Fire risk to U.S. structures nearly triples by mid-century
In this study, we estimate spatial and temporal trends in fire risk to structures across the contiguous United…
Refined crop modelling reveals intensifying impacts of droughts and heatwaves on global wheat productivity
Rezaei, E. E. et al. Climate change impacts on crop yields. Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. 4, 831–846 (2023).…
Earlier and faster heatwave onset on land under a warming climate
Perkins-Kirkpatrick, S. E. & Lewis, S. C. Increasing trends in regional heatwaves. Nat. Commun. 11, 3357 (2020). Article …
Quantifying UK coastal flood exposure under future sea-level rise to 2300
Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPCC). The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate: Special Report of the…
Urban water affordability crisis exacerbated by climate change
Mack, E. A. & Wrase, S. A burgeoning crisis? A nationwide assessment of the geography of water affordability…
Advancing nature-based insurance to protect people and nature
We identify five frontiers of nature-based insurance and share key challenges, examples of uptake (Fig. 3), and concrete actions…
Long-term multiple global change interactions amplify belowground carbon allocation
Giardina, C. P., Litton, C. M., Crow, S. E. & Asner, G. P. Warming-related increases in soil CO2…
Fire risk mitigation underpins durable Nature-based Climate Solutions in the Amazon
A durable, fire‑conditioned Nature-based Climate Solutions architecture integrates climate physics, landscape ecology and law. Policy priorities to secure…
Comprehensive national climate damage assessments framework applied to the UK
Carleton, T. A. & Hsiang, S. M. Social and economic impacts of climate. Science 353, aad9837 (2016). Article …
Inequality in human development amplifies climate-related disaster risk
Our analysis of 7061 climate-related disaster events from 1990 to 2020 reveals that floods, storms, and landslides account…
Environmental damages of the top ten percent consumers exceed global climate and biodiversity funding gaps
We find that the total environmental damage costs per person in the top 10% consumers worldwide is $2.3k-$7.5k…
Amplified Arctic iceberg traffic reshapes benthic biodiversity
Iceberg imaging and sampling During expedition PS126 of RV Polarstern, the opportunity arose to visit a large iceberg…