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Call for papers: a new 'living' collection for the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities - Latitude As work on the IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Cities begins, PLOS Climate is calling for papers for a new…

PLOS Climate's editors continue to call for submissions for a 'living' collection of articles tied to the forthcoming IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities 👇

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Call for submissions: Global Tipping Points article series in PLOS Climate - Latitude PLOS Climate is collaborating with the Global Tipping Points Conference 2025 on an interdisciplinary article series focusing on tipping points in natural…

Contribute to our forthcoming article series on tipping points!

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Our editors' tips on preparing your submission to PLOS Climate - Latitude We asked our editorial board members for their tips on maximising your chances of success when preparing a submission for peer-reviewed publication…

Working up a paper for submission? Check out our editor's tips for success 👇

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Cumulative exposure to urban heat can affect the learning capacity of students and penalize the vulnerable and low-income young population: A systematic review Elevated temperatures pose significant threats to human health, with young people particularly susceptible to impaired cognitive performance and increased mental health risks. Prolonged exposure to he...

A new systematic review by Vasilakopoulou and Santamouris highlights the need to address "the cognitive implications of climate change by advancing technologies and implementing robust, targeted policies to safeguard both current and future human capital."

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New Opinion article by Faria et al.:

"Reflections on United Nations’ Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences and International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation"

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Adaptive capacity in Pacific Islands: Responding to coastal and climatic change in Nagigi village, Fiji Coastal communities across the Pacific are increasingly recognized as places of priority for climate adaptation. Pacific Island communities are developing and using strategies to adapt their lives and...

New research by @celiamcmichael.bsky.social and colleagues:

"Adaptive capacity in Pacific Islands: Responding to coastal and climatic change in Nagigi village, Fiji"

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A landscape study on the intersection between climate change and gender-based violence in Uganda Despite global evidence linking the degradation of the environment caused by humans and gender-based violence (GBV), current climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies and GBV programming rem...

New research by Familiar-Lopez and colleagues explores the intersection between climate change and gender-based violence in Uganda

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The opportunities and challenges of developing and implementing local climate adaptation targets Climate adaptation policies have been developed at global, national and local levels, however, significant implementation gaps persist. Adaptation targets – achieved through metrics to assess the…

Today's read 📖 On developing guiding principles for creating climate #adaptation targets to increase their robustness

Affiliate Member of the Tyndall Centre and Honorary Research Fellow Andrew Kythreotis and other authors in @plosclimate.org ➡️

Cumulative exposure to urban heat can affect the learning capacity of students and penalize the vulnerable and low-income young population: A systematic review Elevated temperatures pose significant threats to human health, with young people particularly susceptible to impaired cognitive performance and increased mental health risks. Prolonged exposure to he...

A new systematic review by Vasilakopoulou and Santamouris highlights the need to address "the cognitive implications of climate change by advancing technologies and implementing robust, targeted policies to safeguard both current and future human capital."

journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

A landscape study on the intersection between climate change and gender-based violence in Uganda Despite global evidence linking the degradation of the environment caused by humans and gender-based violence (GBV), current climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies and GBV programming rem...

New research by Familiar-Lopez and colleagues explores the intersection between climate change and gender-based violence in Uganda

journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

Adaptive capacity in Pacific Islands: Responding to coastal and climatic change in Nagigi village, Fiji Coastal communities across the Pacific are increasingly recognized as places of priority for climate adaptation. Pacific Island communities are developing and using strategies to adapt their lives and...

New research by @celiamcmichael.bsky.social and colleagues:

"Adaptive capacity in Pacific Islands: Responding to coastal and climatic change in Nagigi village, Fiji"

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New Opinion article by Faria et al.:

"Reflections on United Nations’ Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences and International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation"

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Universal, healthy and sustainable school meals: An opportunity for impactful food and climate research

"Universal healthy and sustainable school meal programs... hold immense potential to simultaneously promote climate resilience, improve children’s health, and advance social justice."

New Opinion article by Franco et al. just published in PLOS Climate 👇

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Antarctic oscillation: Its influence on the interannual variability of precipitation in the Indian monsoon region This study investigated the influence of the Antarctic Oscillation (AAO) on the interannual variability of precipitation in the Indian monsoon region, aiming to address discrepancies in the existing l...

New research by Paula Campos and Rodrigo Castillo:

"Antarctic oscillation: Its influence on the interannual variability of precipitation in the Indian monsoon region"

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New Opinion article by @jwjacobs12.bsky.social and Shazia Khan: "Erasing the evidence: United States climate rollbacks and the implications for public health"

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Predictors and correlates of self-reported climate anxiety in the United States Climate change has many adverse human health effects, including increased self-reported anxiety. However, self-reported climate anxiety may also motivate productive climate action. An online survey am...

New research: Kricorian et al. examine factors associated with self-reported climate anxiety among US adults

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Sirkku Juhola joins PLOS Climate as co-Editor-in-Chief - Latitude We are delighted to welcome Prof. Sirkku Juhola to PLOS Climate as Co-Editor-in-Chief! Sirkku is professor of urban environmental policy at the University…

We are absolutely delighted to welcome Sirkku Juhola as a new co-Editor-in-Chief of PLOS Climate alongside Niklas Boers!

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Marine communities do not follow the paradigm of increasing similarity through time Humans have transformed ecosystems through habitat modification, harvesting, species introduction, and climate change. Changes in species distribution and composition are often thought to induce bioti...

RESEARCH: Marine communities do not follow the paradigm of increasing similarity through time. Co-authored by @julianop.bsky.social, Dr. Deng Palomares (@seaaroundus.org ). journals.plos.org/climate/arti... via @plosone.org

The UK is facing its third summer #heatwave.

A new study predicts up to 34,027 yearly UK heat deaths in the 2070s—up from the recent baseline of 634. Climate change action could dramatically limit these rising heatwave deaths.

Read more in @plosclimate.org: plos.io/3TNZTJr

Many terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems have lost their uniqueness as competitive generalists (think grass, pigeons, etc.) replace endemic species. But that doesn't appear to be the case for all ocean fish.

Huge thanks to a powerhouse co-author team for getting this across the finish line!

Projections of heat related mortality under combined climate and socioeconomic adaptation scenarios for England and Wales This study projects heat-related mortality in England and Wales at Government region level under combined climate and socioeconomic scenarios, focusing on the implications of different pathways on ada...

New research published in PLOS Climate suggests that extreme heat could lead to 30,000 deaths per year in England and Wales by the 2070s

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Most marine communities around the world do not have any change in beta-diversity. Some are becoming more homogenous, but some are also becoming more differentiated. Fig. 1 from Kitchel et al. 2025 PLOS Climate.

one signature of human impacts on the planet (esp climate change) is ecosystems becoming less unique—a process called "biotic homogenization".

it turns out that isn't happening in the global oceans!

colossal new synthesis led by @zoejean88.bsky.social on marine fishes:

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Marine communities do not follow the paradigm of increasing similarity through time Humans have transformed ecosystems through habitat modification, harvesting, species introduction, and climate change. Changes in species distribution and composition are often thought to induce bioti...

New research by @zoejean88.bsky.social and colleagues suggests that, despite significant human impacts on the oceans, most demersal marine fish communities do not conform to the widespread homogenization trend observed in other ecosystems

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The title and author information for the PLOS Climate Opinion article "Dreaming the future of polar research: A vision from the next generation" by Henry Henson and colleagues

New Opinion article by Henson et al. just published in PLOS Climate:

"Dreaming the future of polar research: A vision from the next generation"

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How can moving “beyond the article” fuel innovation and competitiveness?

We brought together stakeholders to explore the intersection between open science publishing models, research incentives, and funding.

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Avian predator-prey dynamics in a changing climate along the Western Antarctic Peninsula: A scoping review A unique characteristic of the food web along the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP), one of the fastest-warming regions globally, is that avian tertiary predators seasonally rely on avian secondary pr...

New research by Russell & Hermanson:

"Avian predator-prey dynamics in a changing climate along the Western Antarctic Peninsula: A scoping review"

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Discover a new Collection of articles on Gender and Adaptation in the Global South, guest-edited by Anjal Prakash, Edmond TOTIN, Georgina Cundill Kemp, Rachel Bezner Kerr and Debra Roberts

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Our editors' tips on preparing your submission to PLOS Climate - Latitude We asked our editorial board members for their tips on maximising your chances of success when preparing a submission for peer-reviewed publication…

New to publishing and need some tips on how to prepare your submission to PLOS Climate? Read advice from our editors 👇

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PLOS Climate ICUC12 Call for Papers - Latitude The editors of PLOS Climate invite submissions from participants in the 12th  International Conference on Urban Climate for an article series covering…

Attending #ICUC12 this week? PLOS Climate is running a call for papers for an article series linked to the conference!

Find all the details here 👇

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