A Causal Inference Framework for Climate Change Attribution in Ecology
This peer-reviewed study investigates advances in observational research design and causal inference of climate change impacts to biodiversity and ecosystems.Read More →
Detecting and attributing climate change effects on vegetation: Australia as a test case
This peer-reviewed study performs a meta-analysis of existing literature on attribution of vegetation change in Australia to climate variability, finding that such attribution is difficult to prove and suggesting new methodologies.Read More →
Risks of Unavoidable Impacts on Forests at 1.5 °C with and without Overshoot
This study examines the risk of irreversible impacts to forests under different warming scenarios.Read More →
Temperature Thresholds Induce Abrupt Shifts in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Montane Ecosystems Worldwide
This study finds that biodiversity and ecosystem services have abrupt responses to local temperature variation, which highlights the sensitivity of montane ecosystems to climate change.Read More →
Critical Transitions in the Amazon Forest System
This peer-reviewed study assesses five major drivers of water stress on Amazonian forests, and projects that, by 2050, 10% to 47% of Amazonian forests may face unexpected ecosystem transitions.Read More →
State of the World’s Migratory Species
This report, the first ever State of the World’s Migratory Species, reveals that the survival of more than 25% of migratory species is threatened by climate change.Read More →
Climate extremes disrupt fungal–bacterial interactions
In this comment, the authors argue that interactions between soil fungi and bacteria may be crucial to understanding the ways that soil microbiomes change in response to climate extremes.Read More →
Climate warming and elevated CO2 alter peatland soil carbon sources and stability
This peer-reviewed study examines the impact of warming and elevated atmospheric CO2 on the molecular composition of soil organic carbon. The authors' results indicate that climate change may destabilize carbon storage in peatlands.Read More →
Acidification of Northeastern USA Lakes From Rising Anthropogenic-Sourced Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Its Effects on Aluminum Speciation
This peer-reviewed study assesses how rising atmospheric CO2 will impact terrestrial freshwaters such as lakes and streams, and finds that acidification of lakes in the northeastern USA could be of similar magnitude to ocean acidification.Read More →
Extratropical forests increasingly at risk due to lightning fires
In this peer-reviewed study, the authors examine fire ignition, and show that 77% of the burned area in extratropical forests stems from lightning. These areas are expected to experience between 11 and 31% more lightning per degree of warming.Read More →