{"title":"Advances in attribution","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41558-024-02189-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-024-02189-7","url":null,"abstract":"As attribution studies evolve in complexity and become more present in public discourse, care is needed to ensure that the associated uncertainties and relevant contexts remain clear.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"14 11","pages":"1108-1108"},"PeriodicalIF":29.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-02189-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142580715","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":"Public attention and the Amazon","authors":"Lingxiao Yan","doi":"10.1038/s41558-024-02186-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-024-02186-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"14 11","pages":"1116-1116"},"PeriodicalIF":29.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142580706","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}
Ahmed I. Abdo, Daolin Sun, Zhaoji Shi, Mohamed K. Abdel-Fattah, Jiaen Zhang, Yakov Kuzyakov
{"title":"Conventional agriculture increases global warming while decreasing system sustainability","authors":"Ahmed I. Abdo, Daolin Sun, Zhaoji Shi, Mohamed K. Abdel-Fattah, Jiaen Zhang, Yakov Kuzyakov","doi":"10.1038/s41558-024-02170-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02170-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Intensification of farming since the Green Revolution has led to large increases in yield but has also increased anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Here, by providing a global comprehensive cradle-to-gate quantification from seed to yield, we show that the global warming potential (GWP) of conventional agriculture of grain crops has increased eightfold from 1961 to 2020, whereas the sustainability index (SI) has decreased threefold. Tillage, synthetic fertilizers and irrigation together accounted for 90% of the increased GWP, linked to tenfold increases in fertilization and groundwater use and more than doubled mechanized and irrigated areas. We highlight regions with high GWP and low SI, such as South Asia, and project further threefold increases in agriculture GWP by 2100 compared with 2020 (3.3 ± 0.73 PgCO<sub>2</sub>e) driven by declined use efficiency of the inputs. Green energy and climate-smart agriculture techniques can reduce the projected GWP in 2100 to 2.3 PgCO<sub>2</sub>e and increase the SI fourfold.</p>","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"142 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142574498","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":"The geography of conventional agriculture’s unsustainability","authors":"Stefano Menegat","doi":"10.1038/s41558-024-02143-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02143-7","url":null,"abstract":"An in-depth examination of the factors driving rising greenhouse gas emissions in the production of wheat, maize and rice uncovers trends that conflict with the objective of reducing emissions while simultaneously boosting production.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"241 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142574497","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":"Increased environmental drying risk for anurans globally under projected climate change","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41558-024-02169-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-024-02169-x","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change is exacerbating the severity of drought for life on land, especially for drying-sensitive species such as anurans (frogs and toads). Evaporative water loss rates for anurans are expected to double in areas with increased aridity. Increased drought severity combined with climate warming will likely reduce activity time for anurans owing to physiological limits.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"14 12","pages":"1234-1235"},"PeriodicalIF":29.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142520173","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}
Philippe Choler, Arthur Bayle, Noémie Fort, Simon Gascoin
{"title":"Waning snowfields have transformed into hotspots of greening within the alpine zone","authors":"Philippe Choler, Arthur Bayle, Noémie Fort, Simon Gascoin","doi":"10.1038/s41558-024-02177-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02177-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Declining seasonal snow cover duration leads to changing conditions for plant recruitment and growth in temperate mountains. Yet capturing the intricacy of snow cover and vegetation dynamics at multidecadal scale in complex terrains poses a great challenge. Here we show that over the last four decades the greenness trend in European mountains increases with the annual date of the seasonal snow cover disappearance. By combining satellite data of high spatial resolution and downscaled climate re-analysis we show that the reduction in snow cover duration surpasses elevated temperatures in influencing heat accumulation during the growing season. This accumulation is a key driver of the pronounced greening observed in late snow-melting sites, particularly in sparsely vegetated, north-facing screes. Our results provide a comprehensive account of rapid vegetation changes in waning snowfields and highlight the pivotal role played by snow cover dynamics to unravel the complexity of greening within the temperate alpine zone.</p>","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142489218","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":"Opportunities and challenges for urban climate governance","authors":"Lingxiao Yan, Danyang Cheng","doi":"10.1038/s41558-024-02173-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-024-02173-1","url":null,"abstract":"Before the 12th Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12), Nature Climate Change spoke to experts across the world to discuss how cities can and should cope with the intensifying climate crisis in the coming decades.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"14 11","pages":"1112-1115"},"PeriodicalIF":29.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142489216","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}