Nature Climate Change
Cyclones and economic growth
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02401-2
Cyclones and economic growthStable Arctic dense water formation
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02404-z
Stable Arctic dense water formationShifting work hours reduces labour loss
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02402-1
Shifting work hours reduces labour lossMaking the most of the Methods
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02406-x
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.Contemporary trends in planetary photosynthetic production
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 01 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02390-2
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.Contrasting biological production trends over land and ocean
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 01 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02375-1
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.Shifting hotspot of tropical cyclone clusters in a warming climate
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 31 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02397-9
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.Reconsidering space-for-time substitution in climate change ecology
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 30 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02392-0
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.Green backlash and right-wing populism
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02384-0
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.Wind droughts threaten energy reliability
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 28 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02383-1
Wind energy is helping to mitigate climate change. But now a study shows that climate change may make wind power less reliable.Reduction of methane emissions through improved landfill management
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 28 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02391-1
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.Prolonged wind droughts in a warming climate threaten global wind power security
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 28 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02387-x
Prolonged low wind speeds can lead to a strong reduction in wind power generation. Here, the authors show that such wind drought events become more frequent and extended under global warming, threatening energy security in some regions.Antarctic phytoplankton communities restructure under shifting sea-ice regimes
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 25 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02379-x
The authors use a machine learning approach and in situ pigment samples to identify summer shifts (1997–2023) in the abundance and composition of Antarctic phytoplankton. While smaller phytoplankton groups generally increased, diatom chlorophyll a broadly decreased, with putative impacts on food webs and the carbon sink.Heatwaves disrupt prey behaviour
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 22 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02393-z
Sublethal impacts of heat on reproductive outcomes are beginning to be considered as important drivers of population persistence under climate change. Now, research shows that the impact of transient heat on antipredator behaviours may be an underappreciated source of variation that could have far-reaching implications for survival.Warmer ecosystems save their breath
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 18 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02382-2
Land stores vast amounts of carbon, and how much of it is released as temperatures rise could accelerate climate change. Now research shows ecosystems are more adaptable to climate warming than previously thought, potentially reducing future carbon–climate feedbacks.Thermal adaptation of respiration in terrestrial ecosystems alleviates carbon loss
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 18 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02377-z
Terrestrial ecosystems are expected to release more carbon under warming due to temperature-driven increases in ecosystem respiration. Here the authors use eddy covariance data to show that respiration may adapt to warmer temperatures and carbon losses may be lower than expected.Consequential differences in satellite-era sea surface temperature trends across datasets
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 11 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02362-6
Global datasets of surface temperature and sea surface temperature (SST) are routinely used in climate change studies. Here the authors show that while surface temperature datasets closely agree, four main SST datasets show substantial variation, with implications for their application.Marine heatwaves select for thermal tolerance in a reef-building coral
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02381-3
The authors evaluate heritable genetic variation in thermal tolerance in a common reef-building coral. They show widespread heritable genetic variation, which is strongly associated with marine heatwave-imposed selective pressure, suggesting adaptation to climate warming.Amplified warming accelerates deoxygenation in the Arctic Ocean
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 09 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02376-0
Rapid warming of the global ocean and amplified Arctic warming will alter the ocean biogeochemistry. Here the authors show that Atlantic water inflow, and the subsequent subduction and circulation, is reducing dissolved oxygen in the Arctic due to reduced solubility with increased temperatures.Challenges of institutional adaptation
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 08 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02388-w
Adaptation efforts require responsive and adaptive institutions. Some progress has been made, but more systematic institutional adaptation is needed given the growing climate hazards.