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Quantifying the regional to global climate impacts of individual fossil fuel projects to inform decision-making

October 2025
Nerilie J. Abram, Nicola Maher, Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Georgina M. Falster, Terry P. Hughes, Katrin J. Meissner, Louise J. Slater, Andrew D. King, Andrew J. Pitman, Gillian Moon & Wesley Morgan
Nature - NPJ Climate Action
This peer-reviewed study evaluates the warming attributable to individual project-level fossil fuel projects for the purpose of risk assessments and project approval, offering a science-based tool for decisionmakers.Read More →

IEA Methane Tracker Database

March 2024
IEA
IEA
This database presents the International Energy Agency's country-by-country estimates of energy-related methane emissions.Read More →

Critical Transitions in the Amazon Forest System

February 2024
Bernardo M. Flores, Encarni Montoya, Boris Sakschewski, Nathália Nascimento, Arie Staal, Richard A. Betts, Carolina Levis, David M. Lapola, Adriane Esquível-Muelbert, Catarina Jakovac, Carlos A. Nobre, Rafael S. Oliveira, Laura S. Borma, Da Nian, Niklas Boers, Susanna B. Hecht, Hans ter Steege, Julia Arieira, Isabella L. Lucas, Erika Berenguer, José A. Marengo, Luciana V. Gatti, Caio R. C. Mattos, Marina Hirota
Nature
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 →

Climate warming and elevated CO2 alter peatland soil carbon sources and stability

November 2023
Nicholas O. E. Ofiti, Michael W. I. Schmidt, Samuel Abiven, Paul J. Hanson, Colleen M. Iversen, Rachel M. Wilson, Joel E. Kostka, Guido L. B. Wiesenberg, Avni Malhotra
Nature Communications
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 →

A measurement-based upstream oil and gas methane inventory for Alberta, Canada reveals higher emissions and different sources than official estimates

November 2023
Bradley M. Conrad, David R. Tyner, Hugh Z. Li, Donglai Xie, Matthew R. Johnson
Nature Communications Earth & Environment
This peer-reviewed study presents a methane inventory for conventional upstream oil and gas operations in Alberta, Canada, and finds that asset-level methane emissions are approximately 1.5x the federally reported levels.Read More →

Mercury and CO2 emissions from artisanal gold mining in Brazilian Amazon rainforest

November 2023
Benjamin Fritz, Bernhard Peregovich, Lorena da Silva Tenório, Adria Cristina da Silva Alves, Mario Schmidt
Nature Sustainability
In this peer-reviewed study, the authors investigate the use of mercury and energy at artisanal gold mining sites in Brazil, and assesses the mercury and CO2 emissions associated with this sector of the informal economy.Read More →

Coastal surface soil carbon stocks have distinctly increased under extensive ecological restoration in northern China

October 2023
Yuan Chi, Dahai Liu, Jianhua Gao, Jingkuan Sun, Zhiwei Zhang, Wenxiu Xing, Yubing Qu, Xuejian Ma, Bian Zha
Nature Communications Earth & Environment
This peer-reviewed study maps the surface soil organic carbon stock in northern China's coastal areas, and finds that extensive ecological restoration increased the surface carbon stock and density by 39.19% between 2010 and 2020.Read More →

Mapping methane reduction potential of tidal wetland restoration in the United States

October 2023
James R. Holmquist, Meagan Eagle, Rebecca Lee Molinari, Sydney K. Nick, Liana C. Stachowicz, Kevin D. Kroeger
Nature Communications Earth & Environment
This peer-reviewed study provides a new assessment of coastal methane reduction opportunities in the U.S., and identifies a map of 1,796 parcels with the potential for tidal reconnection that can reduce methane emissions from coastal wetlands.Read More →

Built structures influence patterns of energy demand and CO₂ emissions across countries

July 2023
Helmut Haberl, Markus Löw, Alejandro Perez-Laborda, Sarah Matej, Barbara Plank, Dominik Wiedenhofer, Felix Creutzig, Karl-Heinz Erb, and Juan Antonio Duro
Nature Communications
This peer-reviewed study uses statistical analysis to analyze the correlation between patterns of settlement and transportation infrastructures on per-capita energy demand and CO₂ emissions at the national level.Read More →