Plastic pollution and climate change have commonly been treated as two separate issues
and sometimes are even seen as competing. Here we present an alternative view that these …

Global change includes a substantial increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme high
temperatures (EHTs), which influence insects at almost all levels. The number of studies …

The interaction of gradual climate trends and extreme weather events since the turn of the
century has triggered complex and, in some cases, catastrophic ecological responses …

Hydroclimatic extremes such as intense rainfall, floods, droughts, heatwaves, and wind or
storms have devastating effects each year. One of the key challenges for society is …

Recent marine heat waves have caused devastating impacts on marine ecosystems.
Substantial progress in understanding past and future changes in marine heat waves and …

Understanding how species respond to climate change is key to informing vulnerability
assessments and designing effective conservation strategies, yet research efforts on wildlife …

Ecologists have long studied patterns, directions and tempos of change, but there is a
pressing need to extend current understanding to empirical observations of abrupt changes …

The greatest impacts of climate change on ecosystems, wildlife and humans often arise from
extreme events rather than changes in climatic means. Northern high latitudes, including the …

The environmental benefits of cleaner, gaseous fuels such as natural gas and hydrogen are
widely reported. Yet, practical usage of these fuels is inhibited by current gas storage …

Hydro-climatic extremes, such as droughts and floods, have most likely increased due to
climatic change and could lead to severe impacts on socio-economic, structural and …