Nature Climate Change Contents: March 2017 Volume 7 Number 3 pp 159 - 228

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TABLE OF CONTENTS March 2017 Volume 7, Issue 3 Editorial Commentaries Feature Research Highlights News and Views Perspective Letters Articles Erratum Addendum Subscribe   Facebook   RSS   Recommend to library   Twitter   Advertisement Open for Submissions   A new open access, multi-and interdisciplinary journal dedicated to publishing the finest research on both microbial biofilms and microbiomes, the journal is now open for submissions. Explore the benefits of submitting your next research article.   Advertisement npj Clean Water: open for submissions  An open access, online-only journal, dedicated to publishing high-quality papers that describe the significant and cutting-edge research that continues to ensure the supply of clean water to populations. Explore the benefits of submitting your next manuscript.     Editorial Top Connecting with climate science p159 doi:10.1038/nclimate3246 Protecting science-based policymaking requires engaging the public, not politicians. Cultural institutions and the arts provide non-partisan platforms for communication that can connect scientific climate change data to people's lives. Commentaries Top Community action and climate change pp161 - 163 James P. Ordner doi:10.1038/nclimate3236 President Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline in 2015 established the viability of grassroots mobilization modelled on the social movement organization Bold Nebraska. This set a precedent for communities fighting energy projects that threaten natural resources and contribute to climate change. Assessing temperature pattern projections made in 1989 pp163 - 165 Ronald J. Stouffer and Syukuro Manabe doi:10.1038/nclimate3224 Successful projection of the distribution of surface temperature change increases our confidence in climate models. Here we evaluate projections of global warming from almost 30 years ago using the observations made during the past half century. Museums as catalysts for change pp166 - 167 Morien Rees doi:10.1038/nclimate3237 An international coalition of museums could play a critical role in coordinating more effective public communication on and engagement with climate change. Feature Top The visceral climate experience pp168 - 171 Sonja van Renssen doi:10.1038/nclimate3233 Representing climate change through music and the visual arts anchors it in our culture. Research Highlights Top Biogeochemistry: Land CO2 sink drivers | Hydrology: Increasing river flood risk | Forest Policy: Media influence on debate | Marine microbiology: Plasticity under acidification News and Views Top Communication: Influencing policymakers pp173 - 174 Jiaying Zhao doi:10.1038/nclimate3215 Policymakers play a critical role in the global response to climate change. Now, research reveals an effective visual strategy for communicating climate science to policymakers and climate negotiators. See also: Letter by Valentina Bosetti et al. Palaeoclimate: Aerosols shift lake ecosystem pp174 - 175 Harry J. Dowsett doi:10.1038/nclimate3230 Anthropogenic aerosols over the Chinese Loess Plateau have diminished monsoon precipitation and concomitant soil erosion that plagues the region. Now, a reconstruction documents the differences between historical warming events and the present, highlighting the paradoxical implications of decreasing atmospheric aerosols. See also: Letter by Jianbao Liu et al. Biosphere–atmosphere interactions: Deforestation size influences rainfall pp175 - 176 Jeffrey Q. Chambers and Paulo Artaxo doi:10.1038/nclimate3238 Changes to the land surface, such as land clearing and logging of forest areas, impacts moisture cycling. Now a shift from small-scale to large-scale deforestation in the southern Amazon is found to modify the mechanisms and patterns of regional precipitation. See also: Letter by Jaya Khanna et al. Nature Climate Change JOBS of the week LabexMER International postdoctoral Fellowships in marine Sciences : Brest, France Université de Brest Biologist, Agronomist or Environmental Scientist Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Urban Plant Ecology Western Sydney University, HIE Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Microbial Ecology Western Sydney University, HIE More Science jobs from Nature Climate Change EVENT 6th International Summit on Hurricanes and Climate Change: From Hazard to Impact 04.06.17 Crete, Greece More science events from Perspective Top Forecasting societies' adaptive capacities through a demographic metabolism model pp177 - 184 Wolfgang Lutz and Raya Muttarak doi:10.1038/nclimate3222 Climate and societies are dynamic. In this Perspective an approach to forecasting important aspects of societal change is proposed to help understanding of how future societies will be affected by climate change. Letters Top COP21 climate negotiators’ responses to climate model forecasts pp185 - 189 Valentina Bosetti, Elke Weber, Loïc Berger, David V. Budescu, Ning Liu and Massimo Tavoni doi:10.1038/nclimate3208 Communicating climate science requires depicting uncertainty. This study shows that the tendency for COP21 policymakers to assign model forecasts less weight than their prior beliefs when making predictions is mitigated by presenting individual model forecasts with the statistical range. See also: News and Views by Jiaying Zhao Aerosol-weakened summer monsoons decrease lake fertilization on the Chinese Loess Plateau pp190 - 194 Jianbao Liu, Kathleen M. Rühland, Jianhui Chen, Yangyang Xu, Shengqian Chen, Qiaomei Chen, Wei Huang, Qinghai Xu, Fahu Chen and John P. Smol doi:10.1038/nclimate3220 Historically, warm periods enhanced the Asian summer monsoon—increased rainfall brought additional nutrients to freshwater ecosystems and increased production. However, anthropogenic aerosols have weakened the monsoon and altered lake ecosystems. See also: News and Views by Harry J. Dowsett Increase in acidifying water in the western Arctic Ocean pp195 - 199 Di Qi, Liqi Chen, Baoshan Chen, Zhongyong Gao, Wenli Zhong, Richard A. Feely, Leif G. Anderson, Heng Sun, Jianfang Chen, Min Chen, Liyang Zhan, Yuanhui Zhang and Wei-Jun Cai doi:10.1038/nclimate3228 Ocean acidification has expanded in the western Arctic Ocean. Observations from the 1990s to 2010 show that aragonite saturation levels have decreased, with low saturation water deepening to 250 m and increasing in area more rapidly than seen in other oceans. See also: News and Views by Richard G. J. Bellerby Regional dry-season climate changes due to three decades of Amazonian deforestation pp200 - 204 Jaya Khanna, David Medvigy, Stephan Fueglistaler and Robert Walko doi:10.1038/nclimate3226 Deforestation in Amazonia has previously been linked to thermally driven precipitation increases. Satellite observations and model simulations now suggest a shift toward a dynamically driven hydroclimate, with enhanced rainfall seen downwind of deforested areas. See also: News and Views by Jeffrey Q. Chambers et al. Species’ traits influenced their response to recent climate change pp205 - 208 Michela Pacifici, Piero Visconti, Stuart H. M. Butchart, James E. M. Watson, Francesca M. Cassola and Carlo Rondinini doi:10.1038/nclimate3223 Modelling of mammal and bird responses to recent climatic changes—based on a systematic review of the literature—suggests that large numbers of threatened species have already been affected by climate change in at least part of their range. Long-term warming amplifies shifts in the carbon cycle of experimental ponds pp209 - 213 Gabriel Yvon-Durocher, Chris J. Hulatt, Guy Woodward and Mark Trimmer doi:10.1038/nclimate3229 A seven-year experimental pond experiment reveals that warming can fundamentally alter the carbon balance of small ponds over a number of years, reducing their capacity to sequester CO2 and increasing emissions of CH4. Articles Top Slower snowmelt in a warmer world pp214 - 219 Keith N. Musselman, Martyn P. Clark, Changhai Liu, Kyoko Ikeda and Roy Rasmussen doi:10.1038/nclimate3225 Observations from western North America and model simulations are used to understand how climate change will affect snowmelt. Snowmelt is found to be slower under climate change as earlier melt means there is less energy for high melt rates. The key role of forests in meeting climate targets requires science for credible mitigation pp220 - 226 Giacomo Grassi, Jo House, Frank Dentener, Sandro Federici, Michel den Elzen and Jim Penman doi:10.1038/nclimate3227 Forests are a key component of the Paris Agreement, providing about a quarter of planned emission reductions. Realizing this ambition, however, requires greater confidence in forest estimates, presenting a challenge and an opportunity for science. Erratum Top Erratum: Macroclimatic change expected to transform coastal wetland ecosystems this century p227 Christopher A. Gabler, Michael J. Osland, James B. Grace, Camille L. Stagg, Richard H. Day, Stephen B. Hartley, Nicholas M. Enwright, Andrew S. From, Meagan L. McCoy and Jennie L. McLeod doi:10.1038/nclimate3232 Addendum Top Addendum: Biomass enables the transition to a carbon-negative power system across western North America p228 Daniel L. Sanchez, James H. Nelson, Josiah Johnston, Ana Mileva and Daniel M. 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