Climate change

Cellular model predicts how phytoplankton protein, carbohydrate, and lipid composition will shift under climate warming, with divergent regional responses that reshape marine food web nutrition.

Study shows extreme droughts, floods, and wildfires could occur at 2°C warming, exceeding impacts projected for 3-4°C. New sector-focused assessment reveals risks hidden by standard climate models.

Analysis of wildfire-PM2.5 health impacts in Canada 2019-2023 quantifies premature mortality, respiratory outcomes, and economic costs ranging from billions annually.

Theoretical analysis explains why climate foundation models succeed at field prediction but fail at extreme event detection through in-context learning complexity.

Climate migrants' awareness of land degradation in origin areas intensifies both acceptance and psychological distress, while poor understanding of urban dynamics undermines resilience.

Local human disturbances suppress coral reef climate refugia globally, but targeted intervention could restore protection against marine heatwaves.

Attribution study shows anthropogenic climate change amplified extreme rainfall and flash flooding in Valencia, October 2024, increasing 6-hour rainfall by 21% and affected area by 55%.

The 4th global coral bleaching event shows 87% of reefs in continuous heat stress since 2018, marking a shift to near-annual bleaching that overwhelms coral recovery capacity.

Study quantifies 71,000 glacial lakes globally, estimating 2,048 km³ of freshwater storage in 2020 and tracking changes since 1990 across high-mountain regions.

RGGI carbon emissions trading program caused significant wage declines for unskilled workers in energy-intensive sectors, with 7% reduction four years post-implementation, while skilled workers.

75-year analysis reveals regional tropical cyclone patterns shift with climate phases, with highest activity in the Western Pacific and strong associations with El Niño and La Niña conditions.

Study shows Alberta's electricity demand increasingly sensitive to temperature extremes, with hot days rising since 1991 and demand peaks doubling in some cities over recent decades.

Systematic review of 6,248 climate adaptation economics studies analyzing how households and firms respond to climate risks through methodological evolution and empirical findings from 1978-2025.

Soil moisture constraints override atmospheric aridity in governing vegetation dynamics across the warming Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, with regional variation depending on basin hydrogeography.

Study examines how aerosol and greenhouse gas reductions under carbon neutrality create regionally divergent wildfire impacts in China, with competing mechanisms driving risk changes.

Wild plant populations evolve rapidly during drought, and genetic variation at adaptive loci predicts demographic recovery. Study demonstrates evolutionary rescue in natural conditions.

An art-science collaboration examines how immersive installations and data visualizations engage publics with climate modelling and forest ecology, linking visual literacy to ecoliteracy development.

A statistical method corrects biases in Greenland ice sheet snow accumulation estimates from climate models, reducing uncertainties in sea-level rise projections.

Study of 414 residents reveals moderate climate change awareness but significant gap between understanding problems and actionable solutions, highlighting need for targeted educational.

CMIP6 climate models project intensified precipitation extremes in the Kosi Basin, with 47-79% increases in rainfall by 2100, critical for flood risk management and water resource planning.