Nature Climate Change
Decreasing ice and colder winters
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 11 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02648-3
Decreasing ice and colder wintersScientists breed low-emission rice to fight climate change
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 11 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02614-z
New hybrid grains are expected to emit less than half of the methane that their natural counterparts emit.Carbon markets rule change would harm mitigation and Indigenous peoples
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 11 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02629-6
Carbon markets rule change would harm mitigation and Indigenous peoplesThe importance of recognizing opportunities in climate change impacts
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02626-9
Assessing risk and adverse impacts associated with climate change is essential to inform adaptation efforts. However, this Perspective argues that knowledge of potentially beneficial impacts is also crucial for adaptation, requiring modifications of current impact and adaptation research frameworks.Small plastics with large warming potential
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 04 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02616-x
Microplastics and nanoplastics are moving in the atmosphere worldwide. Now, research shows that they can interact with sunlight and influence the climate system.Atmospheric warming contributions from airborne microplastics and nanoplastics
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 04 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02620-1
The radiative impact of microplastic and nanoplastic particles in the atmosphere is not well understood. Here the authors quantify their radiative forcing, finding that they can exceed that of black carbon regionally.Inequity arises from multi-gas mitigation
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 01 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02628-7
Addressing non-CO2 greenhouse gases alongside CO2 is essential for climate mitigation, but distributional effects remain a major concern. Now a study shows that when climate policy extends beyond CO2, the resulting costs are unevenly distributed across households worldwide.Distributional effects of expanding climate targets beyond CO<sub>2</sub>
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 01 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02622-z
In response to the large contribution of non-CO2 GHG to global warming, pricing of their emissions has been proposed as a cost-effective mitigation option. The authors find that such multi-GHG pricing can be more regressive than CO2-only pricing, with a relative increase in burden for low-income households.Tropical cyclones relieve drought
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02627-8
Droughts and tropical cyclones are two well-known hazards that can interact in dynamic ways. Now, research shows that rainfall from tropical cyclones shortens and weakens droughts in coastal regions but not in a uniform way.From yield impacts to just transformation of food systems
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02625-w
Food security remains a major global challenge, which is only amplified by ongoing climate change. Here, I look back on a 2015 paper on climate change impacts on wheat and discuss subsequent research on agriculture and food security.Artificial intelligence to support cross-disciplinary climate change research
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 28 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02624-x
Integrating knowledge across climate risks, societal responses and their interactions is a critical yet persistently challenging goal. We argue that advanced artificial intelligence frameworks, specifically foundation models, offer a new opportunity to unify these domains and support climate decision-making.Large coastal cities are losing sea–land breeze
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 24 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02619-8
High-resolution modelling incorporating sea surface temperature variability reveals that ocean warming has already reduced sea–land breeze days in most large coastal cities. Thus, ocean warming poses an overlooked threat to a natural climate regulator, with future emissions pathways determining whether the decline accelerates or slows.Promising climate progress from net-zero ambitions to the Paris Agreement goal
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 22 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02615-y
It is important to assess the gap between national climate ambitions and the goal of limiting global temperature increase. This multi-model analysis shows that if net-zero pledges are implemented, meeting the 2 °C target is feasible, while increasing ambition and international cooperation is crucial.Publisher Correction: Neglecting land–atmosphere feedbacks overestimates climate-driven increases in evapotranspiration
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 20 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02636-7
Publisher Correction: Neglecting land–atmosphere feedbacks overestimates climate-driven increases in evapotranspirationOcean warming weakens the sea–land breeze in coastal megacities
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 17 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02618-9
The sea–land breeze acts to counter urban heat in many coastal cities. Here the authors simulate how this circulation changes with warming ocean water, showing that it decreases in most of them, adding heat stress to urban areas.Humanitarian blind spots in Western climate change policy and discourse
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02613-0
Humanitarian blind spots in Western climate change policy and discourseAligning climate change mitigation strategies with policy objectives beyond cost savings
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 15 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02617-w
Optimal climate change mitigation pathways have historically focused on achieving emissions reductions while ensuring cost efficiency. However, the broader impacts of climate action are also important for policymakers and stakeholders. We developed a method that enables mitigation pathways to be defined based on their impact on multiple United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).More eddying of subtropical western boundary currents boosts stratification and cools shelf seas
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 15 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02599-9
This work shows that increased eddies accelerate surface warming in the Agulhas Current while also boosting hidden upwelling that cools the current, and adjacent shelf seas, at depth. Similar trends are expected for all subtropical western boundary currents, even if volume transports remain steady.Author Correction: Biodiversity implications of land-intensive carbon dioxide removal
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 13 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02632-x
Author Correction: Biodiversity implications of land-intensive carbon dioxide removal15 years of change
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02610-3
Since Nature Climate Change was launched, not only has the journal itself changed but so have the subjects of the studies we publish on the Earth system and how societies interact with it. In this Infographic, we highlight a few examples of how the world differed when we started in 2011 compared with today.