Communications Earth & Environment, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s43247-024-01352-4 Uncertainties associated with the choice of dry indicators impact future projections of compound hot-dry extremes and are greater than scenario uncertainty in some regions, according to an analysis of different indices from multi-model ensemble simulations ..read more

Communications Earth & Environment, Published online: 23 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s43247-024-01377-9 A total of 114,000 ± 9,400 km3 of precipitation falls on land each year with high dataset consensus over tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions, and low agreement over arid and mountain regions, according to an analysis of 17 precipitation datasets over the period 2000-2019 ..read more

Communications Earth & Environment, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s43247-024-01356-0 Nature-based solutions can reduce the immediate risks and impacts of climate change in coastal areas and increase adaptive capacity in the agricultural sector in low- and middle-income countries, according to a systematic review of 363 empirical studies ..read more

Communications Earth & Environment, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s43247-024-01346-2 Climate change effects magnified an intense heat dome over western North America leading to record breaking fire-conducive weather, widespread burning and extreme fire activity in Canada and the United States in July 2021, suggest an analysis of upper air and surface weather ..read more

Communications Earth & Environment, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s43247-024-01391-x Attribution of the record-shattering global annual heat in 2023 to human and/or natural factors is fundamentally required for reliable predictions of upcoming global warming and its impacts. An observation-model comparison of global hot areas supports a key role for human-induced climate change, with a small contribution from El Niño ..read more

Communications Earth & Environment, Published online: 18 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s43247-024-01344-4 The fire ban implemented during burning seasons in the Brazilian Amazon helped reduce the number of fires in 2019 but proved largely ineffective in 2020 and 2021, according to an analysis of observed fires activity and model simulations of expected fires in the absence of a ban over 2019–2021 ..read more

Communications Earth & Environment, Published online: 18 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s43247-024-01384-w Author Correction: Communities conditionally support deployment of direct air capture for carbon dioxide removal in the United States ..read more

Communications Earth & Environment, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s43247-024-01362-2 Assemblages of benthic macroalgae and crustose coralline algae observed at depths greater than 70 m off the Antarctic coast are estimated to potentially contribute between 0.9 and 2.8% of global macroalgae carbon fixation, suggest benthic surveys and primary production modelling ..read more

Communications Earth & Environment, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s43247-024-01286-x Methane emissions from agriculture and waste increased between 1990 and 2020 while fossil fuel emissions decreased until 2004 and subsequently stabilised, suggest isotopic observations of methane emissions and atmospheric chemistry modelling ..read more

Communications Earth & Environment, Published online: 15 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s43247-024-01359-x In the United States, green infrastructure may be less energy and carbon-intensive than gray infrastructure and generate substantial carbon credit revenue, accelerating water quality trading, according to an analysis of data on impaired waters, technologies, and life cycle accounting ..read more