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Geostationary Satellite Observations of Extreme and Transient Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Infrastructure

December 2023
Marc Watine-Guiu, Daniel J. Varon, Itziar Irakulis-Loitxate, Nicholas Balasus, Daniel J. Jacob
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
In this peer-reviewed study, the authors use continuous 5-minute monitoring of large methane point sources with geostationary satellites to document and quantify large methane releases from oil and gas infrastructure.Read More →

Climate change strongly affects future fire weather danger in Indian forests

December 2023
Anasuya Barik, Somnath Baidya Roy
Nature Communications Earth & Environment
This peer-reviewed study quantifies the impact of such changes on the fire weather of Indian forests and finds that fire risk increases in dry climate forests but may be reduced in humid forests, suggesting the importance of regional mitigation.Read More →

A physiological approach for assessing human survivability and liveability to heat in a changing climate

November 2023
Jennifer Vanos, Gisel Guzman-Echavarria, Jane W. Baldwin, Coen Bongers, Kristie L. Ebi, Ollie Jay
Nature Communications
This peer-reviewed study applies physiological and biophysical principles to improve current estimates of survivability and livability under current and future climates. The authors conclude that current methodologies vastly underestimate such risks.Read More →

Climate extremes disrupt fungal–bacterial interactions

November 2023
Jingjing Shi, Madhav P. Thakur
Nature Microbiology
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 →

The social costs of tropical cyclones

November 2023
Hazem Krichene, Thomas Vogt, Franziska Piontek, Tobias Geiger, Christof Schötz, Christian Otto
Nature Communications
In this peer-reviewed study, the authors study the persistent growth effects of damaging tropical cyclones, and find that accounting for tropical cyclone impacts on growth substantially increases the global social cost of carbon by more than 20%.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 →

Acidification of Northeastern USA Lakes From Rising Anthropogenic-Sourced Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Its Effects on Aluminum Speciation

November 2023
Karen H. Johannesson, Jaxon Dii Horne, Anant Misra, Catherine Aliperta, Orpheus V. Meletis, Robert C. Santore, Christopher D. White, Georgia Mavrommati, David J. Burdige
Geophysical Research Letters
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 →

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 →