How fish stocks will change in warming seas
New research out today highlights the future effects of climate change on important fish stocks for south-west UK fisheries.
Fragmented forests: Tree cover, urban sprawl both increased in Southeast Michigan over the past...
The extent of Southeast Michigan's tree canopy and its urban sprawl both increased between 1985 and 2015, according to a new study that used...
Exact climate data from the past
Corals and cave carbonates can reveal the temperatures that prevailed at the Earth's surface at the time they formed. An international team of geoscientists...
Land-use change disrupts wild plant pollination on a global scale
Human changes to the environment have been linked to widespread pollinator declines. New research shows that intensive land use will further decrease pollination and...
Sea-ice-free Arctic during the Last Interglacial supports fast future loss
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 August 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0865-2Arctic climate in the Last Interglacial (LIG)—a warm period 130,000–116,000 years ago—is poorly simulated by modern...
Heavy rain, come today
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 August 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0834-9More intense precipitation is an expected consequence of anthropogenic climate change. Now research quantifies the effect...
Social determinants of adaptive and transformative responses to climate change
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 August 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0871-4Multilevel network modelling shows that social network exposure promotes both adaptive and transformative responses to climate...
Net benefits to US soy and maize yields from intensifying hourly rainfall
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 August 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0830-0Short-term extreme weather events such as hourly heat can negatively impact crop yields. US maize and...
Deep-sea misconceptions cause underestimation of seabed-mining impacts
A new publication on the impacts of deep-seabed mining by 13 prominent deep-sea biologists seeks to dispel scientific misconceptions that have led to miscalculations...
Predicting drought in the American West just got more difficult
A new study of more than 1,000 years of North American droughts and global conditions found that forecasting a lack of precipitation is rarely...
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