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PLOS Climate

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Non-profit, Open Access and multidisciplinary journal for climate research. We're an action-oriented community with high methodological and ethical standards, aiming to empower urgent action on climate change. Homepage 👇 plosclimate.org

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PLOS Climate
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"From concept to action: Driving impact through responsible research practices in the International Polar Year 2032–2033 An early career perspective" New Essay just published in PLOS Climate, by @hartharnsam.bsky.social and colleagues journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgFrom concept to action: Driving impact through responsible research practices in the International Polar Year 2032–2033 An early career perspectiveRegions at the poles are warming at rates two to four times higher than the global average, driving profound environmental, societal, and geopolitical changes. As Polar Early Career Researchers with c...
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New research by Jacquet and Loy of @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social shows that the trade association for U.S. beef production knew about livestock’s outsized role in global warming by 1989. journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgGlobal warming and the National Cattlemen’s Association 1986–1996In the mid-1980s, scientific studies first highlighted the role of anthropogenic methane in global warming and emissions from cows as an important source. This knowledge expanded views of responsibili...
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New Essay by @lld8.bsky.social just published in PLOS Climate: "Financing resilience, governing vulnerability: Adaptation finance as a form of political infrastructure" journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgFinancing resilience, governing vulnerability: Adaptation finance as a form of political infrastructureClimate adaptation finance is commonly framed as a problem of insufficiency: too little money, too slowly deployed, and directed towards too many needs. This Essay argues that such framings obscure a ...
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A new Essay by Guillermo García Álvarez and @marleenderuiter.bsky.social explores the advantages and limitations of using mixed-methods approaches to improve local multi-hazard risk assessment and its inherent complexities journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgBreaking the methodological silos: Integrating Mixed-Methods in Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment Lessons learnt from fieldwork in TenerifeThis essay explores the advantages and limitations of using mixed-methods approaches to improve local multi-hazard risk (MHR) assessment and its inherent complexities. By combining desktop analysis, f...

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Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University
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New publication - our colleague @hannahhughes.bsky.social is a co-author on this paper, which quantifies the extent of engagement by different governments in the #IPCC approval process ⬇️

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To what extent do national governments engage with different topics in the #IPCC approval process? New research by @patrickbayer.bsky.social, @lorenzocrippa.bsky.social, @hannahhughes.bsky.social & @climansen.bsky.social identifies selective patterns of engagement journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgMapping and quantifying engagement levels of governments in IPCC approval meetings by topic from textWe introduce a text-as-data approach from natural language processing that allows mapping and quantifying topic-level variation in engagement levels of member governments in intergovernmental meetings...
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Just published: a new systematic review on the effects of climate change on menstrual health and hygiene, by Lauren D'Mello-Guyett and colleagues at @lshtm.bsky.social 🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgEffects of climate change on menstrual health and hygiene: A global mixed-methods systematic reviewMenstrual health and hygiene (MHH) encompasses access to menstrual materials; water, sanitation, and disposal facilities; privacy and safety; accurate information; supportive social environments; acce...

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Stockholm Environment Institute
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How can climate change adaptation catalyse social change? In a new essay in @plosclimate.org, partners in the Maximising UK Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC) Hub set out a new adaptation agenda that could help restore resilience undermined by fiscal austerity. 🔗 buff.ly/qcEWJIn

buff.lyAdaptation as a catalyst for social changeThis essay argues that climate adaptation approaches should drive needed social change and challenge austerity approaches, which have undermined resilience.
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New research by Kobe Vandelanotte and colleagues: "Too hot to race? Demonstrating heat stress modelling as an adaptation tool for endurance events" journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgToo hot to race? Demonstrating heat stress modelling as an adaptation tool for endurance eventsHeat stress is an increasing concern as climate change drives more frequent and intense extreme heat episodes. In particular, participants in outdoor endurance events face a high risk of heat stress r...

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School of Global Health | York University
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@yuglobalhealth.bsky.social PhD student Chelsea Williams Cleary co-authored a new @plosclimate.org study on placing children’s health at the centre of national climate adaptation plans by attracting allies, recognising biases, and collaborating with children. 🔗: journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgPutting children at the heart of climate change adaptation policies via Allyship, Bias Recognition and Child Centeredness: A global qualitative interview studyHuman-induced climate change significantly impacts human health, with children being particularly susceptible to its impacts. National Adaptation Plans serve as the main framework for countries to est...
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New research by Dargan Frierson and Lauren Henrie shows that past emissions from top polluters will continue warming the planet for decades to come. journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgCenturies of global heating from Carbon Majors: Dependence on future emissions pathwaysA range of recent studies have developed methods and data to attribute past and present global temperature change to individual emitters. We perform simulations that attribute the amount of global war...

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Hannah Hughes
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In this paper we quantify government's engagement in the topics of carbon management (abatement technologies, CDR, BECCS, etc.) and nature based solutions in the approval of the #IPCC #AR6, two topics that would land in the outcome of the first global stocktake at #COP28

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To what extent do national governments engage with different topics in the #IPCC approval process? New research by @patrickbayer.bsky.social, @lorenzocrippa.bsky.social, @hannahhughes.bsky.social & @climansen.bsky.social identifies selective patterns of engagement journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgMapping and quantifying engagement levels of governments in IPCC approval meetings by topic from textWe introduce a text-as-data approach from natural language processing that allows mapping and quantifying topic-level variation in engagement levels of member governments in intergovernmental meetings...
PLOS Climate
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To what extent do national governments engage with different topics in the #IPCC approval process? New research by @patrickbayer.bsky.social, @lorenzocrippa.bsky.social, @hannahhughes.bsky.social & @climansen.bsky.social identifies selective patterns of engagement journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgMapping and quantifying engagement levels of governments in IPCC approval meetings by topic from textWe introduce a text-as-data approach from natural language processing that allows mapping and quantifying topic-level variation in engagement levels of member governments in intergovernmental meetings...
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New on the Latitude blog: the latest in our series of interviews with climate PhD students! This time, we speak to @krishnasg.bsky.social of @isemevol.bsky.social about his work on tipping points, biodiversity & ecosystems within the @climtip.bsky.social consortium latitude.plos.org/2026/09/plos...

latitude.plos.orgPLOS Climate PhD interview: Krishna Girish - LatitudeIn our latest interview with a PhD student in climate, PLOS Climate speaks to Krishna Girish of the BioDICée group at ISEM…

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Jo Garrett
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New Opinion piece in @plosclimate.org! Read the blog: netpositivecentre.com/news/greener... Thanks to @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social for the funding of our workshop! @ecehh.org

netpositivecentre.comGreener cities in a warming world: can we protect health without creating new risks?  - Net Positive CentreUrban green spaces are often presented as an obvious public-health win—and with good reason.  Parks, trees, wetlands and green corridors can provide shade during heatwaves, reduce flooding, support bi...
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New research by Tsang and Wang identifies principles to advance responsible AI-mediated climate communication and help bridge the gap between scientific consensus and public understanding. journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgCountering climate misinformation with large language models: Evidence from ChatGPTPublic support for climate action hinges on the integrity of information environments. In an online experiment, U.S. adults used ChatGPT to evaluate climate-related claims. We first conducted computat...
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New research by Guanyu Yang and colleagues: "From segmentation to strategy: Identifying population segments and regional patterns of environmental behaviour" journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgFrom segmentation to strategy: Identifying population segments and regional patterns of environmental behaviourEnergy, transport, and food sectors contribute substantially to climate change and are key areas where behaviour change can have the greatest impact. International policy learning and transfer are cen...
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New research by Ashley Avila, Nicole Iroz-Elardo, Kristina Currans and @laddkeith.com: "A pilot study exploring the effect of vehicular waste heat on personal heat exposure in a semi-arid environment" journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgA pilot study exploring the effect of vehicular waste heat on personal heat exposure in a semi-arid environmentUnderstanding the causes of heat in various microclimates in cities is vital to improving human thermal comfort and health in outdoor spaces. This pilot study uses an experimental design to evaluate m...
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In a new PLOS Climate Research Article, Grüner and Mußhoff analyse the results of a survey of over 1500 researchers from 68 countries on their perceptions of the relevance of different behavioral patterns to adaptation and mitigation efforts. journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgThe relevance of behavioral patterns in dealing with human-induced climate change: Results from a survey with 1,510 researchersThis paper presents the findings of a global survey involving 1,510 researchers regarding climate change, focusing on behavioral patterns perceived as relevant to adaptation and mitigation efforts. Si...
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New research by Carolina Estevez and colleagues demonstrates that incorporating regret-based decision-making into coastal impact models can provide policy-relevant insights for designing more robust adaptation strategies under deep uncertainty. journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgRegret-based global coastal adaptation decision-making under sea level uncertaintySea-level rise has large impacts on coastal areas. Many approaches to quantify the net benefits of regional or global coastal adaptation rely on strong assumptions about economically efficient decisio...
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New Essay by Katherine Dale and colleagues: "Extreme events and habitats as comparative tools for assessing scaled ecosystem responses to stressors in aquatic systems" journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgExtreme events and habitats as comparative tools for assessing scaled ecosystem responses to stressors in aquatic systemsTwo types of extremes are often used as indicators of future change: Extreme climate events and extreme habitats. These extremes can be useful gauges of environmental change, but only if biological, s...
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New research by Ian Hellebosch and colleagues: "Modeling outdoor heat stress at meter-scale resolution: Validation of the UrbClim-HiREx framework" journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgModeling outdoor heat stress at meter-scale resolution: Validation of the UrbClim-HiREx frameworkClimate change and ongoing urbanization are increasing human exposure to heat stress in cities, where strong spatial contrasts in shading and imperviousness generate large variations at the scale of s...
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New research by Alexander Kaye and colleagues shows how and why natural climate variability should be incorporated into climate-sensitive epidemiological projections. journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgThe effect of natural climate variability on future vector-borne disease suitability: A mathematical modelling studyClimate factors such as temperature and rainfall influence vector-borne disease dynamics. Consequently, climate change is affecting the global distribution of diseases such as dengue. Natural climate ...

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Joshua Culpepper
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Check out our recent opinion piece in @plosclimate.org that describes the impacts of a potential #SuperElNino on #lakes and how we might take advantage of this upcoming strong #ElNino to look forward in #limnology.

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In a new Opinion piece just published in PLOS Climate, @joshculpepper.bsky.social, @sapnasharma.bsky.social and colleagues highlight the opportunity to use the upcoming ‘super” El Niño to investigate the effects of climate variability on lakes. journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgUsing a “Super” El Niño to understand how lakes respond to climate extremes

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Prachi Bhatnagar
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Our new paper is out in PLOS Climate! Just 5 English councils have a publicly available climate-friendly food advertising policy, and 23 a procurement policy, varying hugely in scope and specificity. Great work by co-first authors Letitia Sermin-Reed & Mackenzie Fong and the team. bit.ly/4xivlRy

journals.plos.orgClimate-friendly food advertising and procurement in English local authorities: A systematic scoping review of policy ambitionTo meet their climate targets, local governments globally have recently developed food procurement and advertising policies to promote sustainable food systems and influence consumption behaviours. As...

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Patrick Rérat
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📢 New paper in PLOS Climate! Does teleworking really reduce CO₂ emissions? Based on a survey of 1000 teleworkers, we show that while teleworking reduces emissions linked to commuting, part of these gains can be offset by increased housing space requirements and ICT use doi.org/10.1371/jour...

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New research by Kathrin Zangerl and colleagues: "Putting children at the heart of climate change adaptation policies via Allyship, Bias Recognition and Child Centeredness: A global qualitative interview study" journals.plos.org/climate/arti... @sarahdlish.bsky.social @ilankelman.bsky.social

journals.plos.orgPutting children at the heart of climate change adaptation policies via Allyship, Bias Recognition and Child Centeredness: A global qualitative interview studyHuman-induced climate change significantly impacts human health, with children being particularly susceptible to its impacts. National Adaptation Plans serve as the main framework for countries to est...

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Jason P. Evans
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Congratulations to Maria and all the authors from the South America and Central America CORDEX domains on their regional climate science progress during the first 15 years of CORDEX. @plosclimate.org dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

dx.plos.orgAdvances in regional climate science in South America and Central America during the CORDEX EraLatin America and the Caribbean have made major advances in regional climate modeling in the last 15 years, thanks to scientific initiatives in their different countries and their participation in the...

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Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences
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Can local authorities help tackle the climate crisis & unhealthy diets? 🌏🥑 Drawing on recent @plosclimate.org research, @ox.ac.uk researchers explore how food procurement & advertising policies could achieve both. @hannahforde.bsky.social @jessicarenzella.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social 👇👇

phc.ox.ac.ukClimate-friendly food procurement and advertising: what are local authorities in England doing?How can local authorities help create healthier, more sustainable food systems? In this opinion piece, originally posted on the University of Oxford website, researchers draw on new research to examin...
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How effectively do maps communicate uncertainty to policymakers? New systematic review by Arushi Jain and colleagues just published in PLOS Climate 👇 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgCommunicating uncertainty to policy makers in maps: A systematic scoping review of meaningful to misleading current practicePolicymakers frequently use maps as decision-support tools to support the effective allocation of resources and enhance community resilience against climate-related health threats. Yet, the high legib...
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New research by Christof Schötz, Jan Hassel and Christian Otto reveals that widely used models and predictors in climate econometrics have little out-of-sample predictive power. journals.plos.org/climate/arti... @pik-potsdam.bsky.social

journals.plos.orgStatistical learning for climate-GDP panels: Data cleaning, flexible trend controls, and predictive validationWe assess the panel-regression approach to climate econometrics—the dominant framework for estimating the effect of climate on GDP in global country–year data—using modern statistical learning techniq...
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New research by Sarah Dickin and colleagues: "Beyond adaptive capacity: Assessing how power relations shape household responses to climate impacts on water and sanitation" journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgBeyond adaptive capacity: Assessing how power relations shape household responses to climate impacts on water and sanitationIn the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector, there is growing recognition that climate change presents serious risks to water and sanitation services, with widespread implications for health. A...

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Zerina Lokmic-Tomkins
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It is good to finally be able to share the work we did in Indonesia. Much work to be done at increasing women's awarness of climate change impacts on women's health. dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

dx.plos.orgInforming climate adaptation for women’s and children’s health: A cross-sectional survey on knowledge, attitudes, and practices in a climate-vulnerable settingWomen in low- and middle-income countries, including Indonesia, are disproportionately affected by climate change impacts. Despite the intersection of these risks with gender inequalities, evidence on...
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New research by Matteo Prina and Michel Noussan: "Accuracy, robustness and comprehensibility – Challenges in bottom-up energy system models" journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgAccuracy, robustness and comprehensibility – Challenges in bottom-up energy system modelsThis work provides a comprehensive framework for addressing key research gaps in bottom-up energy system modeling. While the field has experienced significant advancements in recent decades, largely d...

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Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
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Tyndall members Mark Tebboth/@reetiks.bsky.social recently gave evidence to an APPG about their research, and implications for UK migration and national security. Read their piece on the risks and limits of securitising nature & biodiversity crises💡https://buff.ly/ZBvkd0p

buff.lyRisks and limits from a securitisation framing of nature and biodiversity crises: Lessons from climate changePLOS Climate unites experimental, theoretical, observational, technological, behavioral and socio-economic research from all regions of the world to tackle the challenges of a changing climate at a…
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Been watching the #WorldCup and thinking about the impacts of extreme weather conditions? New research by Dimitri Defrance and Tiffanie Lescure establishes a quantitative foundation for climate-aware sport scheduling and adaptation strategies in a warming world 👇 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

journals.plos.orgGlobal climate risks for outdoor sports under CMIP6 scenarios: A multi-indicator assessment based on WBGT, Heat Index, heavy rainfall, and heatwavesOutdoor sports are increasingly exposed to climatic conditions that challenge athlete safety, performance and event organisation. Despite extensive physiological and epidemiological evidence on heat s...