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Volume 8 Issue 2
February 2018
Lake methane ebullition
Methane emissions from shallow lakes may be significantly underestimated. Evidence from experimental lakes shows the combination of nutrient enrichment and warming has a synergistic effect on rates of methane bubbling.
See Davidson et al.
Editorial
- Editorial | 29 January 2018
Protecting the blue
The ocean is a food source to many and provides ecosystem services for the planet. Scientific understanding is required to help society address numerous threats facing this global common.
Comment
- Comment | 29 January 2018
Best practices for reporting climate data in ecology
A large number of published ecological studies fail to include basic information about the climate data used. In the interest of reproducibility and transparency, we offer recommendations for best practices that we urge Editors, authors, and reviewers to adopt in future publications.
Naia Morueta-Holme, Meagan F. Oldfather[…] & David D. Ackerly
Research Highlights
- Research Highlight | 29 January 2018
Two birds with one stone
Alastair Brown
- Research Highlight | 29 January 2018
Preference for extreme outcomes
Jenn Richler
- Research Highlight | 29 January 2018
A model revolution
Graham Simpkins
- Research Highlight | 29 January 2018
Mainstreaming adaptation
Adam Yeeles
News & Views
- News & Views | 29 January 2018
Investing in a green future
The growing green bond market reflects the financial sector’s awakening to climate risk. New research examining the US municipal bond market suggests a positive green bond premium in recent years, driven by differences in credit quality. As climate-risk disclosure becomes more widespread, investors may show willingness to pay green premiums.
Christa Clapp - News & Views | 29 January 2018
Unsteady seasons in the sea
Ocean uptake of CO2 slows the rate of anthropogenic climate change but comes at the cost of ocean acidification. Observations now show that the seasonal cycle of CO2 in the ocean also changes, leading to earlier occurrence of detrimental conditions for ocean biota.
Judith Hauck - News & Views | 29 January 2018
No blast from the past
Thawing of Arctic soils liberates ancient organic carbon and can facilitate massive greenhouse gas emissions from adjacent aquatic ecosystems. Research now shows that Arctic lakes are generally not releasing very much ancient carbon to the atmosphere.
Matthew J. Bogard & David E. Butman
Perspectives
- Perspective | 29 January 2018
Challenges and opportunities for improved understanding of regional climate dynamics
The response of storms, blocks and jet streams to external forcing, basin-to-basin and tropical–extratropical interactions, and non-linear predictive theory, are highlighted as strategic areas to advance understanding of regional climate dynamics
Matthew Collins, Shoshiro Minobe[…] & Olga Zolina - Perspective | 29 January 2018
The role of supply-chain initiatives in reducing deforestation
In this Perspective, private company supply-chain initiatives designed to reduce deforestation are assessed. Public–private policy mixes are advocated to increase their efficacy.
Eric F. Lambin, Holly K. Gibbs[…] & Nathalie F. Walker - Perspective | 29 January 2018
Building adaptive capacity to climate change in tropical coastal communities
Efforts to improve people’s capacity to adapt to climate change have so far focussed on a relatively narrow understanding of adaptive capacity. In this Perspective, the authors propose an approach to build adaptive capacity across a broader set of domains.
Joshua E. Cinner, W. Neil Adger[…] & Tiffany H. Morrison
Letters
- Letter | 29 January 2018
Implications of sustainable development considerations for comparability across nationally determined contributions
To reduce emissions, countries have committed to nationally determined contributions (NDCs). However, countries are also committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and this study looks at the synergies between meeting NDCs and SDGs.
Gokul Iyer, Katherine Calvin[…] & William Pizer - Letter | 29 January 2018
Divestment prevails over the green paradox when anticipating strong future climate policies
Fossil fuel market response to future climate policies could result in divestment in anticipation, or accelerated extraction—the green paradox. This study projects reduced emissions due to anticipation effects prior to policy implementation.
Nico Bauer, Christophe McGlade[…] & Paul Ekins - Letter | 22 January 2018
Global-scale hydrological response to future glacier mass loss
The future of glaciers and associated runoff is projected for 56 large drainage basins globally, with glacier wastage impacting on runoff and water resources even in basins with limited glacier cover.
Matthias Huss & Regine Hock - Letter | 29 January 2018
Diverging seasonal extremes for ocean acidification during the twenty-first century
Marine biology will be impacted by changes in the ocean carbonate system. This study projects contrasting seasonal changes of the hydrogen ion concentration, pH, and carbonate saturation state, which will exacerbate and ameliorate ocean acidification impacts.
Lester Kwiatkowski & James C. Orr - Letter | 29 January 2018
Strengthening seasonal marine CO2 variations due to increasing atmospheric CO2
Uptake of anthropogenic CO2 changes the surface ocean inorganic carbon system. Analysis of observations shows an increase in the seasonal oceanic carbon cycle, amplifying the ocean acidification signal with implications for marine biota.
Peter Landschützer, Nicolas Gruber[…] & Katharina D. Six - Letter | 22 January 2018
Biomass-based negative emissions difficult to reconcile with planetary boundaries
Biomass-based negative emissions can help to address the planetary boundary (PB) for climate change. However, side-effects likely include pushing us closer to the PBs for freshwater use and further transgression of the PBs for biosphere integrity, land-system change, and biogeochemical flows.
Vera Heck, Dieter Gerten[…] & Alexander Popp - Letter | 22 January 2018
Synergy between nutrients and warming enhances methane ebullition from experimental lakes
The combination of nutrient enrichment and warming has a synergistic effect on rates of methane ebullition from experimental lakes. This suggests methane emissions from shallow lakes may be significantly underestimated.
Thomas A. Davidson, Joachim Audet[…] & Jari Syväranta
Articles
- Article | 29 January 2018
The changing value of the ‘green’ label on the US municipal bond market
In comparison to conventional bonds, green bonds have been penalized on the municipal market. However, in recent years the credit quality of green bonds has improved, and they now represent an increasingly feasible option to unlock climate finance.
Andreas Karpf & Antoine Mandel - Article | 29 January 2018
Greenhouse gas emissions from diverse Arctic Alaskan lakes are dominated by young carbon
A spatially extensive survey of lake CH4 and CO2 emissions in Arctic Alaska shows the source material to be primarily relatively young organic matter (up to about 3,500 years old). Contributions from ancient C sources were twice as large in fine textured sediments.
Clayton D. Elder, Xiaomei Xu[…] & Claudia I. Czimczik
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