PLOS climatePub Date : 2024-07-16DOI: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000309
Rahma Adam, Anamika Amani, Rob Kuijpers, Katrine Danielsen, Esther Smits, F. Kruijssen, Nicole Moran, M. Tigchelaar, Colette C. C. Wabnitz, Alexander Tilley, Matteo Luzzi, Rumana H. Peerzadi, A. Ride, Cristiano M. Rossignoli, Edward H. Allison, Steven Cole, Irene Zatti, K. Ouko, C. Farnworth
{"title":"Climate-resilient aquatic food systems require transformative change to address gender and intersectional inequalities","authors":"Rahma Adam, Anamika Amani, Rob Kuijpers, Katrine Danielsen, Esther Smits, F. Kruijssen, Nicole Moran, M. Tigchelaar, Colette C. C. Wabnitz, Alexander Tilley, Matteo Luzzi, Rumana H. Peerzadi, A. Ride, Cristiano M. Rossignoli, Edward H. Allison, Steven Cole, Irene Zatti, K. Ouko, C. Farnworth","doi":"10.1371/journal.pclm.0000309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000309","url":null,"abstract":"The adverse impacts of climate change on aquatic food systems (AFS) and the people who depend on AFS for livelihood security are inequitably distributed between and within countries. People facing the highest risks and experiencing the severest impacts of climate change are those who already experience multidimensional inequalities in their lives, particularly because of their gender, class, age, indigeneity, ethnicity, caste, religion, and the physical and political conditions that can create additional vulnerabilities. In this paper, we conducted a scoping review of the literature that explores the links between climate change, gender, and other social identities, and AFS. The review was complemented by an analysis of representative data on women and men aquaculture farmers in Bangladesh from 2018 to 2019. We also analysed data from the 2019 Illuminating Hidden Harvest project. The study relied on the gendered agrifood system and aquatic food climate risk frameworks to guide on literature search, review, and data analyses. Our findings show that intersecting identities disadvantage certain AFS actors, particularly young women from minority ethnic groups, and create challenge for them to manage and adapt to climate shocks and stresses. Examples of gender-responsive and transformative interventions are highlighted from our review to showcase how such intersectional disadvantages can be addressed to increase women’s empowerment and social and gender equality.","PeriodicalId":74463,"journal":{"name":"PLOS climate","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141641394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PLOS climatePub Date : 2024-07-12DOI: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000328
S. E. Walker, Natalie Bennett, E. A. Smith, Tyler Nuckols, A. Narayana, Jordan Lee, Karen M. Bailey
{"title":"Unintended consequences of nature-based solutions: Social equity and flood buyouts","authors":"S. E. Walker, Natalie Bennett, E. A. Smith, Tyler Nuckols, A. Narayana, Jordan Lee, Karen M. Bailey","doi":"10.1371/journal.pclm.0000328","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000328","url":null,"abstract":"Nature-based solutions [NbS] can serve as effective strategies to promote the resilience of both people and ecosystems in the face of climate change. However, these solutions can exacerbate existing social inequities if they fail to adequately consider the complex social contexts in which they are implemented. To better understand the equity implications of NbS, and how to design and deliver such strategies more equitably, this study applies a conceptual framework of 4 equity pathways (distributional, procedural, recognitional, and structural equity) to a flood buyout program case study. We utilized document analysis and semi-structured interviews to conduct an equity analysis of a flood buyout program in a rural community in the Catskills region of New York. While many aspects of the flood buyout program aimed to empower local municipalities and landowners, local residents perceived a lack of decision-making power, negative long-term impacts to community well-being, and tension regarding the current and historical power differentials between these rural communities and New York City. Our results indicate individual equity pathways interact with one another in complex ways. They highlight the importance of comprehensive planning and evaluation of community impacts to better address the systems-level relationships that shape the equity implications of buyout programs.","PeriodicalId":74463,"journal":{"name":"PLOS climate","volume":"62 13","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141654679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Turning up the heat on public health: Adapting to extreme temperatures in Latin America and the Caribbean","authors":"Marisol Yglesias-González, Avriel Díaz, Willy Dunbar","doi":"10.1371/journal.pclm.0000446","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000446","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74463,"journal":{"name":"PLOS climate","volume":"8 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141655940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PLOS climatePub Date : 2024-07-11DOI: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000453
Liam Lachs, A. Humanes, Peter J. Mumby, S. Donner, John Bythell, Elizabeth Beauchamp, Leah Bukurou, Daisy Buzzoni, Rubén de la Torre Cerro, Holly K. East, Alasdair Edwards, Y. Golbuu, Helios M. Martinez, Eveline van der Steeg, Alex Ward, James Guest
{"title":"High coral heat tolerance at local-scale thermal refugia","authors":"Liam Lachs, A. Humanes, Peter J. Mumby, S. Donner, John Bythell, Elizabeth Beauchamp, Leah Bukurou, Daisy Buzzoni, Rubén de la Torre Cerro, Holly K. East, Alasdair Edwards, Y. Golbuu, Helios M. Martinez, Eveline van der Steeg, Alex Ward, James Guest","doi":"10.1371/journal.pclm.0000453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000453","url":null,"abstract":"Marine heatwaves and mass bleaching have devastated coral populations globally, yet bleaching severity often varies among reefs. To what extent a reef’s past exposure to heat stress influences coral bleaching and mortality remains uncertain. Here we identify persistent local-scale hotspots and thermal refugia among the reefs of Palau, Micronesia, based on 36 years of satellite-derived cumulative heat stress (degree heating weeks–DHW, units: °C-weeks). One possibility is that hotspots may harbour more heat tolerant corals due to acclimatisation, directional selection, and/or loss of tolerant genotypes. Historic patterns of assemblage-wide mass bleaching and marine heatwaves align with this hypothesis, with DHW-bleaching responses of hotspots occurring at 1.7°C-weeks greater heat stress than thermal refugia. This trend was consistent yet weaker for Acropora and corymbose Acropora, with severe bleaching risk reduced by 4–10% at hotspots. However, we find a contrasting pattern for Acropora digitifera exposed to a simulated marine heatwave. Fragments of 174 colonies were collected from replicate hotspot and thermal refugium outer reefs with comparable wave exposure and depth. Higher heat tolerance at thermal refugia (+0.7°C-weeks) and a correlation with tissue biomass suggests that factors other than DHW may overwhelm any spatially varying effects of past DHW exposure. Further, we found considerable A. digitifera heat tolerance variability across sites; compared to the least-tolerant 10% of colonies, the most-tolerant 10% could withstand additional heat stresses of 5.2 and 4.1°C-weeks for thermal refugia and hotspots, respectively. Our study demonstrates that hotspot reefs do not necessarily harbour more heat tolerant corals than nearby thermal refugia, and that mass bleaching patterns do not necessarily predict species responses. This nuance has important implications for designing climate-smart initiatives; for instance, in the search for heat tolerant corals, our results suggest that investing effort into identifying the most tolerant colonies within individual reefs may be warranted.","PeriodicalId":74463,"journal":{"name":"PLOS climate","volume":"123 43","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141656708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PLOS climatePub Date : 2024-07-11DOI: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000461
{"title":"Correction: Good practices: Co-producing integrated climate, environment and health services","authors":"","doi":"10.1371/journal.pclm.0000461","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000461","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74463,"journal":{"name":"PLOS climate","volume":"121 26","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141656747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PLOS climatePub Date : 2024-07-10DOI: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000450
Jeffrey Rosamond, Claire Dupont, Elin Lerum Boasson, Charlotte Burns, Tomas Maltby, S. Oberthür, Louisa Parks, Kacper Szulecki, Paul Tobin, Diarmuid Torney
{"title":"The urgent need for social science and humanities knowledge for climate action in Europe","authors":"Jeffrey Rosamond, Claire Dupont, Elin Lerum Boasson, Charlotte Burns, Tomas Maltby, S. Oberthür, Louisa Parks, Kacper Szulecki, Paul Tobin, Diarmuid Torney","doi":"10.1371/journal.pclm.0000450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000450","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74463,"journal":{"name":"PLOS climate","volume":"48 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141659967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PLOS climatePub Date : 2024-07-08DOI: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000434
A. Schmittner, Nathaniel J. Fillman
{"title":"Carbon and carbon-13 in the preindustrial and glacial ocean","authors":"A. Schmittner, Nathaniel J. Fillman","doi":"10.1371/journal.pclm.0000434","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000434","url":null,"abstract":"Despite their importance for Earth’s climate and paleoceanography, the cycles of carbon (C) and its isotope 13C in the ocean are not well understood. Models typically do not decompose C and 13C storage caused by different physical, biological, and chemical processes, which makes interpreting results difficult. Consequently, basic observed features, such as the decreased carbon isotopic signature (δ13CDIC) of the glacial ocean remain unexplained. Here, we review recent progress in decomposing Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) into preformed and regenerated components, extend a precise and complete decomposition to δ13CDIC, and apply it to data-constrained model simulations of the Preindustrial (PI) and Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) oceans. Regenerated components, from respired soft-tissue organic matter and dissolved biogenic calcium carbonate, are reduced in the LGM, indicating a decrease in the active part of the biological pump. Preformed components increase carbon storage and decrease δ13CDIC by 0.55 ‰ in the LGM. We separate preformed into saturation and disequilibrium components, each of which have biological and physical contributions. Whereas the physical disequilibrium in the PI is negative for both DIC and δ13CDIC, and changes little between climate states, the biological disequilibrium is positive for DIC but negative for δ13CDIC, a pattern that is magnified in the LGM. The biological disequilibrium is the dominant driver of the increase in glacial ocean C and the decrease in δ13CDIC, indicating a reduced sink of biological carbon. Overall, in the LGM, biological processes increase the ocean’s DIC inventory by 355 Pg more than in the PI, reduce its mean δ13CDIC by an additional 0.52 ‰, and contribute 60 ppm to the lowering of atmospheric CO2. Spatial distributions of the δ13CDIC components are presented. Commonly used approximations based on apparent oxygen utilization and phosphate are evaluated and shown to have large errors.","PeriodicalId":74463,"journal":{"name":"PLOS climate","volume":" 1226","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141668904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}