Nature Climate Change Contents November 2014 Volume 4 Number 11 pp 931-1036

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TABLE OF CONTENTS November 2014 Volume 4, Issue 11 Editorial Correspondence Commentaries Feature Policy Watch Correction Research Highlights News and Views Perspective Review Letters Articles Erratum Subscribe   Facebook   RSS   Recommend to library   Twitter   Advertisement Nature Collections: Climate Change Countdown The countdown is on to reach a climate change agreement. The articles in this downloadable and printable PDF Collection, published in Nature Geoscience and Nature Climate Change, take stock of CO2 emissions and discuss how to share carbon budgets equitably.  Purchase now for only $1.99 and benefit from having your own personal copy of this informative Nature Collection.          Editorial Top The precious drop p931 doi:10.1038/nclimate2426 Water is a vital resource and as the climate changes so does the hydrological cycle. What this means for water availability (or excess) on the local and regional scale is key for decision makers and communities. Correspondence Top CO2 emissions from crop residue-derived biofuels p932 Niclas Scott Bentsen, Søren Larsen and Claus Felby doi:10.1038/nclimate2401 CO2 emissions from crop residue-derived biofuels pp932 - 933 John J. Sheehan, Paul R. Adler, Stephen J. Del Grosso, Mark Easter, William Parton, Keith Paustian and Stephen Williams doi:10.1038/nclimate2403 CO2 emissions from crop residue-derived biofuels pp933 - 934 G. Philip Robertson, Peter R. Grace, R. César Izaurralde, William P. Parton and Xuesong Zhang doi:10.1038/nclimate2402 Reply to 'CO2 emissions from crop residue-derived biofuels' pp934 - 935 Adam J. Liska, Haishun Yang, Matthew P. Pelton and Andrew E. Suyker doi:10.1038/nclimate2423 Lessons learned from geoengineering freshwater systems pp935 - 936 Bryan M. Spears and Stephen C. Maberly doi:10.1038/nclimate2412 Commentaries Top Getting there from here pp936 - 937 Keely B. Maxwell doi:10.1038/nclimate2413 Institutions need to adapt to ensure coequal social and biophysical global change science. Characterizing loss and damage from climate change pp938 - 939 Rachel James, Friederike Otto, Hannah Parker, Emily Boyd, Rosalind Cornforth, Daniel Mitchell and Myles Allen doi:10.1038/nclimate2411 Policymakers are creating mechanisms to help developing countries cope with loss and damage from climate change, but the negotiations are largely neglecting scientific questions about what the impacts of climate change actually are. China–Russia gas deal for a cleaner China pp940 - 942 Wenjie Dong, Wenping Yuan, Shuguang Liu, John Moore, Peijun Shi, Shengbo Feng, Jieming Chou, Xuefeng Cui and Kejun Jiang doi:10.1038/nclimate2382 The China–Russia gas deal will play an important role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and air pollution in China. China's hydrofluorocarbon challenge pp943 - 945 Junjie Zhang and Can Wang doi:10.1038/nclimate2377 China should take more active participation in a prospective agreement on the global phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons. The global groundwater crisis pp945 - 948 J. S. Famiglietti doi:10.1038/nclimate2425 Groundwater depletion the world over poses a far greater threat to global water security than is currently acknowledged. Feature Top The next water cycle pp949 - 950 Lisa Palmer doi:10.1038/nclimate2420 Adaptation of water resources management will help communities adjust to changes in the water cycle expected with climate change, but it can't be fixed by innovations alone. Policy Watch Top A bioeconomy to fight climate change pp951 - 953 Sonja van Renssen doi:10.1038/nclimate2419 The use of biomass for energy generation is helping European Union countries meet their renewable energy and emissions targets, but demand from other sectors means policy needs to be developed for maximum climate benefits, reports Sonja van Renssen. Correction Top Addendum: Market Watch: Cash flow p953 Anna Petherick doi:10.1038/nclimate2416 Research Highlights Top Biogeochemistry: Carbon turnover | Marine biodiversity: Shifting distributions | Arctic sea ice: Eroding the coast | Adaptation: A new policy field News and Views Top Physical and political impacts: Complex river boundaries at risk pp955 - 956 Shlomi Dinar doi:10.1038/nclimate2421 Many international river basins are suffering from climate-driven impacts, with implications for national security. Now, research highlights the need to analyse shifting river boundaries to better understand potential socio-political threats. Oceanography: Where's the heat? pp956 - 957 Gregory C. Johnson and John M. Lyman doi:10.1038/nclimate2409 In recent decades, over nine-tenths of Earth's top-of-the-atmosphere energy imbalance has been stored in the ocean, which is rising as it warms. Combining satellite sea-level data with ocean mass data or model results allows insights into ocean warming. Time of emergence: Moving up early detection pp958 - 959 Jianjun Yin doi:10.1038/nclimate2422 Natural climate variability complicates the detection of anthropogenic climate change in the twenty-first century. Now, research shows that evidence of human influence first emerges from sea level rather than temperature rise. See also: Letter by Kewei Lyu et al. Warming trends: A flatter Earth pp959 - 960 Alexander R. Stine doi:10.1038/nclimate2424 The regular beat of the seasons and between day and night are far more noticeable than recent increases in surface temperature. Researchers now show that these rhythms are changing in a way that parallels the pattern of long-term surface warming. See also: Letter by George Wang & Michael E. Dillon nclimate JOBS of the week Regional Climate Modeller The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Professor - Climate, Oceanography MIT Two Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Of Climate Science Positions Boston University Executive Director, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions University of Victoria Biogeographical Modelling Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - Helmholtz Association More Science jobs from nclimate EVENT ICEPR'15 - 5th International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Remediation 15/07/15 Barcelona, Spain More science events from Perspective Top Feasible mitigation actions in developing countries pp961 - 968 Michael Jakob, Jan Christoph Steckel, Stephan Klasen, Jann Lay, Nicole Grunewald, Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, Sebastian Renner and Ottmar Edenhofer doi:10.1038/nclimate2370 Energy use is crucial for economic development, but drives greenhouse-gas emissions. A low-carbon growth path requires a radical transformation of the energy system that would be too costly for developing nations. Efforts should focus on feasible mitigation actions such as fossil fuel subsidy reform, decentralized access to modern energy and fuel switching in the power sector. Review Top Benthic coral reef calcium carbonate dissolution in an acidifying ocean pp969 - 976 Bradley D. Eyre, Andreas J. Andersson and Tyler Cyronak doi:10.1038/nclimate2380 The authors of this Review argue that changes to carbonate dissolution in an acidifying ocean, which have been relatively overlooked, are potentially more important than calcification for the future accretion and survival of coral reef ecosystems. Letters Top Effectiveness of US state policies in reducing CO2 emissions from power plants pp977 - 982 Don Grant, Kelly Bergstrand and Katrina Running doi:10.1038/nclimate2385 In the United States, a key goal of states’ climate change policies is to reduce CO2 emissions from electric power plants. This study shows that specific policy packages significantly shape CO2 emissions from individual power plants. Linearity between temperature peak and bioenergy CO2 emission rates pp983 - 987 Francesco Cherubini, Thomas Gasser, Ryan M. Bright, Philippe Ciais and Anders H. Strømman doi:10.1038/nclimate2399 The characteristics of the global mean temperature response to bioenergy production systems is explored under different assumptions and emissions scenarios in the context of the 2 °C target. Recent geographic convergence in diurnal and annual temperature cycling flattens global thermal profiles pp988 - 992 George Wang and Michael E. Dillon doi:10.1038/nclimate2378 An analysis of a high-resolution global temperature data set shows that temperate and polar regions are becoming more tropical in their temperature variation profiles, potentially affecting organisms and impacting human agriculture and health. See also: News and Views by Alexander R. Stine Modelled glacier response to centennial temperature and precipitation trends on the Antarctic Peninsula pp993 - 998 Bethan J. Davies, Nicholas R. Golledge, Neil F. Glasser, Jonathan L. Carrivick, Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg, Nicholas E. Barrand, Michiel R. van den Broeke, Michael J. Hambrey and John L. Smellie doi:10.1038/nclimate2369 The glaciers of the Antarctic Peninsula are experiencing faster melt because of increased temperatures; however, changes in precipitation may offset some of the future melt. This study looks at the relationship between glaciers and climate and finds a representative glacier is more sensitive to temperature change, rather than precipitation change. This indicates that precipitation increases are unlikely to counter the increased melt from warming. Quantifying underestimates of long-term upper-ocean warming pp999 - 1005 Paul J. Durack, Peter J. Gleckler, Felix W. Landerer and Karl E. Taylor doi:10.1038/nclimate2389 The ocean stores over 90% of the heat due to anthropogenic warming. This study uses satellite observations and climate models to investigate the warming of the upper ocean (0–700 m) and finds that warming is biased low, most likely because of poor Southern Hemisphere sampling. Applying adjustments results in a large increase in upper-ocean heat content estimates. Time of emergence for regional sea-level change pp1006 - 1010 Kewei Lyu, Xuebin Zhang, John A. Church, Aimée B. A. Slangen and Jianyu Hu doi:10.1038/nclimate2397 This work investigates when the anthropogenic signal in regional sea-level rise will emerge from natural variability. Considering thermal expansion and changes in density and circulation, 50% of the global ocean will show an anthropogenic signal by the early-to-mid 2040s, whereas when all variables are considered, the anthropogenic signal will emerge in over 50% of the global ocean by 2020. This is substantially earlier than for surface air temperature and has little dependence on emissions scenarios. See also: News and Views by Jianjun Yin Detection and impacts of leakage from sub-seafloor deep geological carbon dioxide storage pp1011 - 1016 Jerry Blackford, Henrik Stahl, Jonathan M. Bull, Benoît J. P. Bergès, Melis Cevatoglu, Anna Lichtschlag, Douglas Connelly, Rachael H. James, Jun Kita, Dave Long, Mark Naylor, Kiminori Shitashima, Dave Smith, Peter Taylor, Ian Wright, Maxine Akhurst, Baixin Chen, Tom M. Gernon, Chris Hauton, Masatoshi Hayashi, Hideshi Kaieda, Timothy G. Leighton, Toru Sato, Martin D. J. Sayer, Masahiro Suzumura, Karen Tait, Mark E. Vardy, Paul R. White and Steve Widdicombe doi:10.1038/nclimate2381 This study shows that the biological impact and footprint of a leakage from a controlled sub-seabed release of carbon dioxide is confined to a few tens of metres, and identifies monitoring strategies for full-scale carbon storage operations. Articles Top Determinants of stagnating carbon intensity in China pp1017 - 1023 Dabo Guan, Stephan Klasen, Klaus Hubacek, Kuishuang Feng, Zhu Liu, Kebin He, Yong Geng and Qiang Zhang doi:10.1038/nclimate2388 A systematic analysis shows that China’s climate policy on carbon intensity reduction may not help all Chinese regions to become more efficient and could actually lock the whole nation into a long-term emission-intensive economic structure. Adaptation of a globally important coccolithophore to ocean warming and acidification pp1024 - 1030 Lothar Schlüter, Kai T. Lohbeck, Magdalena A. Gutowska, Joachim P. Gröger, Ulf Riebesell and Thorsten B. H. Reusch doi:10.1038/nclimate2379 Climate change is increasing ocean temperatures and acidification. This study tests the adaptive evolution of a globally important phytoplankton, Emiliania huxleyi, and finds they are able to evolve to cope with the changing marine environment. Deep-ocean contribution to sea level and energy budget not detectable over the past decade pp1031 - 1035 W. Llovel, J. K. Willis, F. W. Landerer and I. Fukumori doi:10.1038/nclimate2387 The global ocean is a major heat reservoir of the climate system. This study investigates ocean warming for 2005–2013 in the context of global sea-level rise and Earth’s energy budget, and finds that the deep ocean (below 2,000 m) has contributed negligibly to both.   Erratum Top Erratum: A compromise to break the climate impasse p1035 Marco Grasso and J Timmons Roberts doi:10.1038/nclimate2417 Advertisement MARKETPLACE: Great deals on the latest lab equipment New Lab Offers and Product Focus are in! VISIT MARKETPLACE TODAY     Natureevents is a fully searchable, multi-disciplinary database designed to maximise exposure for events organisers. The contents of the Natureevents Directory are now live. The digital version is available here. Find the latest scientific conferences, courses, meetings and symposia on natureevents.com. For event advertising opportunities across the Nature Publishing Group portfolio please contact natureevents@nature.com More Nature Events

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