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Nature Climate Change @natclimate.nature.com · Aug 4
Nature Climate Change August issue is now online

Content includes
🛜editorial introducing Focus on climate communication
🪁wind turbines & whales
🥵expanding global heat stress
🌲tree canopy protection of permafrost carbon
🏭residual emissions & health impacts

& much more www.nature.com/nclimate/vol...
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NEW ARTICLE @natclimate.nature.com by CASBS fellow @climatefran.bsky.social & collaborators, "New Labour and Agricultural Damages Improve Climate Cost Estimates," quantifies the cost of heat stress on global labor.

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New paper in Nature Climate Change today makes big improvements to 2 social cost of carbon damage sectors - labor productivity and agriculture

Overall we find slightly lower mean SCC and much narrower uncertainty, mainly due to improved confidence around ag damages

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New labour and agricultural damages improve climate cost estimates - Nature Climate Change
Heat stress reduces labour productivity, but economy-wide assessments are mostly missing. Using high-resolution projections and global economic modelling, the authors provide new cost estimates, and u...
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September 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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🐝 Essentiels à la pollinisation dans les régions tempérées et froides, les bourdons subissent les effets du changement climatique sur leurs habitats.

Une étude publiée dans Nature Climate Change et coordonnée par le Laboratoire d’Épidémiologie Spatiale (SpELL) de l’ULB.
Les bourdons de nos jardins : petites bestioles, grands enjeux pour notre écosystème - RTBF Actus
Le bourdon passe d’une fleur à l’autre dans votre jardin. Et pour cause, c’est un pollinisateur très important,...
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September 2, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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I have a new comment in Nature Climate Change about the connections between using informal grass-roots knowledge for adaptation to extreme heat, and addressing justice concerns about ensuring equitable distribution of opportunities and benefits.

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Bringing justice to informal adaptation to heat stress - Nature Climate Change
Informal adaptation can augment or replace formal adaptation with flexible and responsive actions, yet it can also reproduce and intensify existing injustices. We propose justice-oriented co-creation ...
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August 19, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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Our new open access paper from Hong Wang's PhD in Nature Climate Change @springernature.com shows how climate warming causes more barriers for river habitats due to river temperatures exceeding tolerance thresholds for fish species: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @water.leeds.ac.uk
Climate warming drives thermal shocks and accelerated freshwater habitat fragmentation - Nature Climate Change
Assessing 9,809 freshwater fish species globally, this study shows risk to a high proportion of species in the tropics, and severe extremes in non-tropical regions. Under high emissions, gradual warmi...
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August 24, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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Climate change is expected to alter oceanic circulation, with the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at risk of collapse. A study in Nature Climate Change shows that the stability of the AMOC is dependent on the rate of atmospheric CO2 change rather than having a fixed threshold. 🌊🧪
Failure to track a stable AMOC state under rapid climate change - Nature Climate Change
Climate change is expected to alter oceanic circulation, with the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) at risk of collapse. This work shows that the stability of the AMOC is dependent on the rate of atmospheric CO2 change rather than having a fixed threshold.
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August 26, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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Global hourly heat extremes are projected to triple by the end of the century under a moderate-emissions scenario, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change. 🧪
Globally and intergenerationally unequal exposure to hourly heat extremes
Nature Climate Change - The authors quantify the global emergence of hourly heat extremes (HHEs), highlighting exposure overlooked by daily metrics. HHEs will increase fourfold by the end of the...
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August 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Whether the Atlantic Ocean currents (AMOC) shut down under climate change depends on how quickly the planet warms. Our new study shows that there may be no fixed temperature threshold for this climate tipping scenario.

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August 16, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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Great discussion today with René van Westen on his paper that says AMOC collapse depends on *rate* of warming rather than an absolute temperature. And our current rate of warming is enough to tip the AMOC to collapse!
#AMOC #ClimateChange
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Does AMOC Collapse Depend on Rate of Warming? with René van Westen
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August 17, 2026 at 6:09 AM
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The future of climate change keeps moving into the present.

The future of climate action… somehow stays in the distant future.

A fascinating new study analysing 240,000+ US news stories reveals how news coverage may be normalising delay.

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Temporal horizons in US climate change news - Nature Climate Change
Whether news presents climate change as something happening now or in the future impacts public risk perceptions and climate action. A recent study shows that, in US news, the timing of anticipated cl...
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July 22, 2026 at 5:20 AM
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From celebrities to neighbours, the people around us can nudge us towards better climate choices. A new study, led by CAST's Dr Sam Hampton, with Prof Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE (University of Bath) & Dr Briony Latter (Cardiff University), shows how 📣

Read the blog post summary of the key findings 👇
Who people trust matters: new CAST study maps a path to climate action - CAST
From celebrities to neighbours, the people around us can nudge us towards better climate choices. A new study led by CAST researchers at the University of Bath shows how.
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August 5, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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⭐ New paper in @natclimate.nature.com: Social influence shapes climate attitudes and action ⭐

Excited to share this from @samhampton.bsky.social, me & @lwhitmarsh.bsky.social, bringing together evidence on how influence operates in the context of climate action.

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Social influence shapes climate attitudes and action - Nature Climate Change
Individuals and groups shape others’ attitudes and actions through social influence. This Perspective articulates a research agenda of social influence for climate action, synthesizes existing evidenc...
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August 4, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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Nature Climate Change August issue is now online

Content includes
🛜editorial introducing Focus on climate communication
🪁wind turbines & whales
🥵expanding global heat stress
🌲tree canopy protection of permafrost carbon
🏭residual emissions & health impacts

& much more www.nature.com/nclimate/vol...
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August 4, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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In a recent study in Nature Climate Change, lead author and #uvic @uvicenvi.bsky.social PhD student Claire Wright and co-author Dr. Eric Higgs examines how #climatechange is driving the emergence of ecological conditions with no precedent. #ecology #environment #climate
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Ecological novelty - Social Sciences - University of Victoria
Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.
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July 23, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Here is a SharedIT link for our new review article, “Ecological novelty induced by climate change” published Wednesday in Nature Climate Change. rdcu.be/fu8ch
July 25, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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The related paper, "Canopy-mediated climate feedbacks in the boreal continuous permafrost zone", by @smstuenzi.bsky.social, @grosseguido.bsky.social et al. is out now in Nature Climate Change!

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Canopy-mediated climate feedbacks in the boreal continuous permafrost zone - Nature Climate Change
Soil carbon stocks are greater than biomass carbon in boreal forests. This study shows that tree canopies thermally protect more carbon in permafrost from thaw than is stored in biomass, highlighting ...
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July 27, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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My News & Views Piece accompanying newly published Nature Climate Change paper:
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Less than net zero needed to stabilize climate
Nature Climate Change - Global temperature change over long times after cessation of greenhouse gas emissions is not well constrained. Now, research shows a consistent global cooling, especially if...
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July 24, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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Another of our anniversary News & Views is now online - @katharinevincent.bsky.social looks back at Berrang-Ford et al systematic review of evidence on human adaptation to climate change rdcu.be/fwdAZ
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July 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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The journal Nature Climate Change recently had it's 15th birthday - and 'celebrated' by reflecting in stunning visuals how climate change has changed in its lifetime.

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July 17, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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A new study published in @natclimate.nature.com, authored by scientists from #CopernicusClimate, shows global heat stress is not only intensifying, but also persisting for longer & affecting previously untouched regions.

🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/global-study...

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July 15, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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One billion more people face at least one day of extreme heat stress each year compared with the 1970s, according to a paper in Nature Climate Change. The findings show that global heat stress is intensifying across events during the day, night, and during both the day and night. 🌎🧪
Global heat stress intensification and its expanding footprint on the human population - Nature Climate Change
The authors assess global changes in heat stress since 1950, considering daytime extremes, nocturnal heat and compound day–night events. They show multidimensional intensification, with an increased frequency of extremes and expanded spatial and temporal footprints of heat stress on humans.
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June 30, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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1/ Predictions of future climate improve over time, but this shouldn't weaken the Paris Agreement. But in several widespread interpretations of "well below 2C", it does. New (short!) paper with @joerirogelj proposes a fix.
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Future-proofing interpretations of the Paris Agreement’s limit of well below 2 °C - Nature Climate Change
Here the authors show that a common interpretation of the Paris Agreement’s ‘well below 2° C’ target is changing with time, which could lead to higher overall warming. They propose that using median t...
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July 8, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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Excited to share our new paper on leaf scorching. 🔥Early leaf browning during heat and drought is often interpreted as premature leaf senescence - but it may reflect rapid heat damage. Separating these processes is essential. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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July 8, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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Nature Climate Change July issue is now online

Content includes
🍂 heat, leaf scorching & tree resilience
↔️ country disparities in cropland use & emissions
🌊 sea level rise & frequency of coastal sea level extremes
💰 ownership-based carbon footprints

& much more www.nature.com/nclimate/vol...
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July 8, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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As Europe heads towards another heatwave, here's some relevant reading on extreme heat under climate change:

Comment - Pioneering Spanish experience in climate shelters practice rdcu.be/frUfJ from @drxeo.eu et al
Pioneering Spanish experience in climate shelters practice
Nature Climate Change - As cities heat up, climate shelters are increasingly vital for protecting people from extreme heat. Beyond temporary emergency stopgaps, Spain’s pioneering experience...
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July 3, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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🚨New paper🚨
For decades, it was widely assumed tropical species would be hit hardest by #ClimateChange. Turns out climate-related local #extinctions are already more frequent among temperate species. Read our new study 🧵
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Temperate local extinctions from climate change are outpacing tropical extinctions - Nature Climate Change
The authors analyse global-scale resurvey data for 5,151 species to reveal the sensitivity of tropical versus temperate species to climate change. They show significantly higher frequencies of local e...
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June 29, 2026 at 6:51 AM