Understanding dryland dynamics is essential to predict future climate trajectories. However,
there remains large uncertainty on the extent to which drylands are expanding or greening …

Globally, the climate is changing, and this has implications for livestock. Climate affects
livestock growth rates, milk and egg production, reproductive performance, morbidity, and …

Prudent risk management requires consideration of bad-to-worst-case scenarios. Yet, for
climate change, such potential futures are poorly understood. Could anthropogenic climate …

The COVID-19 pandemic has created significant challenges for energy transition. Concerns
about the overwhelming emphasis on economic recovery at the cost of energy transition …

Climate change threatens the health and survival of urban trees and the various benefits
they deliver to urban inhabitants. Here, we show that 56% and 65% of species in 164 cities …

Root architecture can be targeted in breeding programs to develop crops with better capture
of water and nutrients. In rich nations, such crops would reduce production costs and …

Water management is rapidly becoming one of the most pressing issues facing all countries
in semi-arid and arid parts of the world. Global water consumption is predicted to increase …

Forecasts by economists of the economic damage from climate change have been notably
sanguine, compared to warnings by scientists about damage to the biosphere. This is …

Water scarcity is a global challenge, yet existing responses are failing to cope with current
shocks and stressors, including those attributable to climate change. In sub-Saharan Africa …

The traditional economy based on carbon‐intensive fuels and materials has led to an
exponential rise in anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Outpacing the natural carbon cycle …