Nature Climate Change Contents August 2011 Volume 1 Number 5 pp 227-274

TABLE OF CONTENTS August 2011 Volume 1, Issue 5 In This Issue Editorial Commentaries News Feature Snapshots Books and Arts Interview Policy Watch Market Watch Research Highlights News and Views Letters Beyond Boundaries Recommend to your library Web feed Available online only Subscribe Advertisement Submit your research to Nature Climate Change The editorial team welcome manuscripts describing cutting-edge research in all areas of climate change including adaptation, anthropology, atmospheric science, biochemistry, communication, cryospheric science, ecology, economics, ethics, geography, hydrology, impacts and vulnerability, mitigation, modelling, oceanography, palaeoclimate, policy and governance, philosophy, psychology, sociology and sustainability and development. For details on how to submit visit the Guide to Authors.   In This Issue Top In this issue  doi:10.1038/nclimate1184 Full Text | PDF Editorial Top Evolving the IPCC  p227 doi:10.1038/nclimate1189 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change must incorporate expertise outside of traditional academia in assessing knowledge on climate change, but it must be transparent in its approach. Full Text | PDF Commentaries Top Conflicted roles over renewables  pp228 - 229 Mark Lynas doi:10.1038/nclimate1177 As another Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report is mired in controversy, it's time for the influential body to uphold its own neutrality standards. Full Text | PDF See also: Commentary by Ottmar Edenhofer Different views ensure IPCC balance  pp229 - 230 Ottmar Edenhofer doi:10.1038/nclimate1178 The accusation that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has produced a report that is biased by a conflict of interest is unfounded. Full Text | PDF See also: Commentary by Mark Lynas Parochial energy policy  pp230 - 232 David Adam doi:10.1038/nclimate1186 The German decision to abandon its nuclear energy ambitions was driven by local politics not the wider emissions agenda. Full Text | PDF News Feature Top Low-carbon electricity for 2030  pp233 - 235 Hannah Hoag doi:10.1038/nclimate1188 From genius grids to sassy storage, three-dozen experts figure out the next-generation power puzzle. Full Text | PDF Snapshots Top Flying over thinning ice  p235 Sid Perkins doi:10.1038/nclimate1172 Full Text | PDF Middle East faces a thirstier future  p236 Sid Perkins doi:10.1038/nclimate1171 Full Text | PDF Books and Arts Top Sceptical about scepticism  pp237 - 238 doi:10.1038/nclimate1168 Full Text | PDF On our bookshelf  p237 doi:10.1038/nclimate1187 Full Text | PDF Interview Top The doubt fighter  pp239 - 240 doi:10.1038/nclimate1183 Science historian and 2011 Climate Change Communicator of the Year award-winner Naomi Oreskes talks to Nicola Jones about her latest book Merchants of Doubt (co-authored with Erik Conway), which documents how scientists obscured the truth on global warming. Full Text | PDF Policy Watch Top What's in a name?  pp241 - 242 doi:10.1038/nclimate1180 Policymakers are in a tangle over how to account for the higher 'well-to-wheel' emissions of fuel extracted from sand, Sonja van Renssen reports. Full Text | PDF Market Watch Top Government support for ethanol withers  pp242 - 243 doi:10.1038/nclimate1174 The United States looks set to slash its maize subsidies. This will be good for many reasons, including combating climate change — and it shouldn't even hurt the US ethanol industry that much, writes Anna Petherick. Full Text | PDF Research Highlights Top Our choice from the recent literature  pp244 - 245 doi:10.1038/nclimate1182 Full Text | PDF News and Views Top Atmospheric science: Coming in from the cold  pp247 - 248 Jordi Dachs doi:10.1038/nclimate1175 The abundance of some persistent organic pollutants has decreased in the Arctic atmosphere over recent years. But observations and model simulations confirm that warming is now remobilizing these toxic chemicals from sinks such as ice and sea water. Full Text | PDF See also: Letter by Jianmin Ma et al. Policy: A changing climate for insurance  pp248 - 250 Jim Hall doi:10.1038/nclimate1173 The risk of flooding in the Netherlands could more than double by the 2040s, but the issue of who should pay for losses is an open question. Analysis reveals that private insurance could bear some — but not all — of the burden. Full Text | PDF Behaviour: The net effect of green lifestyles  pp250 - 251 Klaus Hubacek and Dabo Guan doi:10.1038/nclimate1181 It is often argued that saving energy helps the environment and saves money. An analysis of three energy-saving measures shows that decisions on how the saved money is spent affect the size of the environmental benefit. Full Text | PDF Atmospheric science: Storminess in a warming world  pp252 - 253 Graeme Stephens doi:10.1038/nclimate1176 Storms that form in mid-latitude storm-track regions play a critical role in Earth's climate system. Now satellite observations indicate that changes in their location and intensity may be acting as a positive feedback to global warming. Full Text | PDF Agriculture: Harvesting from uncertainties  pp253 - 254 Christoph Müller doi:10.1038/nclimate1179 Climate impacts on agriculture are highly uncertain, leading some to question the validity of projected future crop yields. An analysis of West African agriculture shows that meaningful conclusions can be drawn from diverse crop–climate modelling results. Full Text | PDF Nature Climate Change JOBS of the week Postdoc in MRI research UT Health Science San Antonio San Antonio, TX, USA PhD Programme IMPRS-ESM (International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling) Hamburg, Germany Research Fellow in Genomics and Society The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland Senior Research Fellow in Marine Metacommunity Dynamics University of Melbourne Melbourne, Australia Research Engineer University of Surrey / Thames Water Ltd Reading, United Kingdom More Science jobs from Nature Climate Change EVENT International Conference on Environmental Aspects of Bangladesh --- Theme: Towards an Environmental-Sustainable World 10.-11.09.11 Fukuoka, Japan More science events from Letters Top Revolatilization of persistent organic pollutants in the Arctic induced by climate change  pp255 - 260 Jianmin Ma, Hayley Hung, Chongguo Tian and Roland Kallenborn doi:10.1038/nclimate1167 The abundance of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Arctic atmosphere has decreased over recent decades owing to international restrictions and regulations. However, an analysis confirms that warming is remobilizing POPs into the atmosphere from sinks such as snow and ice, a process that will increase the risk of exposure to these toxic chemicals. Full Text | PDF See also: News and Views by Jordi Dachs Optimal timing for managed relocation of species faced with climate change  pp261 - 265 Eve McDonald-Madden, Michael C. Runge, Hugh P. Possingham and Tara G. Martin doi:10.1038/nclimate1170 Managed relocation, whereby species are moved to a more suitable habitat, has been proposed as a means of combating negative climate-change impacts on biodiversity. A quantitative decision framework to evaluate the optimal timing of relocation shows that in some cases, such as when population size is small, haste is ill advised. Full Text | PDF An energetic perspective on the regional response of precipitation to climate change  pp266 - 271 C. J. Muller and P. A. O’Gorman doi:10.1038/nclimate1169 The hydrological cycle is ultimately driven by solar energy, so it is not surprising that energy constraints affect the response of rainfall to climate change at a global level. Now analysis shows that the regional response of rainfall to greenhouse-gas-driven warming can also be understood from an energetic perspective. Full Text | PDF Beyond Boundaries Top Learning to adapt  p274 doi:10.1038/nclimate1185 Patrick Huntjens, an expert in both complex systems and policy, worked with specialists in social science, ecology, hydrology and civil engineering to compare water-management practices across countries and to provide guidance for adaptation under climate variability. Full Text | PDF Advertisement Nature Outlook: Biofuels To find out more about the potential and pitfalls of this sustainable technology, access the Outlook free online for six months. 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