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  • 1. Barnes, Michele L.
    et al.
    Wang, Peng
    Cinner, Joshua E.
    Graham, Nicholas A. J.
    Guerrero, Angela M.
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Stockholm Resilience Centre.
    Jasny, Lorien
    Lau, Jacqueline
    Sutcliffe, Sarah R.
    Zamborain-Mason, Jessica
    Social determinants of adaptive and transformative responses to climate change2020Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 10, nr 9, s. 823-828Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    To cope effectively with the impacts of climate change, people will need to change existing practices or behaviours within existing social-ecological systems (adaptation) or enact more fundamental changes that can alter dominant social-ecological relationships and create new systems or futures (transformation). Here we use multilevel network modelling to examine how different domains of adaptive capacity-assets, flexibility, organization, learning, socio-cognitive constructs and agency-are related to adaptive and transformative actions. We find evidence consistent with an influence process in which aspects of social organization (exposure to others in social networks) encourage both adaptive and transformative actions among Papua New Guinean islanders experiencing climate change impacts. Adaptive and transformative actions are also related to social-ecological network structures between people and ecological resources that enable learning and the internalization of ecological feedbacks. Agency is also key, yet we show that while perceived power may encourage adaptations, it may discourage more transformative actions. Multilevel network modelling shows that social network exposure promotes both adaptive and transformative responses to climate change among Papua New Guinean islanders. Different social-ecological network structures are associated with adaptation versus transformation.

  • 2.
    Boyd, Emily
    et al.
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Stockholm Resilience Centre. University of Reading, England.
    Cornforth, Rosalind J.
    Lamb, Peter J.
    Tarhule, Aondover
    Lele, M. Issa
    Brouder, Alan
    Building resilience to face recurring environmental crisis in African Sahel2013Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 3, nr 7, s. 631-637Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    The present food shortages in the Horn of Africa and the West African Sahel are affecting 31 million people. Such continuing and future crises require that people in the region adapt to an increasing and potentially irreversible global sustainability challenge. Given this situation and that short-term weather and seasonal climate forecasting have limited skill for West Africa, the Rainwatch project illustrates the value of near real-time monitoring and improved communication for the unfavourable 2011 West African monsoon, the resulting severe drought-induced humanitarian impacts continuing into 2012, and their exacerbation by flooding in 2012. Rainwatch is now coupled with a boundary organization (Africa Climate Exchange, AfClix) with the aim of integrating the expertise and actions of relevant institutions, agencies and stakeholders to broker ground-based dialogue to promote resilience in the face of recurring crisis.

  • 3. Chadburn, S. E.
    et al.
    Burke, E. J.
    Cox, P. M.
    Friedlingstein, P.
    Hugelius, Gustaf
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för naturgeografi.
    Westermann, S.
    An observation-based constraint on permafrost loss as a function of global warming2017Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 7, nr 5, s. 340-344Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Permafrost, which covers 15 million km(2) of the land surface, is one of the components of the Earth system that is most sensitive to warming(1,2). Loss of permafrost would radically change high-latitude hydrology and biogeochemical cycling, and could therefore provide very significant feedbacks on climate change(3-8). The latest climate models all predict warming of high-latitude soils and thus thawing of permafrost under future climate change, but with widely varying magnitudes of permafrost thaw(9,10). Here we show that in each of the models, their present-day spatial distribution of permafrost and air temperature can be used to infer the sensitivity of permafrost to future global warming. Using the same approach for the observed permafrost distribution and air temperature, we estimate a sensitivity of permafrost area loss to global mean warming at stabilization of 4.0(-1.1)(+1.0) million km(2) degrees C-1 (1 sigma confidence), which is around 20% higher than previous studies(9). Our method facilitates an assessment for COP21 climate change targets(11): if the climate is stabilized at 2 degrees C above pre-industrial levels, we estimate that the permafrost area would eventually be reduced by over 40%. Stabilizing at 1.5 degrees C rather than 2 degrees C would save approximately 2 million km(2) of permafrost.

  • 4. Cinner, Joshua E.
    et al.
    Huchery, Cindy
    Hicks, Christina C.
    Daw, Tim M.
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Stockholm Resilience Centre. University of East Anglia, England.
    Marshall, Nadine
    Wamukota, Andrew
    Allison, Edward H.
    Changes in adaptive capacity of Kenyan fishing communities2015Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 5, nr 9, s. 872-+Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Coastal communities are particularly at risk from the impacts of a changing climate(1). Building the capacity of coastal communities to cope with and recover from a changing environment is a critical means to reducing their vulnerability(2,3). Yet, few studies have quantitatively examined adaptive capacity in such communities. Here, we build on an emerging body of research examining adaptive capacity in natural resource-dependent communities in two important ways. We examine how nine indicators of adaptive capacity vary: among segments of Kenyan fishing communities; and over time. Socially disaggregated analyses found that the young, those who had migrated, and those who do not participate in decision-making seemed least prepared for adapting to change in these resource-dependent communities. These results highlight the most vulnerable segments of society when it comes to preparing for and adapting to change in resource-dependent communities. Comparisons through time showed that aspects of adaptive capacity seemed to have increased between 2008 and 2012 owing to higher observed community infrastructure and perceived availability of credit.

  • 5. Cowan, Tim
    et al.
    Undorf, Sabine
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU). University of Edinburgh, UK.
    Hegerl, Gabriele C.
    Harrington, Luke J.
    Otto, Friederike E. L.
    Present-day greenhouse gases could cause more frequent and longer Dust Bowl heatwaves2020Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 10, nr 6, s. 505-510Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Substantial warming occurred across North America, Europe and the Arctic over the early twentieth century(1), including an increase in global drought(2), that was partially forced by rising greenhouse gases (GHGs)(3). The period included the 1930s Dust Bowl drought(4-7) across North America's Great Plains that caused widespread crop failures(4,8), large dust storms(9) and considerable out-migration(10). This coincided with the central United States experiencing its hottest summers of the twentieth century(11,12) in 1934 and 1936, with over 40 heatwave days and maximum temperatures surpassing 44 degrees C at some locations(13,14). Here we use a large-ensemble regional modelling framework to show that GHG increases caused slightly enhanced heatwave activity over the eastern United States during 1934 and 1936. Instead of asking how a present-day heatwave would behave in a world without climate warming, we ask how these 1930s heatwaves would behave with present-day GHGs. Heatwave activity in similarly rare events would be much larger under today's atmospheric GHG forcing and the return period of a 1-in-100-year heatwave summer (as observed in 1936) would be reduced to about 1-in-40 years. A key driver of the increasing heatwave activity and intensity is reduced evaporative cooling and increased sensible heating during dry springs and summers. The United States experienced two of its hottest recorded summers in 1934 and 1936, amplified by drier soils associated with the Dust Bowl drought. A large regional climate model ensemble estimates present-day GHGs would cause similarly extreme, 1-in-100-year heatwaves to occur about every 40 years.

  • 6. Dangendorf, Sonke
    et al.
    Frederikse, Thomas
    Chafik, Léon
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU).
    Klinck, John M.
    Ezer, Tal
    Hamlington, Benjamin D.
    Data-driven reconstruction reveals large-scale ocean circulation control on coastal sea level2021Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 11, nr 6, s. 514-520Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Understanding historical and projected coastal sea-level change is limited because the impact of large-scale ocean dynamics is not well constrained. Here, we use a global set of tide-gauge records over nine regions to analyse the relationship between coastal sea-level variability and open-ocean steric height, related to density fluctuations. Interannual-to-decadal sea-level variability follows open-ocean steric height variations along many coastlines. We extract their common modes of variability and reconstruct coastal sterodynamic sea level, which is due to ocean density and circulation changes, based on steric height observations. Our reconstruction, tested in Earth system models, explains up to 91% of coastal sea-level variability. Combined with barystatic components related to ocean mass change and vertical land motion, the reconstruction also permits closure of the coastal sea-level budget since 1960. We find ocean circulation has dominated coastal sea-level budgets over the past six decades, reinforcing its importance in near-term predictions and coastal planning. Coastal sea levels are impacted by local vertical land motion plus local and remote changes to ocean circulation, density and mass changes. Tide-gauge records are used to reconstruct the coastal sea-level budget over nine regions, showing its variability has been dominated by ocean circulation since 1960.

  • 7.
    Destouni, Georgia
    et al.
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK).
    Jaramillo, Fernando
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK).
    Prieto, Carmen
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK).
    Hydroclimatic shifts driven by human water use for food and energy production2013Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 3, nr 3, s. 213-217Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Hydrological change is a central part of global change(1-3). Its drivers in the past need to be understood and quantified for accurate projection of disruptive future changes(4). Here we analyse past hydro-climatic, agricultural and hydropower changes from twentieth century data for nine major Swedish drainage basins, and synthesize and compare these results with other regional(5-7) and global(2) assessments of hydrological change by irrigation and deforestation. Cross-regional comparison shows similar increases of evapotranspiration by non-irrigated agriculture and hydropower as for irrigated agriculture. In the Swedish basins, non-irrigated agriculture has also increased, whereas hydropower has decreased temporal runoff variability. A global indication of the regional results is a net total increase of evapotranspiration that is larger than a proposed associated planetary boundary(8). This emphasizes the need for climate and Earth system models to account for different human uses of water as anthropogenic drivers of hydro-climatic change. The present study shows how these drivers and their effects can be distinguished and quantified for hydrological basins on different scales and in different world regions. This should encourage further exploration of greater basin variety for better understanding of anthropogenic hydro-climatic change.

  • 8. Eisenack, Klaus
    et al.
    Moser, Susanne C.
    Hoffmann, Esther
    Klein, Richard J. T.
    Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Environment Institute. Linköping University, Sweden.
    Oberlack,, Christoph
    Pechan, Anna
    Rotter, Maja
    Termeer, Catrien J. A. M.
    Reply to 'Opening up the black box of adaptation decision-making'2015Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 5, nr 6, s. 494-495Artikel i tidskrift (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
  • 9. Galfalk, Magnus
    et al.
    Olofsson, Göran
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för astronomi.
    Crill, Patrick
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för geologiska vetenskaper.
    Bastviken, David
    Making methane visible2016Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 6, nr 4, s. 426-430Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Methane (CH4) is one of the most important greenhouse gases, and an important energy carrier in biogas and natural gas. Its large-scale emission patterns have been unpredictable and the source and sink distributions are poorly constrained. Remote assessment of CH4 with high sensitivity at a m(2) spatial resolution would allow detailed mapping of the near-ground distribution and anthropogenic sources in landscapes but has hitherto not been possible. Here we show that CH4 gradients can be imaged on the <m(2) scale at ambient levels (similar to 1.8 ppm) and filmed using optimized infrared (IR) hyperspectral imaging. Our approach allows both spectroscopic confirmation and quantification for all pixels in an imaged scene simultaneously. It also has the ability to map fluxes for dynamic scenes. This approach to mapping boundary layer CH4 offers a unique potential way to improve knowledge about greenhouse gases in landscapes and a step towards resolving source-sink attribution and scaling issues.

  • 10. Gallego-Sala, Angela
    et al.
    Charman, Dan J.
    Brewer, Simon
    Page, Susan E.
    Prentice, I. Colin
    Friedlingstein, Pierre
    Moreton, Steve
    Amesbury, Matthew J.
    Beilman, David W.
    Bjorck, Svante
    Blyakharchuk, Tatiana
    Bochicchio, Christopher
    Booth, Robert K.
    Bunbury, Joan
    Camill, Philip
    Carless, Donna
    Chimner, Rodney A.
    Clifford, Michael
    Cressey, Elizabeth
    Courtney-Mustaphi, Colin
    De Vleeschouwer, Francois
    de Jong, Rixt
    Fialkiewicz-Koziel, Barbara
    Finkelstein, Sarah A.
    Garneau, Michelle
    Githumbi, Esther
    Hribjlan, John
    Holmquist, James
    Hughes, Paul D. M.
    Jones, Chris
    Jones, Miriam C.
    Karofeld, Edgar
    Klein, Eric S.
    Kokfelt, Ulla
    Korhola, Atte
    Lacourse, Terri
    Le Roux, Gael
    Lamentowicz, Mariusz
    Large, David
    Lavoie, Martin
    Loisel, Julie
    Mackay, Helen
    MacDonald, Glen M.
    Makila, Markku
    Magnan, Gabriel
    Marchant, Robert
    Marcisz, Katarzyna
    Martinez Cortizas, Antonio
    Massa, Charly
    Mathijssen, Paul
    Mauquoy, Dmitri
    Mighall, Timothy
    Mitchell, Fraser J. G.
    Moss, Patrick
    Nichols, Jonathan
    Oksanen, Pirita O.
    Orme, Lisa
    Packalen, Maara S.
    Robinson, Stephen
    Roland, Thomas P.
    Sanderson, Nicole K.
    Sannel, A. Britta K.
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för naturgeografi.
    Silva-Sanchez, Noemi
    Steinberg, Natascha
    Swindles, Graeme T.
    Turner, T. Edward
    Uglow, Joanna
    Valiranta, Minna
    van Bellen, Simon
    van der Linden, Marjolein
    van Geel, Bas
    Wang, Guoping
    Yu, Zicheng
    Zaragoza-Castells, Joana
    Zhao, Yan
    Latitudinal limits to the predicted increase of the peatland carbon sink with warming2018Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 8, nr 10, s. 907-+Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    The carbon sink potential of peatlands depends on the balance of carbon uptake by plants and microbial decomposition. The rates of both these processes will increase with warming but it remains unclear which will dominate the global peatland response. Here we examine the global relationship between peatland carbon accumulation rates during the last millennium and planetary-scale climate space. A positive relationship is found between carbon accumulation and cumulative photosynthetically active radiation during the growing season for mid- to high-latitude peatlands in both hemispheres. However, this relationship reverses at lower latitudes, suggesting that carbon accumulation is lower under the warmest climate regimes. Projections under Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP)2.6 and RCP8.5 scenarios indicate that the present-day global sink will increase slightly until around AD 2100 but decline thereafter. Peatlands will remain a carbon sink in the future, but their response to warming switches from a negative to a positive climate feedback (decreased carbon sink with warming) at the end of the twenty-first century.

  • 11.
    Kapsch, Marie-Luise
    et al.
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU).
    Graversen, Rune Grand
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU).
    Tjernström, Michael
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU).
    Springtime atmospheric energy transport and the control of Arctic summer sea-ice extent2013Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 3, nr 8, s. 744-748Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    The summer sea-ice extent in the Arctic has decreased in recent decades, a feature that has become one of the most distinct signals of the continuing climate change. However, the interannual variability is large—the ice extent by the end of the summer varies by several million square kilometres from year to year. The underlying processes driving this year-to-year variability are not well understood. Here we demonstrate that the greenhouse effect associated with clouds and water vapour in spring is crucial for the development of the sea ice during the subsequent months. In years where the end-of-summer sea-ice extent is well below normal, a significantly enhanced transport of humid air is evident during spring into the region where the ice retreat is encountered. This enhanced transport of humid air leads to an anomalous convergence of humidity, and to an increase of the cloudiness. The increase of the cloudiness and humidity results in an enhancement of the greenhouse effect. As a result, downward long-wave radiation at the surface is larger than usual in spring, which enhances the ice melt. In addition, the increase of clouds causes an increase of the reflection of incoming solar radiation. This leads to the counterintuitive effect: for years with little sea ice in September, the downwelling short-wave radiation at the surface is smaller than usual. That is, the downwelling short-wave radiation is not responsible for the initiation of the ice anomaly but acts as an amplifying feedback once the melt is started.

  • 12. Keil, Paul
    et al.
    Mauritsen, Thorsten
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU). Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany.
    Jungclaus, Johann
    Hedemann, Christopher
    Olonscheck, Dirk
    Ghosh, Rohit
    Multiple drivers of the North Atlantic warming hole2020Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 10, nr 7, s. 667-671Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    The North Atlantic ocean warming hole has been linked to reduced tropical heat import. Model simulations show an anthropogenically forced increased heat export poleward from the region, by overturning and gyre circulation, and shortwave cloud feedback control the warming hole formation and growth. Despite global warming, a region in the North Atlantic ocean has been observed to cool, a phenomenon known as the warming hole. Its emergence has been linked to a slowdown of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, which leads to a reduced ocean heat transport into the warming hole region. Here we show that, in addition to the reduced low-latitude heat import, increased ocean heat transport out of the region into higher latitudes and a shortwave cloud feedback dominate the formation and temporal evolution of the warming hole under greenhouse gas forcing. In climate model simulations of the historical period, the low-latitude Atlantic meridional overturning circulation decline does not emerge from natural variability, whereas the accelerating heat transport to higher latitudes is clearly attributable to anthropogenic forcing. Both the overturning and the gyre circulation contribute to the increased high-latitude ocean heat transport, and therefore are critical to understand the past and future evolutions of the warming hole.

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  • 13. Keogan, Katharine
    et al.
    Daunt, Francis
    Wanless, Sarah
    Phillips, Richard A.
    Walling, Craig A.
    Agnew, Philippa
    Ainley, David G.
    Anker-Nilssen, Tycho
    Ballard, Grant
    Barrett, Robert T.
    Barton, Kerry J.
    Bech, Claus
    Becker, Peter
    Berglund, Per-Arvid
    Bollache, Loic
    Bond, Alexander L.
    Bouwhuis, Sandra
    Bradley, Russell W.
    Burr, Zofia M.
    Camphuysen, Kees
    Catry, Paulo
    Chiaradia, Andre
    Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe
    Cuthbert, Richard
    Dehnhard, Nina
    Descamps, Sebastien
    Diamond, Tony
    Divoky, George
    Drummond, Hugh
    Dugger, Katie M.
    Dunn, Michael J.
    Emmerson, Louise
    Erikstad, Kjell Einar
    Fort, Jerome
    Fraser, William
    Genovart, Meritxell
    Gilg, Olivier
    Gonzalez-Solis, Jacob
    Granadeiro, Jose Pedro
    Gremillet, David
    Hansen, Jannik
    Hanssen, Sveinn A.
    Harris, Mike
    Hedd, April
    Hinke, Jefferson
    Manuel Igual, Jose
    Jahncke, Jaime
    Jones, Ian
    Kappes, Peter J.
    Lang, Johannes
    Langset, Magdalene
    Lescroel, Amelie
    Lorentsen, Svein-Hakon
    Lyver, Phil O'B.
    Mallory, Mark
    Moe, Borge
    Montevecchi, William A.
    Monticelli, David
    Mostello, Carolyn
    Newell, Mark
    Nicholson, Lisa
    Nisbet, Ian
    Olsson, Olof
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Stockholm Resilience Centre.
    Oro, Daniel
    Pattison, Vivian
    Poisbleau, Maud
    Pyk, Tanya
    Quintana, Flavio
    Ramos, Jaime A.
    Ramos, Raul
    Reiertsen, Tone Kirstin
    Rodriguez, Cristina
    Ryan, Peter
    Sanz-Aguilar, Ana
    Schmidt, Niels M.
    Shannon, Paula
    Sittler, Benoit
    Southwell, Colin
    Surman, Christopher
    Svagelj, Walter S.
    Trivelpiece, Wayne
    Warzybok, Pete
    Watanuki, Yutaka
    Weimerskirch, Henri
    Wilson, Peter R.
    Wood, Andrew G.
    Phillimore, Albert B.
    Lewis, Sue
    Global phenological insensitivity to shifting ocean temperatures among seabirds2018Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 8, nr 4, s. 313-318Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Reproductive timing in many taxa plays a key role in determining breeding productivity(1), and is often sensitive to climatic conditions(2). Current climate change may alter the timing of breeding at different rates across trophic levels, potentially resulting in temporal mismatch between the resource requirements of predators and their prey(3). This is of particular concern for higher-trophic-level organisms, whose longer generation times confer a lower rate of evolutionary rescue than primary producers or consumers(4). However, the disconnection between studies of ecological change in marine systems makes it difficult to detect general changes in the timing of reproduction(5). Here, we use a comprehensive meta-analysis of 209 phenological time series from 145 breeding populations to show that, on average, seabird populations worldwide have not adjusted their breeding seasons over time (-0.020 days yr(-1)) or in response to sea surface temperature (SST) (-0.272 days degrees C-1) between 1952 and 2015. However, marked between-year variation in timing observed in resident species and some Pelecaniformes and Suliformes (cormorants, gannets and boobies) may imply that timing, in some cases, is affected by unmeasured environmental conditions. This limited temperature-mediated plasticity of reproductive timing in seabirds potentially makes these top predators highly vulnerable to future mismatch with lower-trophic-level resources(2).

  • 14. Knoblauch, Christian
    et al.
    Beer, Christian
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för miljövetenskap och analytisk kemi.
    Liebner, Susanne
    Grigoriev, Mikhail N.
    Pfeiffer, Eva-Maria
    Methane production as key to the greenhouse gas budget of thawing permafrost2018Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 8, nr 4, s. 309-312Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Permafrost thaw liberates frozen organic carbon, which is decomposed into carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). The release of these greenhouse gases (GHGs) forms a positive feedback to atmospheric CO2 and CH4 concentrations and accelerates climate change(1,2). Current studies report a minor importance of CH4 production in water-saturated (anoxic) permafrost soils(3-6) and a stronger permafrost carbon-climate feedback from drained (oxic) soils(1,7). Here we show through seven-year laboratory incubations that equal amounts of CO2 and CH4 are formed in thawing permafrost under anoxic conditions after stable CH4-producing microbial communities have established. Less permafrost carbon was mineralized under anoxic conditions but more CO2-carbon equivalents (CO2Ce) were formed than under oxic conditions when the higher global warming potential (GWP) of CH4 is taken into account(8). A model of organic carbon decomposition, calibrated with the observed decomposition data, predicts a higher loss of permafrost carbon under oxic conditions (113 +/- 58 g CO2-C kgC(-1) (kgC, kilograms of carbon)) by 2100, but a twice as high production of CO2-Ce (241 +/- 138 g CO2-Ce kgC(-1)) under anoxic conditions. These findings challenge the view of a stronger permafrost carbon-climate feedback from drained soils1,7 and emphasize the importance of CH4 production in thawing permafrost on climate-relevant timescales.

  • 15. Kornhuber, Kai
    et al.
    Coumou, Dim
    Vogel, Elisabeth
    Lesk, Corey
    Donges, Jonathan F.
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Stockholm Resilience Centre. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany.
    Lehmann, Jascha
    Horton, Radley M.
    Amplified Rossby waves enhance risk of concurrent heatwaves in major breadbasket regions2020Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 10, nr 1, s. 48-53Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    In an interconnected world, simultaneous extreme weather events in distant regions could potentially impose high-end risks for societies(1,2). In the mid-latitudes, circumglobal Rossby waves are associated with a strongly meandering jet stream and might cause simultaneous heatwaves and floods across the northern hemisphere(3-6). For example, in the summer of 2018, several heat and rainfall extremes occurred near-simultaneously(7). Here we show that Rossby waves with wavenumbers 5 and 7 have a preferred phase position and constitute recurrent atmospheric circulation patterns in summer. Those patterns can induce simultaneous heat extremes in specific regions: Central North America, Eastern Europe and Eastern Asia for wave 5, and Western Central North America, Western Europe and Western Asia for wave 7. The probability of simultaneous heat extremes in these regions increases by a factor of up to 20 for the most severe heat events when either of these two waves dominate the circulation. Two or more weeks per summer spent in the wave-5 or wave-7 regime are associated with 4% reductions in crop production when averaged across the affected regions, with regional decreases of up to 11%. As these regions are important for global food production, the identified teleconnections have the potential to fuel multiple harvest failures, posing risks to global food security(8). A large-scale meandering in the jet stream can cause simultaneous heat extremes in distant regions. When Rossby waves with wavenumbers 5 and 7 dominate circulation, there is an increased risk of heat extremes across major food-producing regions, raising the potential of multiple crop failures.

  • 16. Koven, Charles D.
    et al.
    Hugelius, Gustaf
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för naturgeografi. Stanford University, USA.
    Lawrence, David M.
    Wieder, William R.
    Higher climatological temperature sensitivity of soil carbon in cold than warm climates2017Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 7, nr 11, s. 817-822Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    The projected loss of soil carbon to the atmosphere resulting from climate change is a potentially large but highly uncertain feedback to warming. The magnitude of this feedback is poorly constrained by observations and theory, and is disparately represented in Earth system models (ESMs)(1-3). To assess the climatological temperature sensitivity of soil carbon, we calculate apparent soil carbon turnover times(4) that reflect long-term and broad-scale rates of decomposition. Here, we show that the climatological temperature control on carbon turnover in the top metre of global soils is more sensitive in cold climates than in warm climates and argue that it is critical to capture this emergent ecosystem property in global-scale models. We present a simplified model that explains the observed high cold-climate sensitivity using only the physical scaling of soil freeze-thaw state across climate gradients. Current ESMs fail to capture this pattern, except in anESMthat explicitly resolves vertical gradients in soil climate and carbon turnover. An observed weak tropical temperature sensitivity emerges in a different model that explicitly resolves mineralogical control on decomposition. These results support projections of strong carbon- climate feedbacks from northern soils(5,6) and demonstrate a method for ESMs to capture this emergent behaviour.

  • 17. Loisel, J.
    et al.
    Gallego-Sala, A.
    Amesbury, M. J.
    Magnan, G.
    Anshari, G.
    Beilman, D. W.
    Benavides, J. C.
    Blewett, J.
    Camill, P.
    Charman, D. J.
    Chawchai, S.
    Hedgpeth, A.
    Kleinen, T.
    Korhola, A.
    Large, D.
    Mansilla, C. A.
    Müller, J.
    van Bellen, S.
    West, J. B.
    Yu, Z.
    Bubier, J. L.
    Garneau, M.
    Moore, T.
    Sannel, A. Britta K.
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för naturgeografi.
    Page, S.
    Väliranta, M.
    Bechtold, M.
    Brovkin, V.
    Cole, L. E. S.
    Chanton, J. P.
    Christensen, T. R.
    Davies, M. A.
    De Vleeschouwer, F.
    Finkelstein, S. A.
    Frolking, S.
    Gałka, M.
    Gandois, L.
    Girkin, N.
    Harris, L.
    Heinemeyer, A.
    Hoyt, A. M.
    Jones, M. C.
    Joos, F.
    Juutinen, S.
    Kaiser, K.
    Lacourse, T.
    Lamentowicz, M.
    Larmola, T.
    Leifeld, J.
    Lohila, A.
    Milner, A. M.
    Minkkinen, K.
    Moss, P.
    Naafs, B. D. A.
    Nichols, J.
    O'Donnell, J.
    Payne, R.
    Philben, M.
    Piilo, S.
    Quillet, A.
    Ratnayake, A. S.
    Roland, T. P.
    Sjögersten, S.
    Sonnentag, O.
    Swindles, G. T.
    Swinnen, W.
    Talbot, J.
    Treat, C.
    Valach, A. C.
    Wu, J.
    Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink2021Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 11, nr 1, s. 70-77Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Peatlands are impacted by climate and land-use changes, with feedback to warming by acting as either sources or sinks of carbon. Expert elicitation combined with literature review reveals key drivers of change that alter peatland carbon dynamics, with implications for improving models. The carbon balance of peatlands is predicted to shift from a sink to a source this century. However, peatland ecosystems are still omitted from the main Earth system models that are used for future climate change projections, and they are not considered in integrated assessment models that are used in impact and mitigation studies. By using evidence synthesized from the literature and an expert elicitation, we define and quantify the leading drivers of change that have impacted peatland carbon stocks during the Holocene and predict their effect during this century and in the far future. We also identify uncertainties and knowledge gaps in the scientific community and provide insight towards better integration of peatlands into modelling frameworks. Given the importance of the contribution by peatlands to the global carbon cycle, this study shows that peatland science is a critical research area and that we still have a long way to go to fully understand the peatland-carbon-climate nexus.

  • 18. Natali, Susan M.
    et al.
    Watts, Jennifer D.
    Rogers, Brendan M.
    Potter, Stefano
    Ludwig, Sarah M.
    Selbmann, Anne-Katrin
    Sullivan, Patrick F.
    Abbott, Benjamin W.
    Arndt, Kyle A.
    Birch, Leah
    Björkman, Mats P.
    Bloom, A. Anthony
    Celis, Gerardo
    Christensen, Torben R.
    Christiansen, Casper T.
    Commane, Roisin
    Cooper, Elisabeth J.
    Crill, Patrick
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för geologiska vetenskaper.
    Czimczik, Claudia
    Davydov, Sergey
    Du, Jinyang
    Egan, Jocelyn E.
    Elberling, Bo
    Euskirchen, Eugenie S.
    Friborg, Thomas
    Genet, Hélène
    Göckede, Mathias
    Goodrich, Jordan P.
    Grogan, Paul
    Helbig, Manuel
    Jafarov, Elchin E.
    Jastrow, Julie D.
    Kalhori, Aram A. M.
    Kim, Yongwon
    Kimball, John S.
    Kutzbach, Lars
    Lara, Mark J.
    Larsen, Klaus S.
    Lee, Bang-Yong
    Liu, Zhihua
    Loranty, Michael M.
    Lund, Magnus
    Lupascu, Massimo
    Madani, Nima
    Malhotra, Avni
    Matamala, Roser
    McFarland, Jack
    McGuire, A. David
    Michelsen, Anders
    Minions, Christina
    Oechel, Walter C.
    Olefeldt, David
    Parmentier, Frans-Jan W.
    Pirk, Norbert
    Poulter, Ben
    Quinton, William
    Rezanezhad, Fereidoun
    Risk, David
    Sachs, Torsten
    Schaefer, Kevin
    Schmidt, Niels M.
    Schuur, Edward A. G.
    Semenchuk, Philipp R.
    Shaver, Gaius
    Sonnentag, Oliver
    Starr, Gregory
    Treat, Claire C.
    Waldrop, Mark P.
    Wang, Yihui
    Welker, Jeffrey
    Wille, Christian
    Xu, Xiaofeng
    Zhang, Zhen
    Zhuang, Qianlai
    Zona, Donatella
    Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region2019Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 9, nr 11, s. 852-857Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Recent warming in the Arctic, which has been amplified during the winter(1-3), greatly enhances microbial decomposition of soil organic matter and subsequent release of carbon dioxide (CO2)(4). However, the amount of CO2 released in winter is not known and has not been well represented by ecosystem models or empirically based estimates(5,6). Here we synthesize regional in situ observations of CO2 flux from Arctic and boreal soils to assess current and future winter carbon losses from the northern permafrost domain. We estimate a contemporary loss of 1,662 TgC per year from the permafrost region during the winter season (October-April). This loss is greater than the average growing season carbon uptake for this region estimated from process models (-1,032 TgC per year). Extending model predictions to warmer conditions up to 2100 indicates that winter CO2 emissions will increase 17% under a moderate mitigation scenario-Representative Concentration Pathway 4.5-and 41% under business-as-usual emissions scenario-Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5. Our results provide a baseline for winter CO2 emissions from northern terrestrial regions and indicate that enhanced soil CO2 loss due to winter warming may offset growing season carbon uptake under future climatic conditions.

  • 19.
    Norberg, Jon
    et al.
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Systemekologiska institutionen. Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Resilience Centre.
    Urban, Mark C.
    Vellend, Mark
    Klausmeier, Christopher A.
    Loeuille, Nicolas
    Eco-evolutionary responses of biodiversity to climate change2012Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 2, nr 10, s. 747-751Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Climate change is predicted to alter global species diversity(1), the distribution of human pathogens' and ecosystem services(3). Forecasting these changes and designing adequate management of future ecosystem services will require predictive models encompassing the most fundamental biotic responses. However, most present models omit important processes such as evolution and competition(4,5). Here we develop a spatially explicit eco-evolutionary model of multi-species responses to climate change. We demonstrate that both dispersal and evolution differentially mediate extinction risks and biodiversity alterations through time and across climate gradients. Together, high genetic variance and low dispersal best minimized extinction risks. Surprisingly, high dispersal did not reduce extinctions, because the shifting ranges of some species hastened the decline of others. Evolutionary responses dominated during the later stages of climatic changes and in hot regions. No extinctions occurred without competition, which highlights the importance of including species interactions in global biodiversity models. Most notably, climate change created extinction and evolutionary debts, with changes in species richness and traits occuring long after climate stabilization. Therefore, even if we halt anthropogenic climate change today, transient eco-evolutionary dynamics would ensure centuries of additional alterations in global biodiversity.

  • 20.
    Nykvist, Björn
    et al.
    Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Environment Institute.
    Nilsson, Måns
    Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Environment Institute. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
    Rapidly falling costs of battery packs for electric vehicles2015Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 5, nr 4, s. 329-332Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    To properly evaluate the prospects for commercially competitive battery electric vehicles (BEV) one must have accurate information on current and predicted cost of battery packs. The literature reveals that costs are coming down, but with large uncertainties on past, current and future costs of the dominating Li-ion technology1, 2, 3. This paper presents an original systematic review, analysing over 80 different estimates reported 2007–2014 to systematically trace the costs of Li-ion battery packs for BEV manufacturers. We show that industry-wide cost estimates declined by approximately 14% annually between 2007 and 2014, from above US$1,000 per kWh to around US$410 per kWh, and that the cost of battery packs used by market-leading BEV manufacturers are even lower, at US$300 per kWh, and has declined by 8% annually. Learning rate, the cost reduction following a cumulative doubling of production, is found to be between 6 and 9%, in line with earlier studies on vehicle battery technology2. We reveal that the costs of Li-ion battery packs continue to decline and that the costs among market leaders are much lower than previously reported. This has significant implications for the assumptions used when modelling future energy and transport systems and permits an optimistic outlook for BEVs contributing to low-carbon transport.

  • 21. Oh, Youmi
    et al.
    Zhuang, Qianlai
    Liu, Licheng
    Welp, Lisa R.
    Lau, Maggie C. Y.
    Onstott, Tullis C.
    Medvigy, David
    Bruhwiler, Lori
    Dlugokencky, Edward J.
    Hugelius, Gustaf
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för naturgeografi.
    D'Imperio, Ludovica
    Elberling, Bo
    Reduced net methane emissions due to microbial methane oxidation in a warmer Arctic2020Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 10, nr 4, s. 317-321Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Methane emissions from organic-rich soils in the Arctic have been extensively studied due to their potential to increase the atmospheric methane burden as permafrost thaws(1-3). However, this methane source might have been overestimated without considering high-affinity methanotrophs (HAMs; methane-oxidizing bacteria) recently identified in Arctic mineral soils(4-7). Herein we find that integrating the dynamics of HAMs and methanogens into a biogeochemistry model(8-10) that includes permafrost soil organic carbon dynamics(3) leads to the upland methane sink doubling (similar to 5.5 Tg CH4 yr(-1)) north of 50 degrees N in simulations from 2000-2016. The increase is equivalent to at least half of the difference in net methane emissions estimated between process-based models and observation-based inversions(11,12), and the revised estimates better match site-level and regional observations(5,7,13-15). The new model projects doubled wetland methane emissions between 2017-2100 due to more accessible permafrost carbon(16-18). However, most of the increase in wetland emissions is offset by a concordant increase in the upland sink, leading to only an 18% increase in net methane emission (from 29 to 35 Tg CH4 yr(-1)). The projected net methane emissions may decrease further due to different physiological responses between HAMs and methanogens in response to increasing temperature(19,20).

  • 22. Pan, Haozhi
    et al.
    Page, Jessica
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för naturgeografi.
    Shi, Rui
    Cong, Cong
    Cai, Zipan
    Barthel, Stephan
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Stockholm Resilience Centre. Stockholms universitet, Humanistiska fakulteten, Historiska institutionen. University of Gävle, Sweden.
    Thollander, Patrik
    Colding, Johan
    Kalantari, Zahra
    Contribution of prioritized urban nature-based solutions allocation to carbon neutrality2023Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 13, nr 8, s. 862-870Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Nature-based solutions (NBS) are essential for carbon-neutral cities, yet how to effectively allocate them remains a question. Carbon neutrality requires city-led climate action plans that incorporate both indirect and direct contributions of NBS. Here we assessed the carbon emissions mitigation potential of NBS in European cities, focusing particularly on commonly overlooked indirect pathways, for example, human behavioural interventions and resource savings. Assuming maximum theoretical implementation, NBS in the residential, transport and industrial sectors could reduce urban carbon emissions by up to 25%. Spatially prioritizing different types of NBS in 54 major European Union cities could reduce anthropogenic carbon emissions by on average 17.4%. Coupling NBS with other existing measures in Representative Concentration Pathway scenarios could reduce total carbon emissions by 57.3% in 2030, with both indirect pathways and sequestration. Our results indicate that carbon neutrality will be near for some pioneering cities by 2030, while three can achieve it completely. Effective spatial allocation of the nature-based solutions is important for city mitigation through various pathways. This Analysis allocates prioritized urban nature-based solutions to major European cities and estimates their potential contribution to emission reductions, then the carbon neutrality targets.

  • 23. Parratt, Steven R.
    et al.
    Walsh, Benjamin S.
    Metelmann, Soeren
    White, Nicola
    Manser, Andri
    Bretman, Amanda J.
    Hoffmann, Ary A.
    Snook, Rhonda R.
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Zoologiska institutionen.
    Price, Tom A. R.
    Temperatures that sterilize males better match global species distributions than lethal temperatures2021Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 11, nr 6Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Attempts to link physiological thermal tolerance to global species distributions have relied on lethal temperature limits, yet many organisms lose fertility at sublethal temperatures. Here we show that, across 43 Drosophila species, global distributions better match male-sterilizing temperatures than lethal temperatures. This suggests that species distributions may be determined by thermal limits to reproduction, not survival, meaning we may be underestimating the impacts of climate change for many organisms.

  • 24.
    Persson, Åsa
    et al.
    Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm Environment Institute.
    Rockström, Johan
    Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm Environment Institute.
    Business leaders2011Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 1, nr 9, s. 426-427Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
  • 25. Pulkkinen, Karoliina
    et al.
    Undorf, Sabine
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU). Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany.
    Bender, Frida A.-M.
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU).
    Wikman-Svahn, Per
    Doblas-Reyes, Francisco
    Flynn, Clare
    Hegerl, Gabriele C.
    Jönsson, Aiden
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU).
    Leung, Gah-Kai
    Roussos, Joe
    Shepherd, Theodore G.
    Thompson, Erica
    The value of values in climate science2022Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 12, nr 1, s. 4-6Artikel i tidskrift (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
  • 26. Rusca, Maria
    et al.
    Savelli, Elisa
    Di Baldassarre, Giuliano
    Biza, Adriano
    Messori, Gabriele
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU). Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Bolincentret för klimatforskning (tills m KTH & SMHI). Uppsala University, Sweden; Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science (CNDS), Sweden.
    Unprecedented droughts are expected to exacerbate urban inequalities in Southern Africa2023Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 13, nr 1, s. 98-105Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Climate change-related drought risks are intensifying in many urban areas, making stakes particularly high in contexts of severe vulnerability. Yet, how social power, differential agency and economic visions will shape societal responses to droughts remains poorly understood. Here, we build a social-environmental scenario of the possible impacts of an unprecedented drought in Maputo, which epitomizes a Southern African city with highly uneven development and differential vulnerability across urban areas. To build the scenario, we draw on theoretical insights from critical social sciences and take Cape Town (2015–2017) as a case-in-point of a locally unprecedented drought in Southern Africa. We show that future droughts in Southern Africa will probably polarize urban inequalities, generate localized public health crises and regress progress in water access. Climate policies must address these inequalities and develop equitable water distribution and conservation measures to ensure sustainable and inclusive adaptation to future droughts. 

  • 27. Sanczuk, Pieter
    et al.
    De Pauw, Karen
    De Lombaerde, Emiel
    Luoto, Miska
    Meeussen, Camille
    Govaert, Sanne
    Vanneste, Thomas
    Depauw, Leen
    Brunet, Jorg
    Cousins, Sara
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för naturgeografi.
    Gasperini, Cristina
    Hedwall, Per-Ola
    Iacopetti, Giovanni
    Lenoir, Jonathan
    Plue, Jan
    Selvi, Federico
    Spicher, Fabien
    Uria-Diez, Jaime
    Verheyen, Kris
    Vangansbeke, Pieter
    De Frenne, Pieter
    Microclimate and forest density drive plant population dynamics under climate change2023Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 13, nr 8, s. 840-847Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Macroclimatic changes are impacting ecosystems worldwide. However, a large portion of terrestrial species live under conditions where impacts of macroclimate change are buffered, such as in the shade of trees, and how this buffering impacts future below-canopy biodiversity redistributions at the continental scale is unknown. Here we show that shady forest floors due to dense tree canopies mitigate severe warming impacts on forest biodiversity, while canopy opening amplifies macroclimate change impacts. A cross-continental transplant experiment in five contrasting biogeographical areas combined with experimental heating and irradiation treatments was used to parametize 25-m resolution mechanistic demographic distribution models and project the current and future distributions of 12 common understorey plant species, considering the effects of forest microclimate and forest cover density. These results highlight microclimates and forest density as powerful tools for forest managers and policymakers to shelter forest biodiversity from climate change.

    The impacts of microclimate on future plant population dynamics are poorly understood. The authors use large-scale transplant climate change experiments to show the contribution of forest microclimates to population dynamics and project the distributions of 12 common understorey plants.

  • 28. Schmale, Julia
    et al.
    Zieger, Paul
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för miljövetenskap.
    Ekman, Annica M. L.
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU).
    Aerosols in current and future Arctic climate2021Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 11, nr 2, s. 95-105Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Aerosol-climate interactions are important in the Arctic, but they exhibit large spatiotemporal variability. This Perspective argues for community-driven model and observational improvement, emphasizing the need to understand natural aerosol processes and quantify how their baseline is changing. Mechanisms of Arctic amplification and Arctic climate change are difficult to pinpoint, and current climate models do not represent the complex local processes and feedbacks at play, in particular for aerosol-climate interactions. This Perspective highlights the role of aerosols in contemporary Arctic climate change and stresses that the Arctic natural aerosol baseline is changing fast and its regional characteristics are very diverse. We argue that to improve understanding of present day and future Arctic, more detailed knowledge is needed on natural Arctic aerosol emissions, their evolution and transport, and the effects on cloud microphysics. In particular, observation and modelling work should focus on the sensitivity of aerosol-climate interactions to the rapidly evolving base state of the Arctic.

  • 29. Suggitt, Andrew J.
    et al.
    Wilson, Robert J.
    Isaac, Nick J. B.
    Beale, Colin M.
    Auffret, Alistair G.
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för naturgeografi. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden.
    August, Tom
    Bennie, Jonathan J.
    Crick, Humphrey Q. P.
    Duffield, Simon
    Fox, Richard
    Hopkins, John J.
    Macgregor, Nicholas A.
    Morecroft, Mike D.
    Walker, Kevin J.
    Maclean, Ilya M. D.
    Extinction risk from climate change is reduced by microclimatic buffering2018Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 8, nr 8, s. 713-+Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Protecting biodiversity against the impacts of climate change requires effective conservation strategies that safeguard species at risk of extinction(1). Microrefugia allowed populations to survive adverse climatic conditions in the past(2,3), but their potential to reduce extinction risk from anthropogenic warming is poorly understood(3-5), hindering our capacity to develop robust in situ measures to adapt conservation to climate change(6). Here, we show that microclimatic heterogeneity has strongly buffered species against regional extirpations linked to recent climate change. Using more than five million distribution records for 430 climate-threatened and range-declining species, population losses across England are found to be reduced in areas where topography generated greater variation in the microclimate. The buffering effect of topographic microclimates was strongest for those species adversely affected by warming and in areas that experienced the highest levels of warming: in such conditions, extirpation risk was reduced by 22% for plants and by 9% for insects. Our results indicate the critical role of topographic variation in creating microrefugia, and provide empirical evidence that microclimatic heterogeneity can substantially reduce extinction risk from climate change.

  • 30.
    Thornton, Brett F.
    et al.
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för geologiska vetenskaper.
    Crill, Patrick
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för geologiska vetenskaper.
    Microbial lid on subsea methane2015Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 5, s. 723-724Artikel i tidskrift (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
    Abstract [en]

    Submarine permafrost thaw in the Arctic has been suggested as a trigger for the release of large quantities of methane to the water column, and subsequently the atmosphere - with important implications for global warming. Now research shows that microbial oxidation of methane at the thaw front can effectively prevent its release.

  • 31. Wang, Lixin
    et al.
    Jiao, Wenzhe
    MacBean, Natasha
    Rulli, Maria Cristina
    Manzoni, Stefano
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för naturgeografi.
    Vico, Giulia
    D'Odorico, Paolo
    Dryland productivity under a changing climate2022Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 12, nr 11, s. 981-994Artikel, forskningsöversikt (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Understanding dryland dynamics is essential to predict future climate trajectories. However, there remains large uncertainty on the extent to which drylands are expanding or greening, the drivers of dryland vegetation shifts, the relative importance of different hydrological processes regulating ecosystem functioning, and the role of land-use changes and climate variability in shaping ecosystem productivity. We review recent advances in the study of dryland productivity and ecosystem function and examine major outstanding debates on dryland responses to environmental changes. We highlight often-neglected uncertainties in the observation and prediction of dryland productivity and elucidate the complexity of dryland dynamics. We suggest prioritizing holistic approaches to dryland management, accounting for the increasing climatic and anthropogenic pressures and the associated uncertainties. 

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  • 32.
    Winder, Monika
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Systemekologiska institutionen.
    Lake warming mimics fertilization2012Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 2, s. 771-772Artikel i tidskrift (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
    Abstract [en]

    Successful nutrient management has helped many lakes recover from the effects of phosphorus pollution. Now research suggests that climate warming can cause some of the same problems to return.

  • 33.
    Wunderling, Nico
    et al.
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Stockholm Resilience Centre. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany; Princeton University, USA.
    Winkelmann, Ricarda
    Rockström, Johan
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Stockholm Resilience Centre. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany.
    Loriani, Sina
    Armstrong McKay, David I.
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Stockholm Resilience Centre. University of Exeter, UK; Georesilience Analytics, UK.
    Ritchie, Paul D. L.
    Sakschewski, Boris
    Donges, Jonathan F.
    Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Stockholm Resilience Centre. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany; Princeton University, USA.
    Global warming overshoots increase risks of climate tipping cascades in a network model2023Ingår i: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 13, nr 1, s. 75-82Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Current policies and actions make it very likely, at least temporarily, to overshoot the Paris climate targets of 1.5–<2.0 °C above pre-industrial levels. If this global warming range is exceeded, potential tipping elements such as the Greenland Ice Sheet and Amazon rainforest may be at increasing risk of crossing critical thresholds. This raises the question of how much this risk is amplified by increasing overshoot magnitude and duration. Here we investigate the danger for tipping under a range of temperature overshoot scenarios using a stylized network model of four interacting climate tipping elements. Our model analysis reveals that temporary overshoots can increase tipping risks by up to 72% compared with non-overshoot scenarios, even when the long-term equilibrium temperature stabilizes within the Paris range. Our results suggest that avoiding high-end climate risks is possible only for low-temperature overshoots and if long-term temperatures stabilize at or below today’s levels of global warming.

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