{"title":"Making the most of the Methods","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02406-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-025-02406-x","url":null,"abstract":"Clear methods reporting is key for reliable and reproducible science and can also prevent an extended review process. We highlight Methods section requirements for a more efficient publication process.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"15 8","pages":"803-803"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02406-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144786617","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}
Yulong Zhang, Wenhong Li, Ge Sun, Jiafu Mao, Matthew Dannenberg, Jingfeng Xiao, Zuchuan Li, Haipeng Zhao, Qianru Zhang, Shineng Hu, Conghe Song, Nicolas Cassar
{"title":"Contrasting biological production trends over land and ocean","authors":"Yulong Zhang, Wenhong Li, Ge Sun, Jiafu Mao, Matthew Dannenberg, Jingfeng Xiao, Zuchuan Li, Haipeng Zhao, Qianru Zhang, Shineng Hu, Conghe Song, Nicolas Cassar","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02375-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-025-02375-1","url":null,"abstract":"Terrestrial and marine ecosystems constitute the primary components of the Earth’s biosphere, yet their photosynthetic productions are typically studied separately, which limits understanding of planetary carbon uptake and biosphere health. Here, using multiple satellite-derived products, we identify contrasting net primary production (NPP) trends between land and ocean, probably reflecting their differential sensitivity to climate warming, especially in tropical regions. Planetary NPP shows an overall increase of 0.11 ± 0.13 PgC yr−1 (P = 0.05) from 2003 to 2021, driven by a significant terrestrial enhancement of 0.20 ± 0.07 PgC yr−1 (P < 0.001) and partially offset by an oceanic decline of −0.12 ± 0.12 PgC yr−1 (P = 0.07). While land contributes to the strong upwards NPP trend, the interannual variability in global NPP is predominantly driven by the ocean, especially during strong El Niño–Southern Oscillation events. Our findings highlight the resilience and potential vulnerability of biosphere primary productivity in a warming climate, calling for integrated land–ocean monitoring and assessment to support climate mitigation initiatives. The authors jointly assess the changes in land and ocean net primary production from 2003 to 2021. They show contrasting trends, with overall planetary increases (0.11 ± 0.13 PgC yr−1) driven by terrestrial enhancement and offset by oceanic decline.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"15 8","pages":"880-888"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144756565","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":"Contemporary trends in planetary photosynthetic production","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02390-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-025-02390-2","url":null,"abstract":"Terrestrial and marine photosynthetic production are typically studied separately. Now, an integrated analysis of land and ocean net primary production for 2003–2021 reveals that land and ocean net primary production show contrasting trends. Enhanced biospheric primary production is predominantly driven by an increase over land, partially offset by an oceanic decrease.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"15 8","pages":"820-821"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144756556","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}
Zheng-Hang Fu, Dazhi Xi, Shang-Ping Xie, Wen Zhou, Ning Lin, Jiuwei Zhao, Xin Wang, Johnny C. L. Chan
{"title":"Shifting hotspot of tropical cyclone clusters in a warming climate","authors":"Zheng-Hang Fu, Dazhi Xi, Shang-Ping Xie, Wen Zhou, Ning Lin, Jiuwei Zhao, Xin Wang, Johnny C. L. Chan","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02397-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-025-02397-9","url":null,"abstract":"Multiple tropical cyclones can be present concurrently within one ocean basin, and these clusters can induce compound hazards within a short time window. While the western North Pacific has historically been home to most tropical cyclone clusters, how climate change might affect this is unclear. Here we use observations and high-resolution climate model simulations to develop a probabilistic model, assuming that tropical cyclones are mutually independent and occur randomly. Against this baseline, we identify outliers as clusters with dynamic interactions between tropical cyclones. We find that the recent global warming pattern induces major shifts in tropical cyclone cluster hotspots from the western North Pacific to the North Atlantic by modulating tropical cyclone frequency and synoptic-scale wave activity. Our probabilistic modelling indicates a tenfold increase in the likelihood of tropical cyclone cluster frequency in the North Atlantic, surpassing that in the western North Pacific, from 1.4 ± 0.4% to 14.3 ± 1.2% over the past 46 years. Tropical cyclones can occur concurrently in the same basins in clusters, potentially resulting in greater damage. Here the authors show that global warming causes a shift in hotspots of such clusters towards the North Atlantic.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"15 8","pages":"850-858"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02397-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144747132","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}
Margaret E. K. Evans, Peter B. Adler, Amy L. Angert, Sharmila M. N. Dey, Martin P. Girardin, Kelly A. Heilman, Stefan Klesse, Daniel L. Perret, Dov F. Sax, Seema N. Sheth, Michael Stemkovski, Jennifer L. Williams
{"title":"Reconsidering space-for-time substitution in climate change ecology","authors":"Margaret E. K. Evans, Peter B. Adler, Amy L. Angert, Sharmila M. N. Dey, Martin P. Girardin, Kelly A. Heilman, Stefan Klesse, Daniel L. Perret, Dov F. Sax, Seema N. Sheth, Michael Stemkovski, Jennifer L. Williams","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02392-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-025-02392-0","url":null,"abstract":"Ecologists often leverage patterns observed across spatial climate gradients to predict the impacts of climate change (space-for-time substitution). We highlight evidence that this can be misleading not just in the magnitude but in the direction of effects, explain why, and make suggestions for improving the reliability of ecological forecasts.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"15 8","pages":"809-812"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144736841","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}
Valentina Bosetti, Italo Colantone, Catherine E. De Vries, Giorgio Musto
{"title":"Green backlash and right-wing populism","authors":"Valentina Bosetti, Italo Colantone, Catherine E. De Vries, Giorgio Musto","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02384-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-025-02384-0","url":null,"abstract":"This Review delves into the politics of climate policy, specifically focusing on the so-called green backlash—that is, rising resistance from voters, parties and governments to the climate transition. We present a narrative review of the literature on the political consequences of climate policies, highlighting the presence of backlash among citizens negatively affected by decarbonization efforts. Populist right forces emerge as the primary beneficiaries of the backlash as they tend to be more sceptical regarding anthropogenic climate change and less supportive of climate policies. In turn, their electoral success has negative implications for countries’ climate policymaking and performance. Finally, we draw insights from the literature to reflect on what can be done to improve the political sustainability of climate policies. This Review considers research on the politics of climate policies. Climate policies, through their economic and cultural repercussions, impact public climate attitudes and voting behaviour, which in turn affect election outcomes and future policies.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"15 8","pages":"822-828"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144719405","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}
Haoran Tong, Tianhai Cheng, Xingyu Li, Hao Zhu, Xiaotong Ye, Donghao Fan, Tao Tang
{"title":"Reduction of methane emissions through improved landfill management","authors":"Haoran Tong, Tianhai Cheng, Xingyu Li, Hao Zhu, Xiaotong Ye, Donghao Fan, Tao Tang","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02391-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-025-02391-1","url":null,"abstract":"Solid waste in landfills continuously emits methane, which has become the third-largest anthropogenic source of methane emissions globally. The methane emissions from landfills exhibit substantial variability due to factors such as waste management practices and climatic conditions. Here we assessed methane emissions from 102 high-emitting landfills worldwide under different management strategies and climate conditions using 5 years of satellite observations. We find that, for these sites, total methane emissions from open dumps are underestimated by a factor of 5.3 ± 0.3 in the EDGAR v8.0 inventory. Transforming open dumpsites worldwide into sanitary landfills, while diverting organic waste to composters and biodigesters, can decrease methane emissions by 80% (60–89%), offering a mitigation potential of 760 (570–850) Mt CO2e annually. These results highlight that prioritizing improved waste management in developing countries, supported by economic and technological measures, represents one of the most effective strategies for mitigating methane emissions from the solid waste sector. Solid waste disposal is a major source of anthropogenic methane, yet estimating these emissions is difficult. Here the authors use satellite data to assess emissions from high-emitting landfills and find that transforming open sites to sanitary landfills could offer a large mitigation potential.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"15 8","pages":"866-872"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144715477","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":"Wind droughts threaten energy reliability","authors":"Sue Ellen Haupt","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02383-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-025-02383-1","url":null,"abstract":"Wind energy is helping to mitigate climate change. But now a study shows that climate change may make wind power less reliable.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"15 8","pages":"814-815"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144715418","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}