Solar and wind
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 04 October 2023; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01840-z
Solar and wind
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How needs-based assessments could advance equity in the global stocktake and beyond
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 28 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01826-x
The global stocktake (GST) could both enable and hamper the inclusion of equity. This Comment outlines why equity is central to the GST and the challenges faced in addressing it, as well as the utility of needs-based assessments for advancing equity within the GST and the climate action generally.
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Observations of grounding zones are the missing key to understand ice melt in Antarctica
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 21 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01819-w
Ice melt processes that take place at the ice–ocean boundary of Greenland and Antarctic glaciers play a pivotal role in their evolution and contribution to sea-level rise, but widespread observations in these regions are lacking. A major observational initiative will be necessary to drastically reduce uncertainties in projections and better prepare society for sea-level rise.
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Intense and prolonged subsurface marine heatwaves pose risk to biodiversity
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 18 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01796-0
An insight into the global patterns of marine heatwaves from the surface to depths of 2,000 m reveals that subsurface events are more intense and long-lasting than surface ones. Biodiversity exposure to the effects of marine heatwaves is higher at depths of 50–250 m, suggesting that subsurface biodiversity could be at considerable risk.
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Global stocktake and the SDG midterm review as opportunities for integration
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 14 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01813-2
Better integration of climate action and sustainable development can help enhance the ambition of the next nationally determined contributions, as well as implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Governments should use this year as an opportunity to emphasize the links between climate and sustainable development.
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Ice core records suggest that Antarctica is warming faster than the global average
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 07 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01795-1
Weather station records are too short and sparse to effectively detect the signature of climate change in Antarctica. Using the isotopic composition of ice cores as a temperature proxy suggests that Antarctica is warming faster than the global average temperature and expectations from climate models for the region.
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Impact of the 2015–2016 El Niño on the carbon dynamics of South American tropical forests
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 04 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01777-3
A network of more than 100 researchers tracked trees for up to 30 years in forest plots across South America, enabling estimation of the impacts of record temperatures and drought on carbon dynamics. The carbon sink in these forests ceased during the 2015–2016 El Niño, with drier forests losing the most carbon.
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Author Correction: Sea-ice-free Arctic during the Last Interglacial supports fast future loss
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 30 August 2023; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01821-2
Author Correction: Sea-ice-free Arctic during the Last Interglacial supports fast future loss
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