Climatic selection and gene expression plasticity

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 04 January 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00979-3Climatic selection and gene expression plasticity

Greater committed warming after accounting for the pattern effect

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 04 January 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00955-xEarth’s energy budget depends on the global sea surface temperature pattern, which is currently counteracting warming...

Global multi-model projections of local urban climates

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 04 January 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00958-8An urban climate model emulator has been used with a multi-model archive to estimate that in...

Soil moisture–atmosphere feedbacks mitigate declining water availability in drylands

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 04 January 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00945-zSurface water availability will change under climate change and is impacted by feedbacks between the land...

Desalination breakthrough could lead to cheaper water filtration

Producing clean water at a lower cost could be on the horizon after researchers solved a complex problem that has baffled scientists for decades,...

Largest study of Asia’s rivers unearths 800 years of paleoclimate patterns

The SUTD study will be crucial for assessing future climatic changes and making more informed water management decisions.

Flag leaves could help top off photosynthetic performance in rice

A team found that some flag leaves of different varieties of rice transform light and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates better than others, potentially opening...

Surveys identify relationship between waves, coastal cliff erosion

Researchers have always known that waves were an important part of the cliff erosion process, but they haven't been able to separate the influence...

Carbon capture: Faster, greener way of producing carbon spheres

A fast, green and one-step method for producing porous carbon spheres, which are a vital component for carbon capture technology and for new ways...

Discovery boosts theory that life on Earth arose from RNA-DNA mix

Chemists have made a discovery that supports a surprising new view of how life originated on our planet. They demonstrated that a simple compound...

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