Categorie: Nature

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 12 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01953-z How groundwater recharge changes with global warming is not well constrained. Here, the authors use an empirical relationship to show that groundwater recharge is more sensitive to aridity changes than expected, implying a strong response of water resources to climate change.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 11 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01974-8 Author Correction: Climate threats to coastal infrastructure and sustainable development outcomes   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 08 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01970-y The impacts of climate change on food production will affect us all. It is important that research and funding are available to minimize these effects and support the most vulnerable.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 08 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01945-z Children’s education outcomes are vulnerable to the effects of climate change. This Review examines the impact of various climate stressors on children’s educations, develops a framework to understand these risks, and discusses methodological challenges and directions for future research.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 08 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01941-3 The authors conduct a systematic literature review on renewable energy expansion and biodiversity. Comparing renewable energy siting maps with the ranges of two threatened species under future climates, they highlight the potential conflict and need for consideration of climate-change-driven range shifts.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 07 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01923-x River water quality affects water security and is expected to degrade under climate change—an issue that has garnered limited attention. Here the authors review the impacts of climate change and climate extremes on water quality, highlighting the pivotal role of land–river connectivity.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01940-4 In a changing climate, tree trunks serve as crucial refuges for animals, particularly ectotherms, seeking to escape extreme climatic conditions. Therefore, while climate change could generally promote population growth among ectotherms, deforestation could reverse these positive effects in some populations or exacerbate the negative impacts of…

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Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01939-x The authors develop a biophysical model to understand the impacts of tree loss and climate change on the activity patterns and population trends of a diurnal ectotherm (lizard). They show that deforestation can reverse the positive effects of climate change and even accelerate population declines.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 01 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01950-2 Increasing exposure to climate hazards under climate change will disproportionately impact poor communities. This study shows that disruptions to infrastructure service threaten progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals in coastal Bangladesh, but impacts can be mediated through adaptation.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 27 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01946-y The authors use stomach contents from six fish species sampled for 12 years to show that warming shifts foraging behaviour to favour consumption of less energetically rewarding prey. Using food web models, they show that this flexible foraging could lead to reduced community biodiversity.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 26 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01965-9 Publisher Correction: Offshoring emissions through used vehicle exports   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 20 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01943-1 International trade of used vehicles lacks regulation on emissions standards. This study shows that vehicles exported from Great Britain generate substantially higher carbon and pollution emissions than scrapped or on-road vehicles.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01942-2 Local governments need extensive funding to realize transformative climate ambitions and this raises the spectre of privileging outside interests over just transitions. Now, research unearths how such private financial interests shape city climate actions in ways both broader, and potentially more brittle, than previously understood.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01924-4 City fiscal and budgetary decisions play an essential role in the success of urban climate action. Using US cities as a case study, this Article reveals the interrelationship between urban climate finance, action and justice, as well as promising pathways to transform municipal finance practices.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01929-z Building additional water infrastructure such as wells is a key strategy to mitigate the impacts of severe droughts, particularly in drylands. This study shows, however, that this infrastructure can lead to loss of resilience under climate change due to erosion of traditional practices.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 14 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01938-y Methane concentrations are rising faster than ever in the atmosphere. Now, a compilation of observations points towards increased methane emissions from Arctic wetlands as being partly responsible.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 14 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01933-3 Whether methane emissions from the Boreal–Arctic region are increasing under climate change is unclear, but critical for determining climate feedbacks. This study uses observations and machine learning to show an increase in wetland methane emissions over the past two decades, with inter-annual variation.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 09 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01925-3 Global support and cooperation are necessary for successful climate action. Large-scale representative survey results show that most of the population around the world is willing to support climate action, while a perception gap exists regarding other citizens’ intention to act.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 08 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01936-0 Inclusive and resilient mobility   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 08 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01934-2 Monitoring bias for genetic diversity