Hans Linssen, Thomas K. Lameris, Michiel P. Boom, Rascha J. M. Nuijten, Nelleke H. Buitendijk, Adriaan M. Dokter, Barwolt S. Ebbinge, Götz Eichhorn, Jan Geisler, Trinus Haitjema, Andrea Kölzsch, Helmut Kruckenberg, Jutta Leyrer, Jesper Madsen, Carl Mitchell, Sander Moonen, Gerhard J. D. M. Müskens, Kees H. T. Schreven, Lisa Vergin, Tom S. L. Versluijs, Judy Z. Shamoun-Baranes, E. Emiel van Loon, Bart A. Nolet
{"title":"Scope for waterfowl to speed up migration to a warming Arctic","authors":"Hans Linssen, Thomas K. Lameris, Michiel P. Boom, Rascha J. M. Nuijten, Nelleke H. Buitendijk, Adriaan M. Dokter, Barwolt S. Ebbinge, Götz Eichhorn, Jan Geisler, Trinus Haitjema, Andrea Kölzsch, Helmut Kruckenberg, Jutta Leyrer, Jesper Madsen, Carl Mitchell, Sander Moonen, Gerhard J. D. M. Müskens, Kees H. T. Schreven, Lisa Vergin, Tom S. L. Versluijs, Judy Z. Shamoun-Baranes, E. Emiel van Loon, Bart A. Nolet","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02419-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-025-02419-6","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change is causing an earlier onset of spring, requiring migratory birds to accelerate their spring migration to avoid arriving late at the breeding grounds. This acceleration hinges on the capacity to shorten the time spent building energy reserves (fuelling) for migratory flight, which is currently thought to be very limited. Combining multiyear global-positioning-system tracking and body mass data from five large-bodied Arctic-breeding waterfowl species, we demonstrate that there is considerable scope for the studied species to migrate faster by shortening the fuelling time, either before departure or at stopovers. With the exception of one species (brent goose), populations were able to largely or fully offset their spring departure date with subsequent fuelling time en route. Still, under the current rates of Arctic warming, this may allow them to mediate only a few more decades of spring advance by migrating faster. The authors combine tracking and body mass data from five migratory waterfowl species to understand their capacity to accelerate migration in response to earlier spring. They show considerable scope for faster migration by reducing the fuelling time before departure and subsequently on stopovers","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"15 10","pages":"1107-1114"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145017585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kwesi Akumenyi Quagraine, Babatunde J. Abiodun, Samuel Essien-Baidoo
{"title":"Africa must lead the governance of solar radiation management","authors":"Kwesi Akumenyi Quagraine, Babatunde J. Abiodun, Samuel Essien-Baidoo","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02420-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-025-02420-z","url":null,"abstract":"Africa’s future climate could be shaped by solar radiation management (SRM) decisions made elsewhere. To ensure these technologies, if ever pursued, reflect principles of justice and local priorities, Africa must move from passive recipient to active leader in SRM research, governance and public engagement.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"15 10","pages":"1017-1018"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145017584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pan He, Zhuojing Xu, Duo Chan, Pengfei Liu, Yan Bai
{"title":"Rising temperatures increase added sugar intake disproportionately in disadvantaged groups in the USA","authors":"Pan He, Zhuojing Xu, Duo Chan, Pengfei Liu, Yan Bai","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02398-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-025-02398-8","url":null,"abstract":"Extreme heat may affect added sugar consumption through the increased intake of drinks and frozen desserts, but such an impact is rarely quantified. Here, using individual transaction-level data for US households in 2004–2019, we find that added sugar consumption is positively related to temperature, notably within 12–30 °C at a rate of 0.70 g °C−1. This is primarily driven by the higher consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and frozen desserts. The magnitude of such impact is larger among households with lower income or educational levels. Our projections indicate a substantial nationwide increase in added sugar consumption of 2.99 g per day by 2095 (or equivalently 5 °C warming level), with vulnerable groups at an even higher risk. Our results highlight the critical need to mitigate health risks from the over-intake of added sugar and to explore dietary adaptation to climate change. Few studies have evaluated how climate change may affect dietary habits and nutritional health. Here, using transaction data in the USA, the authors show that added sugar consumption increases with temperature, especially between 12 °C and 30 °C, with stronger effects among lower-income and lower-education groups.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"15 9","pages":"963-970"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02398-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145017591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Truth discernment may not help to overcome misinformation","authors":"Tobia Spampatti","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02426-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-025-02426-7","url":null,"abstract":"Scientists increasingly assess interventions against misinformation mainly via truth discernment. However, pursuing truth discernment may not be sufficiently beneficial to society if interventions do not improve behaviour and other outcomes.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"15 10","pages":"1006-1009"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145009026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sinking carbon sinks","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02440-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-025-02440-9","url":null,"abstract":"Terrestrial ecosystems take up approximately a third of anthropogenically emitted carbon and are a key component of climate mitigation strategies. However, recent evidence indicates constraints on land-based carbon uptake and mitigation potential.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"15 9","pages":"905-905"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02440-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145017590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Megan Mills-Novoa, Kimberley Anh Thomas, Michael Mikulewicz
{"title":"Moving beyond projects to achieve transformative adaptation","authors":"Megan Mills-Novoa, Kimberley Anh Thomas, Michael Mikulewicz","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02414-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-025-02414-x","url":null,"abstract":"Projects are not delivering the transformative change needed for climate change adaptation. This failure is due in part to the delivery of adaptation as projects, but there are viable alternatives that can better address the underlying and structural causes of vulnerability.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"15 9","pages":"912-914"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144930258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}