Nature Climate Change Contents November 2014 Volume 4 Number 12 pp 1037-1115

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TABLE OF CONTENTS December 2014 Volume 4, Issue 12 Editorial Correspondence Commentaries Research Highlights News and Views Perspectives Letters Articles Subscribe   Facebook   RSS   Recommend to library   Twitter     Advertisement Nature Insight: Sustainable Ecosystems and Society Human actions influence many of the ecosystems that provide us with essential products and services; we must therefore modify our behaviour so that ecosystems can operate in a sustainable way. This Insight discusses terrestrial agriculture, the relationship between societies and fire, and preserving natural ecosystems through protected areas. Access the Insight online       Editorial Top Window of opportunity p1037 doi:10.1038/nclimate2464 Time is running out to tackle climate change — it is not too late, but the next 10–15 years will be critical. Correspondence Top Boundary work p1038 David C. Rose doi:10.1038/nclimate2440 A new social contract for the IPCC pp1038 - 1039 Mark Carey, Lincoln C. James and Hannah A. Fuller doi:10.1038/nclimate2442 Commentaries Top Facing the diversity crisis in climate science pp1039 - 1042 Adam R. Pearson and Jonathon P. Schuldt doi:10.1038/nclimate2415 The climate movement is failing to engage a diverse set of stakeholders in efforts to address climate change, and a lack of diversity within the climate community itself may be, in part, to blame. Research-informed solutions are urgently needed to address the problem and help build a more inclusive and influential movement. Going back to basics pp1042 - 1045 Christian Jakob doi:10.1038/nclimate2445 Climate models have increased in complexity over time as more processes have been included. Now we need to return to the underpinning basics in the models and ensure they are the best they can be. Uncertainty in projecting GHG emissions from bioenergy pp1045 - 1047 Thomas Buchholz, Stephen Prisley, Gregg Marland, Charles Canham and Neil Sampson doi:10.1038/nclimate2418 The definition of baselines is a major step in determining the greenhouse-gas emissions of bioenergy systems. Accounting frameworks with a planning objective might require different baseline attributes and designs than those with a monitoring objective. Preventing species extinctions resulting from climate change pp1048 - 1049 H. Resit Akçakaya, Stuart H. M. Butchart, James E. M. Watson and Richard G. Pearson doi:10.1038/nclimate2455 Recent studies show that current IUCN Red List assessment methods can identify species vulnerable to extinction because of climate change. But species must be assessed more completely and more regularly, and adaptation actions initiated swiftly once threatened species are identified. Research Highlights Top Agriculture: Crop-yield drivers | Climate impacts: Suffering pollen | Oceanography: Southern storage | Forest economics: Woody biomass use in Japan News and Views Top Sociology: Drivers of climate change beliefs pp1051 - 1052 Jennifer E. Givens doi:10.1038/nclimate2453 Direct experience of global warming is expected to increase the number of people who accept that it is real and human-caused. A study now shows that people's perceptions about abnormal temperatures mostly match actual measurements but do not affect climate change beliefs. See also: Letter by Aaron M. McCright et al. Soil carbon: Microbes, roots and global carbon pp1052 - 1053 William Wieder doi:10.1038/nclimate2454 Interactions between soil microbes, the physical soil environment and vegetation will determine the magnitude of the terrestrial carbon sink under climate change. See also: Letter by Benjamin N. Sulman et al. Marine biology: No head start pp1054 - 1055 Santiago Salinas doi:10.1038/nclimate2452 Non-genetic transgenerational acclimation cannot always be relied upon to provide populations with an effective, short-term response to climatic changes. See also: Letter by Megan J. Welch et al. nclimate JOBS of the week NERC-Funded PhD Studentships in Palaeoclimate and Climate Systems Cardiff University Professor - Climate, Oceanography MIT Regional Climate Modeller The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Assistant / Associate / Full Professor - Urban Coastal Sustainability and Adaptation Northeastern University 3-year PostDoc Position on Connecting Forest Models, Data and Diversity Effects Universität Freiburg 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   Perspectives Top Managing the climate commons at the nexus of ecology, behaviour and economics pp1057 - 1063 Alessandro Tavoni and Simon Levin doi:10.1038/nclimate2375 Climate change research is necessarily interdisciplinary in nature. This Perspective takes stock of research done at the cutting edge of economics and ecology with the aim of stimulating future collaborative work through the sharing of research methods and insights. A balance of bottom-up and top-down in linking climate policies pp1064 - 1067 Jessica F. Green, Thomas Sterner and Gernot Wagner doi:10.1038/nclimate2429 The linkage of bottom-up climate policies is now widely favoured over the top-down approach exemplified by the Kyoto Protocol. This Perspective critiques this new received wisdom, and argues for a balance of top-down and bottom-up approaches. Climate-smart agriculture for food security pp1068 - 1072 Leslie Lipper, Philip Thornton, Bruce M. Campbell, Tobias Baedeker, Ademola Braimoh, Martin Bwalya, Patrick Caron, Andrea Cattaneo, Dennis Garrity, Kevin Henry, Ryan Hottle, Louise Jackson, Andrew Jarvis, Fred Kossam, Wendy Mann, Nancy McCarthy, Alexandre Meybeck, Henry Neufeldt, Tom Remington, Pham Thi Sen, Reuben Sessa, Reynolds Shula, Austin Tibu and Emmanuel F. Torquebiau doi:10.1038/nclimate2437 Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach to the development of agricultural systems intended to help support food security under climate change. This Perspective outlines a set of CSA actions needed from public, private and civil society stakeholders: building evidence; increasing local institutional effectiveness; fostering coherence between climate and agricultural policies; and linking climate and agricultural financing. Letters Top Household electricity access a trivial contributor to CO2 emissions growth in India pp1073 - 1076 Shonali Pachauri doi:10.1038/nclimate2414 The linkages between the two goals of achieving universal access to modern energy and mitigating climate-altering emissions are assessed for the case of India. The impacts of temperature anomalies and political orientation on perceived winter warming pp1077 - 1081 Aaron M. McCright, Riley E. Dunlap and Chenyang Xiao doi:10.1038/nclimate2443 The evidence that climatic conditions influence beliefs about anthropogenic climate change is mixed. Now research analyses the extent to which US state-level winter temperature anomalies influence the likelihood of perceiving warmer-than-usual temperatures, and the attribution of such temperatures to global warming. Results show that temperature anomalies have a strong influence on perception, whereas attribution is mainly driven by perceived scientific consensus and political orientation. See also: News and Views by Jennifer E. Givens Rapid increase in the risk of extreme summer heat in Eastern China pp1082 - 1085 Ying Sun, Xuebin Zhang, Francis W. Zwiers, Lianchun Song, Hui Wan, Ting Hu, Hong Yin and Guoyu Ren doi:10.1038/nclimate2410 Mean summer temperature in Eastern China has increased by 0.82 °C since the 1950s and five of the hottest summers have occurred since 2000. This study estimates anthropogenic influence to have caused a greater than 60-fold increase in the likelihood of extreme summer heat and projects that hot summers will continue to increase in frequency. Effects of elevated CO2 on fish behaviour undiminished by transgenerational acclimation pp1086 - 1089 Megan J. Welch, Sue-Ann Watson, Justin Q. Welsh, Mark I. McCormick and Philip L. Munday doi:10.1038/nclimate2400 There is concern that ocean acidification will negatively affect the sensory abilities and behaviour of marine fishes. This study shows that negative impacts of elevated CO2 on fish behaviour are not diminished by transgenerational acclimation. See also: News and Views by Santiago Salinas Global disparity in the ecological benefits of reducing carbon emissions for coral reefs pp1090 - 1094 Juan Carlos Ortiz, Yves-Marie Bozec, Nicholas H. Wolff, Christopher Doropoulos and Peter J. Mumby doi:10.1038/nclimate2439 Mass bleaching of coral caused by extreme thermal events is likely to intensify unless greenhouse-gas emissions are reduced. Modelling suggests that Pacific coral reefs will benefit from emissions reductions sooner than Caribbean reefs. Land-use protection for climate change mitigation pp1095 - 1098 Alexander Popp, Florian Humpenöder, Isabelle Weindl, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Markus Bonsch, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Christoph Müller, Anne Biewald, Susanne Rolinski, Miodrag Stevanovic and Jan Philipp Dietrich doi:10.1038/nclimate2444 A significant challenge for policies aiming to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation is the avoidance of international carbon leakage. Research now shows, however, that even globally implemented forest conservation schemes could allow another type of carbon leakage through cropland expansion into non-forested areas. Microbe-driven turnover offsets mineral-mediated storage of soil carbon under elevated CO2 pp1099 - 1102 Benjamin N. Sulman, Richard P. Phillips, A. Christopher Oishi, Elena Shevliakova and Stephen W. Pacala doi:10.1038/nclimate2436 Much uncertainty in the response of soil organic carbon (SOC) to climate change relates to the relative effects of microbial priming and mineral protection. Now research indicates that although protected C provides an important constraint on microbial priming, it is not sufficient to prevent reduced SOC storage in most terrestrial areas. See also: News and Views by William Wieder Articles Top A local coastal adaptation pathway pp1103 - 1108 J. Barnett, S. Graham, C. Mortreux, R. Fincher, E. Waters and A. Hurlimann doi:10.1038/nclimate2383 A project to develop an approach to adaptation to sea-level rise with a local community is described. The result is a theoretically informed, empirically tested and locally supported adaptation pathway. Delays in reducing waterborne and water-related infectious diseases in China under climate change pp1109 - 1115 Maggie Hodges, Jessica H. Belle, Elizabeth J. Carlton, Song Liang, Huazhong Li, Wei Luo, Matthew C. Freeman, Yang Liu, Yang Gao, Jeremy J. Hess and Justin V. Remais doi:10.1038/nclimate2428 Millions of people in China lack ready access to clean water and sanitation. Projected impacts of climate change may delay China’s progress towards reducing the burden of water-, sanitation- and hygiene-attributable infectious disease. Advertisement Attending the AGU meeting in San Francisco? Visit Nature Geoscience and Nature Climate Change at the Nature Publishing Group booth #2734 to: Browse and take free sample copies of leading journals from NPG, including Nature, Nature Geoscience and Nature Climate Change Subscribe at discounted conference rates     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. 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