Categorie: Nature

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 28 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02033-y Ocean salinity changes are thought to be dominated by freshwater fluxes. Here the authors show that amplification of the Atlantic–Pacific salinity contrast also involves wind- and ocean warming-driven processes, with larger salinity increases in the North Atlantic, relative to the North Pacific.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 28 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02034-x How the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) changes has strong effects on tropical regions. Here the authors show that while the ITCZ moves northwards over the first one to two decades of CO2 emissions, the long-term migration is southward, linked to delayed surface warming in the Southern…

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Nature Climate Change, Published online: 27 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02071-6 Author Correction: Historical impacts of grazing on carbon stocks and climate mitigation opportunities   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02065-4 Author Correction: Current national proposals are off track to meet carbon dioxide removal needs   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02056-5 Adaptation evidence and knowledge are diverse and unequally represented in global adaptation discourse. The Adaptation Futures 2023 conference sought to bring this diversity together to advance more inclusive and impactful adaptation science, and confronted both the benefits and the trade-offs that this effort entails.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 21 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02045-8 Effective climate action requires understanding of the contribution of individual actions, firms and industries to greenhouse gas emissions. Now a study illustrates widespread misestimations of emission impacts and reveals underlying psychological processes.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 21 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02039-6 Analysis of 393,139 forest inventory plots shows that increased biodiversity weakens the sensitivity of spring leaf-out dates to warming, possibly owing to diversity-driven changes in root depth and soil biogeophysical and biogeochemical processes, among potential mechanisms.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 21 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02032-z Individual actions are important to reduce emissions, yet consumers’ carbon incompetence may lead to ineffective efforts. This study demonstrates the consistent inaccuracy in assessing emissions of behaviours, firms and industries, which may be driven by lack of information or expertise.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 21 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02037-8 Water scarcity is becoming increasingly severe under climate change, and women often bear most of the burden of collecting water. This research finds that both temperature rises and reduced precipitation increase women’s daily water collection time, thereby undermining their welfare globally.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 21 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02035-w The authors combine 393,139 forest inventory plots with satellite data to understand the impact of biodiversity on the sensitivity of spring leaf-out dates to temperature (ST). They show that high diversity significantly weakens ST, a relationship that Earth system models largely fail to reproduce.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 21 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02046-7 Regional marine cloud brightening (MCB) has been proposed as a form of geoengineering. Here the authors show that a regional MCB aiming to reduce warming in the Western United States under today’s conditions would be less efficient under warmer conditions and would exaggerate warming in other…

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Nature Climate Change, Published online: 19 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02049-4 Publisher Correction: Warming food webs at high latitudes   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 19 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02050-x Author Correction: Climate warming restructures food webs and carbon flow in high-latitude ecosystems   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 17 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02040-z To accept carbon pricing, citizens desire viable alternatives to fossil fuel-based options. As inflation and higher interest rates have exacerbated access barriers for capital-intensive green substitutes, the political success of carbon pricing will be measured by how well policy design enables consumers to switch.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 13 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02024-z Addressing the consequences of climate change requires political attention and leadership. However, this study shows that apart from Green parties, political parties do not increase their attention to environmental issues following extreme weather events.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 12 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02029-8 Maternal exposure to ambient heat during pregnancy has been shown to increase the risk for several adverse birth outcomes. Now research reveals that variations of ambient temperature during pregnancy and childhood could have a long-term impact on a child’s brain development.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 12 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02027-w Using magnetic resonance imaging assessment of 2,681 children from the Netherlands, the authors investigate effects of cold and heat exposure during pregnancy, infancy and childhood. They found that these exposures can have lasting impacts on white matter microstructure at preadolescence.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 11 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02038-7 Hydrochlorofluorocarbons are important ozone-depleting substances. Here the authors show that the radiative forcing and equivalent effective chlorine from hydrochlorofluorocarbons has decreased in recent years, 5 years earlier than expected.   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02044-9 Nuclear watchdog tracks warming   

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02042-x The effects on children