundance in groundwater, and potentially compromise the safe nature of these potable water sources. Groundwater quality is far more vulnerable to the impact of recent climate anomalies than is currently recognized, and the molecular composition of dissolved organic matter can be used as a comprehensive indicator for groundwater quality deterioration.
Illusory implications: incidental exposure to ideas can induce beliefs, Mikell & Powell,& Royal Society Open Science
Numerous psychological findings have shown that incidental exposure to ideas makes those ideas seem more true, a finding commonly referred to as the ‘illusory truth’ effect. Under many accounts of the illusory truth effect, initial exposure to a statement provides a metacognitive feeling of ‘fluency’ or familiarity that, upon subsequent exposure, leads people to infer that the statement is more likely to be true. However, genuine beliefs do not only affect truth judgements about individual statements, they also imply other beliefs and drive decision-making. Here, we consider whether exposure to ‘premise’ statements affects people’s truth ratings for novel ‘implied’ statements, a pattern of findings we call the ‘illusory implication’ effect. We argue these effects would constitute evidence for genuine belief change from incidental exposure and identify a handful of existing findings that offer preliminary support for this claim. Building upon these, we conduct three new preregistered experiments to further test this hypothesis, finding additional evidence that exposure to ‘premise’ statements affected participants’ truth ratings for novel ‘implied’ statements, including for considerably more distant implications than those previously explored. Our findings suggest that the effects of incidental exposure reach further than previously thought, with potentially consequential implications for concerns around mis- and dis-information.
Risking delay: the storylines of (bioenergy with) carbon capture and storage in Swedish parliamentary discourse, Almqvist-Ingersoll,& Frontiers in Climate
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), along with Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), feature heavily in climate mitigation scenarios. Nevertheless, the technologies remain controversial within the broader mitigation discourse, in part for their potential to excuse delay in more ambitious emissions reductions in the short term. Sweden has included BECCS and CCS as proposed “supplementary measures” to enable the country to meet its ambitious target of achieving net negative emissions by 2045. Hajer’s Argumentative Approach to Discourse Analysis is applied to Swedish parliamentary speeches, motions, and written questions and answers, to uncover the storylines and attendant assumptions constituting Swedish policy deliberation regarding CCS and BECCS. This study finds that by problematizing climate change as an issue of emissions, actors position CCS and BECCS within a dominant neoliberal discourse and characterize them as tools to facilitate a green transition centering on industrial and economic competitiveness. This discourse lacks detail, and risks delay by oversimplifying the needs and requirements for CCS and BECCS deployment. Meanwhile, a CCS-critical discourse acknowledges the need for negative emissions but challenges storylines portraying the technology as inexpensive or easy to deploy rapidly. If pursued, this discourse could serve to sharpen the debate about the technologies and bring planning in line with aspirations, helping to avert risks of delay.
From this week's government/NGO section:
Planetary Solvency&-finding. Global risk management for human prosperity. our balance with nature,& Trust et al,& Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and University of Exeter
The risk of Planetary Insolvency looms unless we act decisively. Without immediate policy action to change course, catastrophic or extreme impacts are eminently plausible, which could threaten future prosperity. The global economy could face a 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 unless immediate policy action on risks posed by the climate crisis is taken. Populations are already impacted by food system shocks, water insecurity, heat stress, and infectious diseases. If unchecked, mass mortality, mass displacement, severe economic contraction, and conflict become more likely. The authors develop a framework for global risk management to address these risks and show how this approach can support future prosperity. They also show how a lack of realistic risk messaging to guide policy decisions has led to slower action than is needed. The authors propose a dashboard to provide decision-useful risk information to support policymakers to drive human activity within the finite bounds of the planet that we live on.
State of the Clean Energy Boom,& Clean Power
In less than two and a half years since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act more than 400,000 new clean energy jobs and over $422 billion in investments across 48 states and Puerto Rico have been announced. Most of the clean energy projects and jobs are located in congressional districts represented by Republicans &- 405 clean energy projects and 216,322 jobs, respectively. Of the top 10 states for new clean energy jobs, half have Republican governors welcoming the local investments. The authors analyze public announcements from the private sector since the passage of the clean energy plan to demonstrate the breadth and scale of the growing clean energy economy being built across the country. It also provides a breakdown of the data by state, sector, and congressional district, as well as analyses covering projects, jobs, and investments in rural areas and disadvantaged communities across America and in districts represented by Republican members of the House of Representatives.&
126 articles in 57 journals by 898 contributing authors
Physical science of climate change, effects
Atlantic overturning inferred from air-sea heat fluxes indicates no decline since the 1960s, Terhaar et al., Nature Communications Open Access 10.1038/s41467-024-55297-5
Climate Change Drives Evolution of Thermohaline Staircases in the Arctic Ocean, Lundberg & Polyakov, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 10.1029/2024jc021538
Delayed onset of ocean acidification in the Gulf of Maine, Stewart et al., Scientific Reports Open Access 10.1038/s41598-024-84537-3
Dominant inflation of the Arctic Ocean’s Beaufort Gyre in a warming climate, Wang et al., Communications Earth & Environment Open Access 10.1038/s43247-025-02028-3
Linking Radiative-Advective Equilibrium Regime Transition to Arctic Amplification, Liang et al., Geophysical Research Letters Open Access 10.1029/2024gl113417
Transient Climate Sensitivity Shaped by Low Cloud Changes Remotely Driven by Southern Ocean Processes, Ford et al., Journal of Climate 10.1175/jcli-d-24-0164.1
Observations of climate change, effects
El Niño and Sea Surface Temperature Pattern Effects Lead to Historically High Global Mean Surface Temperatures in 2023, Jiang et al., Geophysical Research Letters Open Access 10.1029/2024gl113733
Global increase in the occurrence and impact of multiyear droughts, Chen et al., Science 10.1126/science.ado4245
Greening of Svalbard in the twentieth century driven by sea ice loss and glaciers retreat, Ingrosso et al., Communications Earth & Environment Open Access 10.1038/s43247-025-01994-y
Regional Hotspots of Change in Northern High Latitudes Informed by Observations From Space, Watts et al., Geophysical Research Letters Open Access 10.1029/2023gl108081
Instrumentation & observational methods of climate change, effects
ESA CCI Soil Moisture GAPFILLED: An independent global gap-free satellite climate data record with uncertainty estimates, Preimesberger et al., Open Access 10.5194/essd-2024-610
What is climate change doing in Himalaya? Thirty years of the Pyramid Meteorological Network (Nepal), Salerno et al., Open Access 10.5194/essd-2024-591
Modeling, simulation & projection of climate change, effects
Changes in event soil moisture-temperature coupling can intensify very extreme heat beyond expectations, Maraun et al., Nature Communications Open Access 10.1038/s41467-025-56109-0
Modeling the impact of extreme weather events and future climate on the radiologically contaminated sites of Enewetak Atoll, Premathilake et al., Scientific Reports Open Access 10.1038/s41598-025-85849-8
More than three-fold increase in compound soil and air dryness across Europe by the end of 21st century, Shekhar et al., Open Access 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3143908/v2
Advancement of climate & climate effects modeling, simulation & projection
An improved and extended parameterization of the CO2 15 µm cooling in the middle and upper atmosphere (CO2&cool&fort-1.0), López-Puertas et al., Geoscientific Model Development Open Access 10.5194/gmd-17-4401-2024
Climate Model Downscaling in Central Asia: A Dynamical and a Neural Network Approach, Fallah et al., Geoscientific Model Development Open Access 10.5194/gmd-18-161-2025
Impact of host climate model on contrail cirrus effective radiative forcing estimates, Zhang et al., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Open Access 10.5194/acp-25-473-2025
Understanding equilibrium climate sensitivity changes from CMIP5 to CMIP6: Feedback, AMOC, and precipitation responses, Wang et al., Atmospheric Research 10.1016/j.atmosres.2025.107917
Cryosphere & climate change
A transdisciplinary, comparative analysis reveals key risks from Arctic permafrost thaw, Gartler et al., Communications Earth & Environment Open Access 10.1038/s43247-024-01883-w
Increased vulnerability of Arctic potential ice roads under climate change, Dong et al., Communications Earth & Environment Open Access 10.1038/s43247-025-02011-y
Sea ice loss in association with Arctic cyclones, Blanchard?Wrigglesworth et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 10.1029/2024jc021127
The interaction between thermokarst lake drainage and ground subsidence accelerates permafrost degradation, YU et al., Advances in Climate Change Research Open Access 10.1016/j.accre.2025.01.003
Paleoclimate & paleogeochemistry
Two Sites in East Asia Add to Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity of Wildfire Activity Across the Paleocene&-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Chen et al., Geophysical Research Letters Open Access 10.1029/2024gl113829
Biology & climate change, related geochemistry
A seasonal matrix population model for ixodid ticks with complex life histories and limited host availability, Vindenes & Mysterud, Ecology Open Access 10.1002/ecy.4511
Abrupt demographic change affects projected population size: Implications for an endangered species in a protected area, Strier & Ives, Ecology 10.1002/ecy.4487
Abrupt transformation of west Greenland lakes following compound climate extremes associated with atmospheric rivers, Saros et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open Access 10.1073/pnas.2413855122
Additive Effects of Multiple Global Change Factors on Plant Invasions Are Common, Shi et al., Ecology Letters 10.1111/ele.70057
An insect pheromone primes tolerance of herbivory in goldenrod plants, Yip et al., Ecology 10.1002/ecy.4486
Annual Chronology and Climate Signals in Swietenia macrophylla and Cedrela odorata (Meliaceae) in the Maya Lowlands, González?Méndez et al., Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 10.1029/2024pa005036
Anthropogenic Disturbance and Climate Change Impacts on the Suitable Habitat of Sphenomorphus incognitus in China, Chen et al., Ecology and Evolution Open Access 10.1002/ece3.70848
Cellular and genetic responses of Phaeodactylum tricornutum to seawater acidification and copper exposure, Chen et al., Marine Environmental Research 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106928
Climate change and the cost-of-living squeeze in desert lizards, Wild et al., Science 10.1126/science.adq4372
Common Yew (Taxus baccata) as a climate archive: Reconstructing 200 years of temperature change in Georgia (Caucasus), Kvaratskhelia & Gavashelishvili, Dendrochronologia 10.1016/j.dendro.2024.126285
Continuous Abrupt Vegetation Shifts in the Global Terrestrial Ecosystem, Wei et al., Ecology Letters 10.1111/ele.70069
Controlled temperature contrasts of three native and one highly invasive annual plant species in California, Zuliani et al., PeerJ Open Access 10.7717/peerj.18794
Do wood-boring beetles influence the flammability of deadwood?, Zhang et al., Ecology Open Access 10.1002/ecy.4508
Dominant species stabilize pollination services through response diversity, but not cross-scale redundancy, Genung & Winfree, Ecology 10.1002/ecy.4481
Double Trouble for Native Species Under Climate Change: Habitat Loss and Increased Environmental Overlap With Non-Native Species, Jan et al., Global Change Biology 10.1111/gcb.70040
Drought resilience of three coniferous species from Belgian arboreta highlights them as promising alternatives for future forests in Western Europe, Dendoncker et al., Dendrochronologia 10.1016/j.dendro.2024.126282
Hygroelectric Energy Harvesting by Daily Humidity Cycles and its Thermodynamics, Komazaki et al., Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research Open Access 10.1002/aesr.202400342
Modeling and design of solar& +& storage-powered community resilience hubs across California, Murphy et al., Risk Analysis Open Access 10.1111/risa.14341
New development paths through green hydrogen?: An ex-ante assessment of structure and agency in Chile and Namibia, Scholvin & Kalvelage, Energy Research & Social Science Open Access 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103904
Energy transfer efficiency rather than productivity determines the strength of aquatic trophic cascades, Zhou et al., Ecology 10.1002/ecy.4482
Even protected seaweeds must face a warming ocean: Sea surface temperatures trigger tissue bleaching and breakdown in the unique giant Irish moss (Chondrus crispus), Gibbons et al., Marine Environmental Research 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106907
Evolution and Viability of Asian Horseshoe Crabs Appear Tightly Linked to Geo-Climatic Dynamics in the Sunda Shelf, Tang et al., Conservation Letters Open Access 10.1111/conl.13074
Global Marine Ecosystem Response to a Strong AMOC Weakening Under Low and High Future Emission Scenarios, Boot et al., Earth's Future Open Access 10.1029/2024ef004741
Gross primary productivity is more sensitive to accelerated flash droughts, Jing et al., Communications Earth & Environment Open Access 10.1038/s43247-025-02013-w
High- and low-temperature stress responses of Porites lutea from the relatively high-latitude region of the South China Sea, Huang et al., Marine Environmental Research 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106858
Impacts of Weather Anomalies and Climate on Plant Disease, Kirk et al., Ecology Letters 10.1111/ele.70062
Leaf Photosynthetic and Respiratory Thermal Acclimation in Terrestrial Plants in Response to Warming: A Global Synthesis, Wu et al., Global Change Biology 10.1111/gcb.70026
Lessons from wholesale market success for system service procurement design in high renewable electricity markets, Lynch & Bertsch, Nature Energy 10.1038/s41560-024-01699-0
Long-term increases in wing length occur independently of changes in climate and climate-driven shifts in body size, Dias et al., Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Open Access 10.1098/rspb.2024.2556
Long-term warming and acidification interaction drives plastic acclimation in the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries, Sun et al., Marine Environmental Research 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106901
Mortality Patterns and Recovery Challenges in Millepora alcicornis after mass bleaching event on Northeast Brazilian Reefs, Vidal et al., Marine Environmental Research 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106864
Multiple Elevation-Dependent Climate Signals From Quantitative Wood Anatomical Measurements of Rocky Mountain Bristlecone Pine, Edwards et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 10.1029/2024jg008307
Performance of Acanthina monodon juveniles under long-term exposure to predicted climate change conditions, Paredes-Molina et al., Marine Environmental Research 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106855
Recurrent marine heatwaves compromise the reproduction success and long-term viability of shallow populations of the Mediterranean gorgonian Eunicella singularis, Sarda et al., Marine Environmental Research Open Access 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106822
Southward Migration: How Climate Change Alters the Prey Dynamics of Spotted Seal in Western Pacific Ocean, Zhu et al., Diversity and Distributions Open Access 10.1111/ddi.13957
Statistical power and the detection of global change responses: The case of leaf production in old-growth forests, Wright & Calderón, Ecology 10.1002/ecy.4526
Sweating the small stuff: microclimatic exposure and species habitat associations inform climate vulnerability in a grassland songbird community, Bernath-Plaisted et al., Biology Letters Open Access 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0599
The Late Orchid Catches the Bee: Frost Damage and Pollination Success in the Face of Global Warming in a European Terrestrial Orchid, Schiestl et al., Ecology and Evolution Open Access 10.1002/ece3.70729
The trade-offs associated with the adaptions of marine microalgae to high CO2 and warming, Liang et al., Marine Environmental Research 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106853
Time since fire interacts with herbivore intake rates to control herbivore habitat occupancy, Donaldson et al., Ecology 10.1002/ecy.4473
Variations of polyphenols and carbohydrates of Emiliania huxleyi grown under simulated ocean acidification conditions, Rico et al., Open Access 10.5194/bg-2024-1
Warming-induced changes in seasonal priority effects drive shifts in community composition, Dawson?Glass et al., Ecology Open Access 10.1002/ecy.4504
GHG sources & sinks, flux, related geochemistry
Air temperature and precipitation constraining the modelled wetland methane emissions in a boreal region in northern Europe, Aalto et al., Biogeosciences Open Access 10.5194/bg-22-323-2025
Annual grass invasions and wildfire deplete ecosystem carbon storage by >50% to resistant base levels, Maxwell et al., Communications Earth & Environment Open Access pdf 10.1038/s43247-024-01795-9
Atmospheric CO2 column concentration over Iran: Emissions, GOSAT satellite observations, and WRF-GHG model simulations, Karbasi et al., Atmospheric Research Open Access 10.1016/j.atmosres.2024.107818
Bridging the gap in carbon cycle studies: Meteorological station-based carbon flux dataset as a complement to EC towers, Zhang et al., Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110397
Contrasting effects of water deficits and rewetting on greenhouse gas emissions in two grassland and forest ecosystems, Zou et al., Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110396
Enhanced CH4 emissions from global wildfires likely due to undetected small fires, Zhao et al., Nature Communications Open Access 10.1038/s41467-025-56218-w
Ensemble estimates of global wetland methane emissions over 2000&-2020, Zhang et al., Biogeosciences Open Access 10.5194/bg-22-305-2025
GHG emissions intensity analysis. Case study: Bioethanol plant with cogeneration and partial CO2 recovery, Galván et al., Energy for Sustainable Development 10.1016/j.esd.2024.101598
Impact of the 1994&-1997 temporary decrease in Northern Hemisphere stratospheric methane on the 1990s methane trend, Han et al., Global and Planetary Change 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2025.104697
Initial Stand Volume and Residual Live Trees Drive Deadwood Carbon Stocks in Fire and Harvest Disturbed Boreal Forests at North-Central Alberta, Osei & Nock, Ecology and Evolution Open Access 10.1002/ece3.70710
Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency and Growth Rates in Soil: Global Patterns and Drivers, Hu et al., Global Change Biology 10.1111/gcb.70036
Peat Depth and Carbon Storage of the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada, Li et al., Geophysical Research Letters Open Access 10.1029/2024gl110679
Predicting CO2 and CH4 fluxes and their seasonal variations in a subarctic wetland under two shared socioeconomic pathway climate scenarios, Zhao et al., Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Open Access 10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110359
Reconciliation of observation- and inventory- based methane emissions for eight large global emitters, Petrescu et al., Open Access 10.5194/essd-2023-516
Removal of dissolved organic carbon in the West Pacific hadal zones, Chu et al., Nature Communications Open Access 10.1038/s41467-025-55883-1
Seasonal CO2 amplitude in northern high latitudes, Liu et al., Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 10.1038/s43017-024-00600-7
Seasonal warming responses of the carbon dioxide sink from northern forests are sensitive to stand age, Liu et al., Communications Earth & Environment Open Access 10.1038/s43247-025-02008-7
Spatial and temporal variations of gross primary production simulated by land surface model BCC&AVIM2.0, Li et al., Advances in Climate Change Research Open Access 10.1016/j.accre.2023.02.001
The presence of the Tibetan Plateau lowers atmospheric CO2 levels via the Atlantic-Pacific carbon seesaw, Du et al., Global and Planetary Change 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104681
Unlocking Mechanisms for Soil Organic Matter Accumulation: Carbon Use Efficiency and Microbial Necromass as the Keys, Yang et al., Global Change Biology 10.1111/gcb.70033
Variations and drivers of CO2 fluxes at multiple temporal scales of subtropical agricultural systems in the Huaihe river Basin, Zhang et al., Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110394
Wildfires offset the increasing but spatially heterogeneous Arctic&-boreal CO2 uptake, Virkkala et al., Nature Climate Change Open Access 10.1038/s41558-024-02234-5
CO2 capture, sequestration science & engineering
Bargaining powers in cooperative Carbon Dioxide Removal deployment, Jagu Schippers et al., Climate Policy 10.1080/14693062.2024.2445167
Carbon burial in sediments below seaweed farms matches that of Blue Carbon habitats, Duarte et al., Nature Climate Change 10.1038/s41558-024-02238-1
Review and syntheses: Ocean alkalinity enhancement and carbon dioxide removal through marine enhanced rock weathering using olivine, Geerts et al., Biogeosciences Open Access 10.5194/bg-22-355-2025
Risking delay: the storylines of (bioenergy with) carbon capture and storage in Swedish parliamentary discourse, Almqvist-Ingersoll, Frontiers in Climate Open Access 10.3389/fclim.2024.1514753
Decarbonization
Hygroelectric Energy Harvesting by Daily Humidity Cycles and its Thermodynamics, Komazaki et al., Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research Open Access 10.1002/aesr.202400342
Modeling and design of solar& +& storage-powered community resilience hubs across California, Murphy et al., Risk Analysis Open Access 10.1111/risa.14341
New development paths through green hydrogen?: An ex-ante assessment of structure and agency in Chile and Namibia, Scholvin & Kalvelage, Energy Research & Social Science Open Access 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103904
Predicting the effect of promoting ultra-low energy buildings in hot summer and warm winter regions on CO2 emission, Wang et al., Energy for Sustainable Development 10.1016/j.esd.2024.101646
Geoengineering climate
How to address solar geoengineering’s transparency problem, Talati et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open Access 10.1073/pnas.2419587122
Permafrost Response in Northern High-Latitude Regions to 1.5°C Warming and Overshoot Scenarios Achieved via Solar Radiation Modification, Ji et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Open Access 10.1029/2024jd041772
Aerosols
Changes in the Climate Effects of Major Anthropogenic Aerosols in East Asia Under Different Emission Reduction Scenarios in China, Gao et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 10.1029/2024jd042301
Climate change communications & cognition
Climate change and urban forests: generational differences in women’s perceptions and willingness to participate in conservation efforts, Maleknia et al., Frontiers in Forests and Global Change Open Access 10.3389/ffgc.2024.1450098
Feeling climate change: how emotions govern our responses to the climate emergency, Bowden, Environmental Politics Open Access 10.1080/09644016.2025.2454762
Illusory implications: incidental exposure to ideas can induce beliefs, Mikell & Powell, Royal Society Open Science Open Access 10.1098/rsos.240716
Intergenerational Ethics and Climate Change, Kerridge & Komesaroff Pottier , Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health Open Access pdf 10.1111/jpc.15922
Promoting Collective Climate Action and Identification with Environmentalists through Social Interaction and Visual Feedback in Virtual Reality, Plechatá et al., Journal of Environmental Psychology Open Access 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102526
Agronomy, animal husbundry, food production & climate change
A model-data fusion approach for quantifying the carbon budget in cotton agroecosystems across the United States, Qin et al., Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Open Access 10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110407
Change of dietary patterns on CO2 emissions under the African swine fever in South Korea, Eun, Frontiers in Climate Open Access 10.3389/fclim.2024.1485355
Climate change impacts on cocoa production in the major producing countries of West and Central Africa by mid-century, Asante et al., Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Open Access 10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110393
Examining effects of climate information utilization by climate-vulnerability groups in the northern region of Ghana, Alhassan et al., Frontiers in Climate Open Access 10.3389/fclim.2024.1482044
From Dry to Temperate: How Climate Change Alters Growing Seasons?, Khodamorad Pour et al., International Journal of Climatology 10.1002/joc.8752
Impacts of climate-driven insect population change on sawtimber provisioning, carbon sequestration, and water retention: a case study of bark beetle outbreaks in the USA, Chen et al., Frontiers in Forests and Global Change Open Access 10.3389/ffgc.2024.1513721
Lower methane and nitrous oxide emissions from rice-aquaculture co-culture systems than from rice paddies in southeast China,, Fang et al., Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109540
Modeling biochar effects on soil organic carbon on croplands in a microbial decomposition model (MIMICS-BC&v1.0), Han et al., Geoscientific Model Development Open Access 10.5194/gmd-17-4871-2024
The impact of climate change on household dietary diversity score (HDDS) in Afghanistan, Yolchi & Wang, Climate Risk Management Open Access 10.1016/j.crm.2025.100687
Hydrology, hydrometeorology & climate change
A Quantitative Assessment of Vertical Wave Energy Flux and Global Wave Power Due To Upward Propagating Tides Based on TIMED Observations, Neogi & Oberheide, Geophysical Research Letters Open Access 10.1029/2024gl113527
Counteracting greenhouse gas and aerosol influences intensify global water seasonality over the past century, Zhao et al., Communications Earth & Environment Open Access 10.1038/s43247-025-02025-6
Emergent constraints on global soil moisture projections under climate change, Yao et al., Communications Earth & Environment Open Access 10.1038/s43247-025-02024-7
Hydroclimatic extremes threaten groundwater quality and stability, Schroeter et al., Nature Communications Open Access 10.1038/s41467-025-55890-2
Impact of drought on cooling capacity and carbon sequestration in urban green area, Guidolotti et al., Urban Climate Open Access 10.1016/j.uclim.2024.102244
Increasing certainty in projected local extreme precipitation change, Li et al., Nature Communications Open Access 10.1038/s41467-025-56235-9
Climate change mitigation public policy research
Accounting socio-economic benefits of household biogas towards net zero energy transition in developing countries: A case study of Nepal, Ghimire et al., Energy for Sustainable Development 10.1016/j.esd.2024.101634
China’s carbon labeling legal system and green supply chain management from the perspective of sustainability: status quo, implementation problems and legislative recommendations, Qi & Yu, Carbon Management Open Access 10.1080/17583004.2025.2451859
Coping with decarbonisation: An inventory of strategies from resistance to transformation, Brisbois & Cantoni Cantoni, Global Environmental Change Open Access 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2025.102968
Digital finance, institutional quality, and carbon dioxide emissions in Africa, Konadu-Yiadom et al., Climate and Development 10.1080/17565529.2025.2452435
Empty promises for emissions targets, Tang & Zhang, Nature Climate Change 10.1038/s41558-024-02239-0
Energy and climate policy implications on the deployment of low-carbon ammonia technologies, Chyong et al., Nature Communications Open Access 10.1038/s41467-025-56006-6
Energy requirements for sustainable human development, Ranjan & Kanitkar Gamble Derbel Collins , Energy for Sustainable Development Open Access 10.1016/j.esd.2024.101648
Interactions between renewable energy tokens, oil shocks, and clean energy investments: Do COP26 policies matter?, Naifar, Energy Policy 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114497
Limited accountability and awareness of corporate emissions target outcomes, Jiang et al., Nature Climate Change Open Access 10.1038/s41558-024-02236-3
Measuring implicit carbon prices of renewable energy incentives: Insights from China, Quan et al., Energy for Sustainable Development 10.1016/j.esd.2025.101656
Multi-level governance of low-carbon tourism in rural China: policy evolution, implementation pathways, and socio-ecological impacts, Guo & Li, Frontiers in Environmental Science Open Access 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1482713
Need for speed: Co-creating scenarios for climate neutral energy systems in Austria in 2040, Schmidt et al., Energy Policy Open Access 10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114493
Palm trees, energy security and green hydrogen futures: Tourists' views on Mallorca's low carbon transition, Brennan & van Rensburg, Energy Research & Social Science Open Access 10.1016/j.erss.2025.103923
Study on the efficiency evolution of carbon emissions and factors affecting them in 143 countries worldwide, Dong et al., Urban Climate 10.1016/j.uclim.2024.102265
The actions for carbon neutrality in the social network of supply chains, Zhai et al., Carbon Management Open Access 10.1080/17583004.2025.2451851
The impact mechanism of political risk on foreign renewable energy investment in developing countries: The mediating role of vulnerability, Jiang et al., Energy Policy 10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114467
Toward energy democracy: Municipal energy actions in local renewable energy projects, Palm et al., Energy Research & Social Science Open Access 10.1016/j.erss.2025.103921
Watered down justice: Experiences of the offshore wind transition in Northeast coastal communities in the United States, Smythe et al., Energy Research & Social Science 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103919
Climate change adaptation & adaptation public policy research
Community-based monitoring: shoreline change in Southwest Alaska, Christian et al., Frontiers in Climate Open Access 10.3389/fclim.2024.1410329
Future climatic risks faced by the Beautiful China Initiative: A perspective for 2035 and 2050, Ma et al., Advances in Climate Change Research Open Access 10.1016/j.accre.2025.01.002
Lessons Learned from Evaluating the Climate Change Risk on a Company’s Supply Chain, Gu et al., Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 10.1175/bams-d-23-0283.1
Off the grid: utilizing OpenStreetMap for early warning and early action in conflict settings in Sudan, Scholz et al., Frontiers in Climate Open Access 10.3389/fclim.2024.1439940
Senses of justice after managed retreat in New York city, Olivotto et al., Frontiers in Climate Open Access 10.3389/fclim.2024.1481919
Climate change impacts on human health
What it means to be resilient to heatwaves for vulnerable households in mass tourist destinations?, Yoon & Ribas Ribas Palom, Climate Risk Management Open Access 10.1016/j.crm.2025.100688
Climate change impacts on human culture
Carbon emission and energy risk management in mega sporting events: challenges, strategies, and pathways, Su et al., Frontiers in Environmental Science Open Access 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1513365
Other
Applying astronomical solutions and Milankovi? forcing in the Earth sciences, Zeebe & Kocken, Earth
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