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| December 2016 Volume 6, Issue 12 | | | | | Editorials Correspondence Commentaries Research Highlights News and Views Perspectives Review Letters Articles | | | | Advertisement | | | | | Advertisement | | npj Climate and Atmospheric Science: open for submissions
An open access, online-only journal providing researchers, policy makers and the public with the latest research on weather and climate, publishing high-quality papers that focus on topics including climate dynamics, climate variability, weather and climate prediction, climate change, weather extremes, atmospheric composition including aerosols, the hydrological cycle and atmosphere-ocean interactions.
Find out more | | | | | | | Editorials | Top | | | | Tell us where the data is p1049 doi:10.1038/nclimate3177 A statement on the availability of data is now needed on all research published in Nature Climate Change. | | | | Building a greener future p1049 doi:10.1038/nclimate3178 The built environment will play a key role in determining future emissions, so it is essential that low-carbon infrastructure and design are implemented. | | Correspondence | Top | | | | Reply to 'Broaden research on the human dimensions of climate change' p1051 Thomas Dietz, Benjamin K. Sovacool and Paul C. Stern doi:10.1038/nclimate3156 See also: Correspondence by Noel Castree | | Commentaries | Top | | | | The supply of climate leaders must grow pp1052 - 1054 Thomas S. Bateman and Michael E. Mann doi:10.1038/nclimate3166 To catalyse climate transformation, we need leadership everywhere. It is time for more of us to take the first steps to lead actively. | | | | Urban infrastructure choices structure climate solutions pp1054 - 1056 Felix Creutzig, Peter Agoston, Jan C. Minx, Josep G. Canadell, Robbie M. Andrew, Corinne Le Quéré, Glen P. Peters, Ayyoob Sharifi, Yoshiki Yamagata and Shobhakar Dhakal doi:10.1038/nclimate3169 Cities are becoming increasingly important in combatting climate change, but their overall role in global solution pathways remains unclear. Here we suggest structuring urban climate solutions along the use of existing and newly built infrastructures, providing estimates of the mitigation potential. | | | | The vital need for a climate information system pp1057 - 1059 Kevin E. Trenberth, Melinda Marquis and Stephen Zebiak doi:10.1038/nclimate3170 An end-to-end comprehensive climate information system is needed to complement mitigation and adaptation as responses to the threat of human-induced climate change. | | Research Highlights | Top | | | | Climate Feedbacks: Decadal cloud dynamics | Forest Conservation: Brazilian detection loopholes | Plant physiology: Responses to drought | Psychology: Biased recall is polarizing | | News and Views | Top | | | | | | Advertisement | | | | | Perspectives | Top | | | | Nested barriers to low-carbon infrastructure investment pp1065 - 1071 Ilmi Granoff, J. Ryan Hogarth and Alan Miller doi:10.1038/nclimate3142 Low-carbon, 'green' economic growth is necessary to simultaneously improve human welfare and avoid the worst impacts of climate change and environmental degradation. Infrastructure choices underpin both the growth and the carbon intensity of the economy. This Perspective explores the barriers to investing in low-carbon infrastructure and some of the policy levers available to overcome them. The barriers to decarbonizing infrastructure 'nest' within a set of barriers to infrastructure development more generally that cause spending on infrastructure—low-carbon or not—to fall more than 70% short of optimal levels. Developing countries face additional barriers such as currency and political risks that increase the investment gap. Low-carbon alternatives face further barriers, such as commercialization risk and financial and public institutions designed for different investment needs. While the broader barriers to infrastructure investment are discussed in other streams of literature, they are often disregarded in literature on renewable energy diffusion or climate finance, which tends to focus narrowly on the project costs of low- versus high-carbon options. We discuss how to overcome the barriers specific to low-carbon infrastructure within the context of the broader infrastructure gap. | | | | Marine phytoplankton and the changing ocean iron cycle pp1072 - 1079 D. A. Hutchins and P. W. Boyd doi:10.1038/nclimate3147 Changes in the ocean affect the biogeochemical cycle of iron, which in turn impacts phytoplankton growth. This Perspective discusses what research is needed to predict the future marine iron cycle. | | Review | Top | | | | Cognitive and psychological science insights to improve climate change data visualization pp1080 - 1089 Jordan Harold, Irene Lorenzoni, Thomas F. Shipley and Kenny R. Coventry doi:10.1038/nclimate3162 Climate change communication often relies on visualization of climate data. This Review highlights research from the cognitive and psychological sciences that can inform practices for increasing accessibility of graphics to non-experts. | | Letters | Top | | | | Assessment of the climate commitments and additional mitigation policies of the United States pp1090 - 1093 Jeffery B. Greenblatt and Max Wei doi:10.1038/nclimate3125 Analysis of the US’s intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) shows additional policies are likely to be needed for it to meet its promised emissions reduction target, and highlights where deeper cuts could be made. | | | | Persistent shift of the Arctic polar vortex towards the Eurasian continent in recent decades pp1094 - 1099 Jiankai Zhang, Wenshou Tian, Martyn P. Chipperfield, Fei Xie and Jinlong Huang doi:10.1038/nclimate3136 The Arctic winter polar vortex has weakened in recent years: this study shows that there has also been a shift in the location of the vortex towards Eurasia. This is related to cryospheric changes, with implications for mid-latitude weather. | | | | Groundwater vulnerability on small islands pp1100 - 1103 S. Holding, D. M. Allen, S. Foster, A. Hsieh, I. Larocque, J. Klassen and S. C. Van Pelt doi:10.1038/nclimate3128 Aquifer characteristics and water use data for 43 widely distributed small island states indicate that 44% are in a state of water stress. While recharge is projected to increase on 12 islands it is projected to decrease by up to 58% on the other 31. See also: News and Views by Toby Ault | | | | Mapping climatic mechanisms likely to favour the emergence of novel communities pp1104 - 1109 Alejandro Ordonez, John W. Williams and Jens-Christian Svenning doi:10.1038/nclimate3127 Assessment of the emergence of novel climatic combinations, rapid displacement of climatic isoclines, and divergence between temperature and precipitation trends provides an indication of where and why novel communities are likely to emerge. | | | | Phylogenetic approaches reveal biodiversity threats under climate change pp1110 - 1114 Carlos E. González-Orozco, Laura J. Pollock, Andrew H. Thornhill, Brent D. Mishler, Nunzio Knerr, Shawn W. Laffan, Joseph T. Miller, Dan F. Rosauer, Daniel P. Faith, David A. Nipperess, Heini Kujala, Simon Linke, Nathalie Butt, Carsten Külheim, Michael D. Crisp and Bernd Gruber doi:10.1038/nclimate3126 Climate change is expected to lead to significant changes in phylogenetic diversity and endemism at a continental scale in Australia, threatening the hyper-diverse clade of eucalypt trees that dominate much of the continent. | | | | Amplified plant turnover in response to climate change forecast by Late Quaternary records pp1115 - 1119 D. Nogués-Bravo, S. Veloz, B. G. Holt, J. Singarayer, P. Valdes, B. Davis, S. C. Brewer, J. W. Williams and C. Rahbek doi:10.1038/nclimate3146 Climate impact projections for plant taxa using models calibrated with palaeo-data for the past 21,000 years increase, on average, the conservation threat status of European and North American plants. | | | | Day length unlikely to constrain climate-driven shifts in leaf-out times of northern woody plants pp1120 - 1123 Constantin M. Zohner, Blas M. Benito, Jens-Christian Svenning and Susanne S. Renner doi:10.1038/nclimate3138 Photoperiod is only an important leaf-out regulator for woody plants in areas with short winters and in lineages that derive from lower latitudes. Consequently, photoperiod constraint on range expansion should be limited to these areas and species. | | Articles | Top | | | | Ocean acidification reduces demersal zooplankton that reside in tropical coral reefs pp1124 - 1129 Joy N. Smith, Glenn De’ath, Claudio Richter, Astrid Cornils, Jason M. Hall-Spencer and Katharina E. Fabricius doi:10.1038/nclimate3122 The use of natural high-CO2 sites to assess the impact of ocean acidification on coral reef zooplankton shows a threefold reduction in biomass compared with ambient-CO2 sites. However, zooplankton species distribution is unchanged. The reduction may be partly due to a change in coral species. | | | | Similar estimates of temperature impacts on global wheat yield by three independent methods pp1130 - 1136 Bing Liu, Senthold Asseng, Christoph Müller, Frank Ewert, Joshua Elliott, David B. Lobell, Pierre Martre, Alex C. Ruane, Daniel Wallach, James W. Jones, Cynthia Rosenzweig, Pramod K. Aggarwal, Phillip D. Alderman, Jakarat Anothai, Bruno Basso, Christian Biernath, Davide Cammarano, Andy Challinor, Delphine Deryng, Giacomo De Sanctis, Jordi Doltra, Elias Fereres, Christian Folberth, Margarita Garcia-Vila, Sebastian Gayler, Gerrit Hoogenboom, Leslie A. Hunt, Roberto C. Izaurralde, Mohamed Jabloun, Curtis D. Jones, Kurt C. Kersebaum, Bruce A. Kimball, Ann-Kristin Koehler, Soora Naresh Kumar, Claas Nendel, Garry J. O’Leary, Jørgen E. Olesen, Michael J. Ottman, Taru Palosuo, P. V. Vara Prasad, Eckart Priesack, Thomas A. M. Pugh, Matthew Reynolds, Ehsan E. Rezaei, Reimund P. Rötter, Erwin Schmid, Mikhail A. Semenov, Iurii Shcherbak, Elke Stehfest, Claudio O. Stöckle, Pierre Stratonovitch, Thilo Streck, Iwan Supit, Fulu Tao, Peter Thorburn, Katharina Waha, Gerard W. Wall, Enli Wang, Jeffrey W. White, Joost Wolf, Zhigan Zhao and Yan Zhu doi:10.1038/nclimate3115 The impact of climate change on crop yield can be estimated using a variety of methods. Here, a multi-method ensemble is used to quantify ‘method uncertainty’ and improve overall confidence in projections of climate impacts on wheat yields. | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | | | |
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