Nature Climate Change Contents December 2015 Volume 5 Number 12 pp 1021-1120

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TABLE OF CONTENTS December 2015 Volume 5, Issue 12 Editorial Commentaries Research Highlights News and Views Perspectives Review Letters Articles Advertisement Ready for a glimpse of tomorrow? Visit KAUST Discovery today KAUST Discovery highlights the cutting-edge research, technologies and innovations emerging from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. http://discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en Subscribe   Facebook   RSS   Recommend to library   Twitter   Advertisement Social Media Guide for Authors  Nearly 50% of researchers engage in scientific discussion on Twitter* Learn how to make your research part of the conversation. *Source: Nature, Online collaboration: Scientists and the social network (doi:10.1038/512126a)       Editorial Top Plotting a course from Paris p1021 doi:10.1038/nclimate2890 A new climate agreement won't solve climate change, but it should nudge the world onto a lower-emissions path. Research must drive deeper transformations by translating proposed solutions into workable action. Commentaries Top A role for tropical forests in stabilizing atmospheric CO2 pp1022 - 1023 R. A. Houghton, Brett Byers and Alexander A. Nassikas doi:10.1038/nclimate2869 Tropical forests could offset much of the carbon released from the declining use of fossil fuels, helping to stabilize and then reduce atmospheric CO2 concentrations, thereby providing a bridge to a low-fossil-fuel future. Resilience synergies in the post-2015 development agenda pp1024 - 1025 Erin Roberts, Stephanie Andrei, Saleemul Huq and Lawrence Flint doi:10.1038/nclimate2776 Policymakers have committed to tackling loss and damage as a result of climate change across three high-profile international processes. Framing post-2015 development as a means to address loss and damage can synergize these agendas. International standards for climate-friendly cities pp1025 - 1026 Victoria Hurth and Patricia McCarney doi:10.1038/nclimate2823 More effort should be put into standardization as a route to achieving international consensus and action on climate change. Cities are a good example of what is being achieved through this arguably unfashionable mechanism. Research Highlights Top Species Distribution: Rapid adaptation | Projection and prediction: Monsoon uncertainties | Sea ice: Regional loss impacts | Impact assessment: Geoengineering challenges News and Views Top Earth system modelling: Restoration of the oceans pp1028 - 1029 Richard Matear and Andrew Lenton doi:10.1038/nclimate2737 Undoing the effects of continuing high carbon dioxide emissions on the oceans could take centuries, if it is possible at all. See also: Article by Sabine Mathesius et al. Building emissions: Female thermal demand pp1029 - 1030 Joost van Hoof doi:10.1038/nclimate2755 The temperature in many office buildings is set according to a method from the 1960s. Consideration of the different metabolic rates of male and females is necessary to increase comfort and reduce energy consumption. See also: Letter by Boris Kingma et al. nclimate JOBS of the week Lecturer in Climate and Environmental Science University of Bristol Geological Postdoctoral Fellow (Climate and Ecosystems) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) Professor or Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Climate Geology ETH Zurich - The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich Head, Ocean Science Section, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Geological Postdoctoral Fellow (Climate and Ecosystems) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) More Science jobs from nclimate EVENT Toulouse Onco Week 2016 02.02.16 Toulouse, France More science events from Perspectives Top Psychological responses to the proximity of climate change pp1031 - 1037 Adrian Brügger, Suraje Dessai, Patrick Devine-Wright, Thomas A. Morton and Nicholas F. Pidgeon doi:10.1038/nclimate2760 It is sometimes assumed that making climate change seem 'closer to home' is a good way to catalyse action. But insights from psychology suggest that people's reaction to the proximity of climate change is complex. Predators help protect carbon stocks in blue carbon ecosystems pp1038 - 1045 Trisha B. Atwood, Rod M. Connolly, Euan G. Ritchie, Catherine E. Lovelock, Michael R. Heithaus, Graeme C. Hays, James W. Fourqurean and Peter I. Macreadie doi:10.1038/nclimate2763 This Perspective considers the influence of marine predators on carbon cycling in salt marshes, seagrass meadows, and mangroves, and the potential role that these carbon-rich vegetated coastal ecosystems could play in climate change mitigation. Review Top The adaptation challenge in the Arctic pp1046 - 1053 James D. Ford, Graham McDowell and Tristan Pearce doi:10.1038/nclimate2723 Two competing theories suggest that Arctic communities are either highly vulnerable to climate change, or demonstrate significant adaptive capacity. A review of the research shows that the challenge of Arctic adaptation is formidable, but can be overcome. Letters Top Energy consumption in buildings and female thermal demand pp1054 - 1056 Boris Kingma and Wouter van Marken Lichtenbelt doi:10.1038/nclimate2741 The thermal comfort standards developed in the 1960s were based on the average male. Altering these standards to account for female metabolic rates could save energy and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from buildings. See also: News and Views by Joost van Hoof Aligning corporate greenhouse-gas emissions targets with climate goals pp1057 - 1060 Oskar Krabbe, Giel Linthorst, Kornelis Blok, Wina Crijns-Graus, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Niklas Höhne, Pedro Faria, Nate Aden and Alberto Carrillo Pineda doi:10.1038/nclimate2770 Corporations need to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions to help avoid dangerous climate change. A new method for setting emissions targets, which can also be used to assess corporate climate performance and increase accountability, is proposed. Perverse effects of carbon markets on HFC-23 and SF6 abatement projects in Russia pp1061 - 1063 Lambert Schneider and Anja Kollmuss doi:10.1038/nclimate2772 Emissions analysis shows that projects abating two greenhouse gases in Russia under the Joint Implementation mechanism increased waste gas generation, suggesting that plant operators may have generated more waste gas while increasing credit revenues. Australians' views on carbon pricing before and after the 2013 federal election pp1064 - 1067 Stacia J. Dreyer, Iain Walker, Shannon K. McCoy and Mario F. Teisl doi:10.1038/nclimate2756 Public perceptions of climate change policies change over time. A national survey shows that although acceptance of the carbon pricing policy stayed stable throughout the election campaign, this did not indicate support for the policy. Coupling between air travel and climate pp1068 - 1073 Kristopher B. Karnauskas, Jeffrey P. Donnelly, Hannah C. Barkley and Jonathan E. Martin doi:10.1038/nclimate2715 An analysis of US domestic flight data for the past two decades reveals the overwhelmingly tight control of climate variability on air travel. Potential feedbacks between aviation and climate change are quantified using CMIP5 model projections. Molecular processes of transgenerational acclimation to a warming ocean pp1074 - 1078 Heather D. Veilleux, Taewoo Ryu, Jennifer M. Donelson, Lynne van Herwerden, Loqmane Seridi, Yanal Ghosheh, Michael L. Berumen, William Leggat, Timothy Ravasi and Philip L. Munday doi:10.1038/nclimate2724 The mechanisms that allow some species to adjust to changing environmental conditions across generations are poorly understood. This study reveals the molecular processes underlying transgenerational acclimation in a common reef fish. Temperature dependence of CO2-enhanced primary production in the European Arctic Ocean pp1079 - 1082 J. M. Holding, C. M. Duarte, M. Sanz-Martín, E. Mesa, J. M. Arrieta, M. Chierici, I. E. Hendriks, L. S. García-Corral, A. Regaudie-de-Gioux, A. Delgado, M. Reigstad, P. Wassmann and S. Agustí doi:10.1038/nclimate2768 The combination of rising CO2 and temperature is expected to increase primary production in the Arctic Ocean. This study uses observations and experimental data from the European sector to show that primary productivity may double in the spring. Watch an audio-visual summary of the paper here Shift from coral to macroalgae dominance on a volcanically acidified reef pp1083 - 1088 I. C. Enochs, D. P. Manzello, E. M. Donham, G. Kolodziej, R. Okano, L. Johnston, C. Young, J. Iguel, C. B. Edwards, M. D. Fox, L. Valentino, S. Johnson, D. Benavente, S. J. Clark, R. Carlton, T. Burton, Y. Eynaud and N. N. Price doi:10.1038/nclimate2758 A shift from coral to macroalgae dominance of reef systems affected by volcanically acidified waters around Maug (Mariana Islands, North Pacific Ocean) increases fears that reef corals will be displaced by algae as a result of ocean acidification. The potential of Indonesian mangrove forests for global climate change mitigation pp1089 - 1092 Daniel Murdiyarso, Joko Purbopuspito, J. Boone Kauffman, Matthew W. Warren, Sigit D. Sasmito, Daniel C. Donato, Solichin Manuri, Haruni Krisnawati, Sartji Taberima and Sofyan Kurnianto doi:10.1038/nclimate2734 Indonesian mangrove carbon stocks are estimated to be 1,083 ± 378 MgC ha−1. In the past three decades Indonesia has lost 40% of its 2.9 Mha of mangroves; this is estimated to have resulted in annual CO2-equivalent emissions of 0.07–0.21 Pg. Increasing risk of compound flooding from storm surge and rainfall for major US cities pp1093 - 1097 Thomas Wahl, Shaleen Jain, Jens Bender, Steven D. Meyers and Mark E. Luther doi:10.1038/nclimate2736 The co-occurrence of storm surge and heavy precipitation can compound coastal flooding. Research now estimates the probability of such co-occurrences for the US and shows that the number of events has increased significantly over the past century. Articles Top National post-2020 greenhouse gas targets and diversity-aware leadership pp1098 - 1106 Malte Meinshausen, Louise Jeffery, Johannes Guetschow, Yann Robiou du Pont, Joeri Rogelj, Michiel Schaeffer, Niklas Höhne, Michel den Elzen, Sebastian Oberthür and Nicolai Meinshausen doi:10.1038/nclimate2826 Breaking away from the utopian assumption that the international community will agree on a single emissions allocation scheme, this study assesses approaches to setting country-level mitigation targets in line with the 2 °C goal. Long-term response of oceans to CO2 removal from the atmosphere pp1107 - 1113 Sabine Mathesius, Matthias Hofmann, Ken Caldeira and Hans Joachim Schellnhuber doi:10.1038/nclimate2729 Simulations show that massive removal of CO2 from the atmosphere through geoengineering will not eliminate the long-term consequences of anthropogenic CO2 emissions in the marine environment. See also: News and Views by Richard Matear et al. Joint projections of US East Coast sea level and storm surge pp1114 - 1120 Christopher M. Little, Radley M. Horton, Robert E. Kopp, Michael Oppenheimer, Gabriel A. Vecchi and Gabriele Villarini doi:10.1038/nclimate2801 Coastal flood risk is strongly influenced by sea-level rise and changes in tropical cyclone activity, but these factors are usually considered independently. Research now accounts for their joint contribution to coastal flood hazard for the US East Coast over the 21st century.     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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