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Multinational firms drive growth but can come with steep environmental costs, study finds

University of British Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Multinational companies can boost local economies but often come with higher environmental costs than domestic firms, according to new research by UBC faculty of land and food systems associate professor Dr. Frederik Noack in Nature Climate Change.

Journal: Nature Climate Change

Beyond fences: Africa’s biodiversity depends on working landscapes, not just protected areas

South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study argues that protected areas alone cannot safeguard Africa’s biodiversity, urging a shift to inclusive, community-centered conservation across human-managed landscapes.

Journal: Biological Diversity

Arctic Ocean food chain disrupted as key tipping point passed

University of Edinburgh
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An irreversible shift in the chemical make-up of the Arctic Ocean driven by climate change is disrupting the region’s food chain, a study suggests.

Journal: Communications Earth & Environment

Sensitivity of Antarctic ice to climate change sharply increased after Ice Age shift 1 million years ago

Institute for Basic Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience [1] by researchers at the IBS Center for Climate Physics (ICCP) at Pusan National University in South Korea shows that the Antarctic ice sheet became more sensitive to climate forcing following a major shift in Earth’s ice age cycles about one million years ago, providing new insight into how ice sheets respond to long-term climate change.

Journal: Nature Geoscience
Funder: Institute for Basic Science

A new approach to urban planning with less car traffic and lower carbon emissions

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Urban planning needs to tackle greenhouse gas emissions – and an important way to achieve this is by reducing the number and length of car commutes. This can be achieved primarily by ensuring that homes are located close to city centres and workplaces, so well-targeted building densification becomes a critical lever. City-wide population density and transport links are of secondary importance. These are the findings of a new study in Environmental Research Letters, led by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Sussex and other partners.

Journal: Environmental Research Letters

Good Vitamin D status among most young children in Sweden

University of Gothenburg
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The majority of young children showed good vitamin D status, no child had indications of deficiency, but among some intake was too low. This is the result of a study encompassing over 1,800 infants in Sweden. Foods providing children with vitamin D also contributed to greenhouse gas emissions.

Journal: Nutrition Journal

Temporary carbon removal could help support climate goals

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Persistent methane emissions from sectors such as agriculture and growing debates over the credibility of carbon offsets are creating new challenges for governments and companies pursuing net-zero commitments. New research suggests temporary carbon storage may have a scientifically valid role in helping support climate goals, if used in the right way.

Journal: Nature

New research connects climate change to increasing heat-related heart disease nationally

Case Western Reserve University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center predicts rising temperatures driven by climate change will dramatically increase heat-related heart disease in the United States.

Journal: JAMA Cardiology

Projected US cardiovascular disease burden from heat exposure for future greenhouse gas scenarios

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: The findings from this study project that climate change may substantially increase heat-attributable cardiovascular disease burden across the U.S. by 2050, disproportionately affecting economically vulnerable populations and population aging amplifying this impact. The Pacific Northwest showed highest baseline burden, while Southern and Midwestern states demonstrated steepest projected increases. Heat mitigation must become central to cardiovascular prevention, with targeted interventions prioritizing vulnerable communities. The study analyzed 3,108 U.S. counties from 2010 through 2016 with projections in 2030 and 2050.

Journal: JAMA Cardiology

Tropical primary forest plants up-regulate root exudation to adapt to long-term high nitrogen deposition

South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Based on a 20-year field nitrogen addition experiment, this study demonstrates that long-term high nitrogen deposition does not reduce belowground carbon allocation in tropical forest plants; rather, it induces a physiological adaptation—upregulation of root exudation—to actively mobilize soil phosphorus, thereby sustaining productivity and offering a key mechanistic explanation for the persistence of tropical forest carbon sinks under chronic nitrogen enrichment.

Journal: Global Change Biology
Funder: Guangdong S&T Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Guangdong Science and Technology Plan Project

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