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Climate as the primary moderator: towards context-driven design and implementation of vertical greenery systems for stormwater management
Urbanisation intensifies stormwater management challenges by expanding impervious surfaces, increasing flood risk and degrading water quality. Vertical greenery systems (VGS) are increasingly promoted as nature-based...
Disentangling the drivers of vegetation change in a mobility-constrained pastoral landscape in Laikipia Kenya
Dryland ecosystems around the world support high biodiversity and extensive pastoralism, but the drivers of landscape change are often poorly understood. Reductionistic understandings have tended...
Compound weather systems of cyclones, fronts and thunderstorms in global reanalysis
Many studies have examined the climatology of individual types of impactful weather systems such as cyclones, fronts and thunderstorms, with some recent studies also considering...
The National Science Foundation just had a big reorganization. Here are five things to know
Divisions and rotators disappear as more career staff become supervisors
Greening schools for climate-resilient, inclusive and liveable cities
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02519-3Transforming school environments into nature-based climate shelters not only promotes cooling and greening under extreme heat, but...
Super typhoon triggers severe ozone pollution in Pearl River Delta via stratospheric intrusion
Surface ozone (Oâ) pollution poses well-documented threats to global ecosystems and public health. While stratospheric intrusion is regarded as an important source of surface Oâ,...
Global warming weakens Maritime Continent barrier effect on MJO propagation
As the Indo-Pacific warm pool expands in a warming climate, the probability of an MJO event successfully propagating through the Maritime Continent (MC) is projected...
Tension on the streets, the mushroom trial circus and a devastating terrorist attack â looking back on Australiaâs turbulent 2025
There was no shortage of grim and disturbing moments in a fractious year. But also a prime ministerial wedding, a miraculous survival story â and...
âItâs like youâre sitting in front of an ovenâ: surviving the summer in one of Australiaâs hottest towns
When the hot winds hit Roebourne, as many as 16 people pile into Yindjibarndi elder Lyn Cheedyâs home â one of the few with air...
Why Broken Resolutions Are Not (Entirely) Your Fault
Now is the time of year when everyone thinks about what theyâd like to change about themselves. Despite the museum of abandoned aspirations behind us...
Unraveling the anisotropic pattern of track uncertainty in tropical cyclones
The position uncertainty of tropical cyclones (TCs) may stretch along specific directions, yet the global pattern of the dominant direction of uncertainty remains unclear. This...
Mining expansion as new driver of deforestation in CĂ´te dâIvoire
Mining is a rapidly expanding driver of tropical deforestation, yet the scale of its offsite impacts on deforestation and degradation at biome scale remain poorly...
From âglobal coolingâ to âbeautiful coalâ: Trumpâs startling climate claims of 2025
Trump ratcheted up his questionable claims about the environment and how to deal, if at all, with the threats to itIn the past decade at...
Indonesia Poised to Harness Oceanâs Climate Potential
The ocean could be one of our most powerful allies in fighting climate change, if we do a better job of protecting and leveraging it.In...
How Alabama Power Has Left the âAmerican Amazonâ at Risk
As its polluting coal ash ponds remain in groundwater, Alabama Power has doubled down on fossil fuel energy investments.By Lee HedgepethWired for Profit: Third in...
A Maine Folk Band Finds Its Voice in a Warming World
GoldenOakâs music turns floods, forest loss and climate anxiety into folk songs rooted in Maine and shaped by activism.By Ryan KrugmanPORTLAND, MaineâOnstage, Zak and Lena...
Rupture Dynamics of the 2025 Mw 7.7 Myanmar Earthquake: A Bilateral Supershear Rupture on Unusually Long Fault Superhighway
Abstract The 2025 Mw 7.7 Myanmar earthquake ruptured the central Sagaing fault, a previously identified seismic gap with high seismic potential. Here, we perform hundreds...
The Importance of an Ensemble Approach for Modeling AerosolâConvection Interactions
Abstract Aerosolâconvection interactions modulate cloud microphysics, thermodynamics, and updraft intensity, contributing to climateâscale aerosolâradiative forcing. However, quantifying aerosol indirect effects in mixedâphase deep convection remains...
Strong WindâDriven Oceanic Forcing on Decadal SST Variability Over the Global Ocean
Abstract Gu et al. (2024, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107401) recently provided the first quantitative assessment of oceanic and atmospheric forcing on decadal sea surface temperature (SST) variability globally...
The Impact of LargeâScale Land Surface Conditions on the South American LowâLevel Jet
Abstract The South American lowâlevel jet (SALLJ) is a major source of moisture transport to southeastern South America, influencing rainfall, agriculture, and hydropower. While past...
Contrasting the Roles of Deep and Shallow Convection in Tropical Gross Moist Stability
Abstract This study investigates the roles of deep and shallow convection in shaping tropical gross moist stability (GMS) and its related quantitiesâgross dry stability (GDS)...
âToo important not to fight forâ: Spainâs wine industry seeks infusion of new blood
Rural depopulation compounding challenges of climate emergency and changing technologies in drawing young people to sectorThe huge concrete vats that have held countless litres of...
MultiâScale Decomposition for Skillful AllâSeason MJO Prediction With Deep Learning
Abstract The MaddenâJulian Oscillation (MJO) is a key intraseasonal atmospheric pattern in the tropics, significantly influencing global weather and extreme events. Accurate subseasonal forecasts depend...
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