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The co-evolution of technological promises, modelling, policies and climate change targets
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 20 April 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0740-1This Perspective maps the history of climate targets and shows how the international goal of avoiding...
Achieving a climate justice pathway to 1.5 °C
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Warmth disfavours natives
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Philosophers and economists agree on climate policy paths but for different reasons
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Longer-lived tropical songbirds reduce breeding activity as they buffer impacts of drought
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Filling the evidentiary gap in climate litigation
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 28 June 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01086-7Legal cases to force governments to reduce emissions or to pursue compensation for climate change-related losses...
Persistent acceleration in global sea-level rise since the 1960s
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 August 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0531-8Satellite altimetry shows global mean sea-level rise acceleration; however, sparse tide-gauge data limit understanding of the...
Land surface processes are the dominant driver of global runoff increase
Global runoff increases with carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration because of the synergistic effects of physiological responses to CO2 and the responses of vegetation and...
Decreasing rainfall frequency contributes to earlier leaf onset in northern ecosystems
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 14 February 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01285-wChanges in precipitation remains an understudied factor that can impact leaf onset date (LOD) under climate...
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