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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.

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On day 26 of our #PLOSClimateCountdown, we're featuring 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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December 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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For day 25 of our #PLOSClimateCountdown, we're highlighting research by Celia McMichael and colleagues:

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

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December 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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New research by Cornelius Pienaah and colleagues:

"Food, climate, and the mind: Food (in)security and climate resilience as social determinants of mental health"

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Food, climate, and the mind: Food (in)security and climate resilience as social determinants of mental health
One in eight individuals globally suffers from mental health challenges. Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly those reliant on rainfed agriculture, are especially vulnerable due to ...
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December 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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New Opinion article by Vaibhav Chaturvedi and Joy Rajbanshi:

"A strategic framework to assess causes and consequences of long-term land use change is critical for India"

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December 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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New research by Mikael Ashorn and colleagues:

"Assessing children’s vulnerability to climate change in Small Island Developing States – A case study from Saint Kitts and Nevis"

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Assessing children’s vulnerability to climate change in Small Island Developing States – A case study from Saint Kitts and Nevis
Climate change poses significant risks to children, particularly in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), where geographic isolation, limited resources, and reliance on climate-sensitive sectors inte...
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December 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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For day 24 of our #PLOSClimateCountdown, we're featuring research by Shankar Sharma et al.:

"Mapping urban dynamics in Greater Sydney – A scalable multi-decadal local climate zone classification approach"

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December 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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📢 In a new Editorial, PLOS Climate Section Editors for Adaptation Jeff Birchall and Desiree Rose share their vision for the section and key priorities for the adaptation research community 👇

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December 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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It's day 23 of our #PLOSClimateCountdown and today we're highlighting an Essay by Darlene Tocktoo Turner and colleagues:

"Nunakut naguatun atugluu/Co-stewardship: Co-production’ through the lens of the Study of Environmental Arctic Change’s Human Wellbeing Team"

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December 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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On the 22nd day of our #PLOSClimateCountdown, we're featuring an Essay by @dralaaclimate.bsky.social:

"The role of Artificial Intelligence in climate change scientific assessments"

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December 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Today's pick for our #PLOSClimateCountdown is a Research Article by @kmohaddes.bsky.social and Mehdi Raissi:

"Rising temperatures, melting incomes: Country-specific macroeconomic effects of climate scenarios"

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December 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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For day 20 of our #PLOSClimateCountdown, we're highlighting an Opinion piece by Helene Hewitt and colleagues:

"Towards provision of regularly updated climate data from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project"

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December 21, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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New research by Christian Klöckner et al.:

"Can neighbourhood interventions strengthen collective climate action?"

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Can neighbourhood interventions strengthen collective climate action?
This paper builds on a model of individual and collective climate action on the neighbourhood level recently presented by Klöckner et al. [1]. In this model, types of local climate action were empiric...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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On day 19 of our #PLOSClimateCountdown, we're featuring an Essay by Mikael Allan Mikaelsson, @neiljennings.bsky.social and Emma Lawrance:

"Systems-level risks of the climate crisis are currently missed: A mental health lens"

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December 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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New Opinion piece on the science-policy interface by Sandra Díaz just published in PLOS Sustainability and Transformation 👇
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In this article, just out, I argue that scientists have a crucial role in the science-policy interface: keep making questions, especially those whose answers decision-makers don't know they want to know, or know they do not want to know.
Here's the link:
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Three kinds of questions for scientists in intergovernmental policy
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December 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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It's day 18 of our #PLOSClimateCountdown, and today we're highlighting an Opinion piece by Cláudia Ribeiro and Silvia Simonetti:

"Breaking hierarchical barriers in science: An early career researcher’s call to action"

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December 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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For day 17 of our #PLOSClimateCountdown, we're highlighting research by @zoejean88.bsky.social and colleagues:

"Marine communities do not follow the paradigm of increasing similarity through time"

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December 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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On day 16 of our #PLOSClimateCountdown, we're featuring an Opinion piece by @henrychenson.bsky.social and colleagues:

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

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December 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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New research by Kim-Pong Tam, Susumu Ohnuma, @mfair.bsky.social and Hoi-Wing Chan published in PLOS Climate:

"They reduce, we reduce: Perception of other countries’ climate effort predicts support for climate policies"

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They reduce, we reduce: Perception of other countries’ climate effort predicts support for climate policies
As public support influences policy choices, it is crucial to understand how people view climate policies. Based on the premise that individuals tend to be conditional cooperators, we derived the “The...
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December 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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New on the Latitude blog: PLOS Climate editors Val Kapos, Desiree Rose, Ana Maria Loboguerrero and Sirkku Juhola select their highlights from this year's publications 👇

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PLOS Climate Editors' Picks 2025 - Latitude
As we approach the end of the year, we ask some of our editors to select their highlights from this year’s publications…
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December 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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It's day 15 of our #PLOSClimateCountdown! Today, we're highlighting an Essay by Philip Thornton and colleagues:

"Towards a green plant nutrition transition in East and Southern Africa"

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December 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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For day 14 of our #PLOSClimateCountdown, we're featuring an Essay by Emma Yule and colleagues:

"The opportunities and challenges of developing and implementing local climate adaptation targets"

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December 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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On day 13 of our #PLOSClimateCountdown, we're highlighting research by Wolkovich et al.:

"Uneven impacts of climate change around the world and across the annual cycle of winegrapes"

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December 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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New Opinion article by Kazumi Kubota:

"From awareness to action: A three‑lever, CMIP‑aligned roadmap to decarbonize and climate‑proof Japan’s healthcare sector"

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From awareness to action: A three‑lever, CMIP‑aligned roadmap to decarbonize and climate‑proof Japan’s healthcare sector
Healthcare faces a dual mandate: protect people from intensifying climate hazards while cutting its own footprint. Globally, healthcare produces 4%–5% of greenhouse gas emissions, largely from supply ...
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December 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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On day 12 of our #PLOSClimateCountdown, we're highlighting an Essay by @elinlb.bsky.social, @glenpeters.bsky.social and Jale Tosun:

"Policy-driven acceleration of climate action"

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December 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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New research by Kim-Pong Tam, Susumu Ohnuma, @mfair.bsky.social and Hoi-Wing Chan published in PLOS Climate:

"They reduce, we reduce: Perception of other countries’ climate effort predicts support for climate policies"

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They reduce, we reduce: Perception of other countries’ climate effort predicts support for climate policies
As public support influences policy choices, it is crucial to understand how people view climate policies. Based on the premise that individuals tend to be conditional cooperators, we derived the “The...
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December 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM