Transitional wave climate regions on continental and polar coasts in a warming world
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 June 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01389-3Changes in wave climate can pose substantial risk to coastal areas. Here transitional wave climate regions—areas...
The small scales of the ocean may hold the key to surprises
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 June 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01386-6Sharp fronts and eddies that are ubiquitous in the world ocean, as well as features such...
Increasing surface runoff from Greenland’s firn areas
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 June 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01371-zIce that melts at high elevation often refreezes and, therefore, does not contribute to the shrinking...
Ambitious partnership needed for reliable climate prediction
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 June 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01384-8Current global climate models struggle to represent precipitation and related extreme events, with serious implications for...
Think big and model small
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 June 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01399-1It is now possible to model the climate system at the kilometre scale, but more work...
Soil quality both increases crop production and improves resilience to climate change
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 09 June 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01376-8Food demand is increasing, while climate change is impacting the magnitude and stability of crop yields....
Aligning artificial intelligence with climate change mitigation
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 09 June 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01377-7The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping our society in many ways, and climate...
Enhancing soil quality makes crop production more resilient to climate change
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 09 June 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01387-5A study involving over 12,000 observations shows that high-quality cropland soils not only lead to a...
Renewable energy certificates allow companies to overstate their emission reductions
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 09 June 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01385-7Many companies purchase renewable energy certificates to report reduced emissions, but this may not lead to...
Renewable energy certificates threaten the integrity of corporate science-based targets
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 09 June 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01379-5Companies commonly use renewable energy certificates to report progress towards emission reduction targets. However, this use...
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