Nature Climate Change

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 12 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02638-5 The authors use 34 years of seed harvest data from Poland, covering over 40,000 observations and five common species, to understand the impacts of climate change on tree fecundity. They show reduced fecundity across all species, with hotter summers as the dominant driver.

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 13 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02631-y Assessments of coastal ecosystem resilience typically consider the impacts of annual mean sea-level rise, while increases in the seasonal sea-level cycle could also affect intertidal ecosystems. The authors show how such increases can threaten intertidal zones through altering the frequency and duration of inunda…

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 13 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02630-z Climate-friendly intentions do not always translate into action. This Review synthesizes evidence on the intrapersonal, social and structural mechanisms underlying this gap and outlines interventions that offer actionable strategies to close it.

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 11 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02646-5 City type specifies carbon cycle

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 12 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02582-4 Multinational investment is vital for African growth, yet it drives higher rates of forest loss than local industry. Researchers now suggest that home-country laws should hold global firms accountable for their environmental footprint abroad.

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 12 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02637-6 Developing countries are faced with trade-offs where multinational corporations could help local economic growth, but also cause more environmental damage than domestic counterparts. This research confirms such negative effects and discusses how better governance could reduce detrimental outcomes.

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 13 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02639-4 The carbon sink of tropical forests is in part constrained by biomass turnover. This study assesses aboveground biomass turnover in the Amazon and finds that convective storms are the main driver of spatial variation in turnover and future climate impacts will lead to accelerated biomass turnover.

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 11 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02647-4 Largest increase of carbon dioxide in 2024

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.

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 o…

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 13 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02632-x Author Correction: Biodiversity implications of land-intensive carbon dioxide removal

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.

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02613-0 Humanitarian blind spots in Western climate change policy and discourse

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 evapotranspiration

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.

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 decl…

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 08 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02609-w Wetland methane emissions are a major source of uncertainty in global emissions estimates. Here the authors use high-resolution remote sensing data to identify small non-forested wetlands and find that they contribute 24% of wetland methane emissions and that these emissions are increasing.

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 31 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02598-w The authors simulate phytoplankton macromolecular composition—proteins, carbohydrates and lipids—under present and future scenarios. They show increased protein allocation in subtropical phytoplankton but declines in high-latitude populations under warming, with implications for marine food webs.

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 07 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02611-2 Lessons from the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion for Indigenous rights

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 06 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02600-5 The authors consider risks to global biodiversity from wildfire under climate change. They show increased risk to 83.9% of species pre-identified as wildfire vulnerable, with high risks for species with small ranges, high conservation concern and those in South America, Australia and South Asia.