Why setting a climate deadline is dangerous
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 22 July 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0543-4The publication of the IPCC Special Report on global warming of 1.5 oC paved the way...
Tropical cyclones and heatwaves
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 22 July 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0537-2Heatwaves increase in frequency and intensity with global warming. Research now shows that the sequence of...
Niche syndromes reveal climate-driven extinction threat to island endemic conifers
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 15 July 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0530-9Island species are at risk as the climate changes. Island conifers are used as a model...
Global loss of climate connectivity in tropical forests
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 08 July 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0529-2Physically connected habitats are required for terrestrial species to shift their liveable ranges as the tropics...
Fish die-offs are concurrent with thermal extremes in north temperate lakes
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 08 July 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0520-yMass summertime fish die-offs across 359 Wisconsin lakes are attributed to high lake temperatures during periods of...
Persecuting, protecting or ignoring biodiversity under climate change
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 08 July 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0526-5This Perspective describes persecution, protection and ignorance archetypes for managing and monitoring species redistribution under climate...
Management for network diversity speeds evolutionary adaptation to climate change
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 01 July 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0518-5This study uses spatially explicit simulations of a simple coral reef ecosystem to show that evolutionary...
Prospects for powering past coal
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 01 July 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0509-6To limit warming, a rapid reduction in coal use is needed. Early retirement of coal power...
A simple model predicts how warming simplifies wild food webs
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 01 July 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0513-xObservations of feeding interactions show that warming simplifies the structure of food webs in stream ecosystems....
Arctic greening and bird nest predation risk across tundra ecotones
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 01 July 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0514-9Bird numbers are declining globally, with sharp decreases in alpine and Arctic regions. Increases in primary...
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