{"title":"Where global warming meets urban development","authors":"Andrew Sudmant","doi":"10.1038/s41558-026-02743-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-026-02743-5","url":null,"abstract":"Global warming and urban development combine to shape the temperatures people experience in cities. Here I revisit a 2016 attribution study of urban warming in China and consider what its legacy reveals about urban climate knowledge, responsibility and action.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"16 10","pages":"1125-1126"},"PeriodicalIF":26.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148933044","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":"Physiological flexibility in changing climates","authors":"John S. Terblanche","doi":"10.1038/s41558-026-02738-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-026-02738-2","url":null,"abstract":"How much ectothermic animals can rely on plastic adjustments in their physiology remains a central challenge when forecasting climate change impacts. Here, I look back on a 2015 paper that examined the role of physiological plasticity in thermal performance and discuss subsequent research and broader conservation implications.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"16 10","pages":"1127-1128"},"PeriodicalIF":26.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148933049","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}
Caroline Yifan Dong, Chengcheng J. Fei, Bruce A. McCarl, David Zilberman, Xingguo Wang
{"title":"Genetically engineered crop adoption support yields and cultivation under climate change","authors":"Caroline Yifan Dong, Chengcheng J. Fei, Bruce A. McCarl, David Zilberman, Xingguo Wang","doi":"10.1038/s41558-026-02737-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-026-02737-3","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change is altering agricultural production conditions by intensifying heat stress, precipitation extremes and pest pressures. One way of adapting to such changes involves development of plant varieties for increased resilience. Here we conduct a US national-level spatial analysis of the impacts of genetically engineered (GE) crop adoption over the past four decades to show that GE adoption is broadly associated with yield benefits. We show higher yields and lower yield volatility for corn and soybean, with partial attenuation of adverse climate effects on yield, and more modest effects for upland cotton, implying that GE development and associated forces have improved resilience to climate-induced stress. Moreover, GE crop adoption is shown to contribute to dampening the northward shift in US crop cultivation driven by climate change. These results demonstrate that GE crops have functioned not only as productivity-enhancing tools but also as key instruments of climate adaptation. The authors analyse the impacts of the adoption of genetically engineered crops in the USA over 40 years. They show that genetically engineered crop adoption has led to some increases in yield and reduced yield volatility, while also acting as an adaptation against climate change-driven northward shifts.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"16 10","pages":"1214-1221"},"PeriodicalIF":26.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148933047","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":"Responding to ecological novelty","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41558-026-02742-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-026-02742-6","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change is shifting the world into new ecological states, prompting discussions of how humans and species will deal with this novelty, including how mitigation and adaptation will ultimately lead to further change.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"16 9","pages":"999-999"},"PeriodicalIF":26.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-026-02742-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148872201","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":"Restoring reefs with heat-tolerant corals","authors":"Bianca Nogrady","doi":"10.1038/s41558-026-02721-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-026-02721-x","url":null,"abstract":"As the Great Barrier Reef reels from successive devastating bleaching events, researchers are working to regenerate small areas with corals selected or manipulated for better heat tolerance.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"16 9","pages":"1110-1110"},"PeriodicalIF":26.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148872213","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}
Bastien De Tandt, Kyla Serres, Rosa Pietroiusti, Diana Erazo, François Massonnet, Denis Michez, Wim Thiery, Guillaume Ghisbain, Simon Dellicour
{"title":"Declines in European bumblebee habitat suitability attributable to climate change","authors":"Bastien De Tandt, Kyla Serres, Rosa Pietroiusti, Diana Erazo, François Massonnet, Denis Michez, Wim Thiery, Guillaume Ghisbain, Simon Dellicour","doi":"10.1038/s41558-026-02734-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-026-02734-6","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change is increasingly implicated in the decline of insect pollinator populations, which provide critical ecosystem services. Isolating its contribution from other co-occurring environmental stresses remains challenging yet crucial for informing conservation strategies and mitigating biodiversity losses. Here we compare predictions of ecologically suitable areas for European bumblebee species from 1901 to 2019 under factual and counterfactual scenarios to evaluate whether climate change has led to a loss of suitable habitat. Community-level ecological suitability was reduced by climate change across Europe by 5% on average and up to 19% locally, with pronounced declines in southern and lowland central regions. By contrast, in the Alpine and Boreal regions, habitat suitability gains at higher altitudes partially offset losses at lower latitudes and altitudes, resulting in minimal net changes. Our results demonstrate that climate change is reshaping the ecologically suitable areas for these key pollinators and represents a pervasive pressure on European wildlife. The authors consider factual and counterfactual scenarios to isolate the role of climate change in the decline of suitable habitats for European bumblebees (1901–2019). They show reductions of 5% on average, and up to 19% locally, with high-altitude gains partially offsetting losses.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"16 10","pages":"1222-1227"},"PeriodicalIF":26.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148895105","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}