The need to consider residual risk
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 23 September 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01129-zIncreased flood risk from climate change requires adaptation, but future protection may leave communities with residual...
Residual flood damage under intensive adaptation
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 23 September 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01158-8Residual flood damage (RFD), the remaining damage from floods after adaptation measures have been implemented, is...
Drivers of exceptional coastal warming in the northeastern United States
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 23 September 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01159-7The coastal northeastern United States is a warming hotspot, and observations identify a slower Atlantic overturning...
Enhanced hydrological cycle increases ocean heat uptake and moderates transient climate change
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 23 September 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01152-0A climate model shows that hydrological cycle change drives ocean salinity increases, enhancing heat transport into...
How a city’s design creates congestion
City planners predict that as more people move into urban areas, traffic jams will get worse. That's why sustainability experts propose a new way...
Metals supercharge promising method to bury harmful carbon dioxide under the sea
Researchers have found a way to supercharge the formation of carbon dioxide-based crystal structures that could someday store billions of tons of carbon under...
Desert teamwork explains global pattern of co-operation in birds
A new study from the Kalahari Desert finds that teamwork allows birds to cope with brutally unpredictable environments.
Wind energy can deliver vital slash to global warming
Implementing advance wind energy scenarios could achieve a reduction in global warming atmospheric average temperatures of 0.3 to 0.8 degrees Celsius by the end...
Early Homo sapiens groups in Europe faced subarctic climates
Using oxygen stable isotope analysis of tooth enamel from animals butchered by humans at the site of Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria, researchers show that...
Researchers mimic how water and wind create complex shapes in nature
Researchers have found a way to mimic the natural processes that create complex shapes and landscapes with the help of a vibrating plate and...
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