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    | Open Access

    Analysis of projected sub-national damages from temperature and precipitation show an income reduction of 19% of the world economy within the next 26 years independent of future emission choices.

    • Maximilian Kotz
    • , Anders Levermann
    •  & Leonie Wenz

  • Article
    | Open Access

    Country-level changes in economic production and the value of non-market ecosystem benefits show unequal impacts on the global values of natural capital resulting from climate-change-induced shifts in terrestrial vegetation cover.

    • B. A. Bastien-Olvera
    • , M. N. Conte
    •  & F. C. Moore

  • Article |

    A proposed optimal nitrogen rate strategy together with analysis of an extensive on-farm dataset shows that meeting national rice production targets in 2030 in China is possible while concurrently reducing nationwide nitrogen consumption.

    • Siyuan Cai
    • , Xu Zhao
    •  & Xiaoyuan Yan

  • Article
    | Open Access

    Philological analysis of labels and instructions, together with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry analysis of residues on vessels recovered from a 26th Dynasty embalming workshop at Saqqara, Egypt provide insights into ancient Egyptian embalming practices.

    • Maxime Rageot
    • , Ramadan B. Hussein
    •  & Philipp W. Stockhammer

  • Article
    | Open Access

    Coupling advances in socioeconomic projections, climate models, damage functions and discounting methods yields an estimate of the social cost of carbon of US$185 per tonne of CO2—triple the widely used value published by the US government.

    • Kevin Rennert
    • , Frank Errickson
    •  & David Anthoff

  • Article |

    A dynamic optimization approach using plant species data from 458 forest ecoregions suggests a strategy for when and where to conserve forests globally over the next 50 years to maximize the conservation of plant biodiversity.

    • Ian H. Luby
    • , Steve J. Miller
    •  & Stephen Polasky

  • Article |

    A global assessment shows that increases in the number of wet days and extreme daily rainfall adversely affect economic growth, particularly in high-income nations and via the services and manufacturing sectors.

    • Maximilian Kotz
    • , Anders Levermann
    •  & Leonie Wenz

  • Article |

    Using global data, econometrics and climate science to estimate the damages induced by the emission of one ton of carbon dioxide, climate change is projected to increase electricity spending but reduce overall end-use energy expenditure.

    • Ashwin Rode
    • , Tamma Carleton
    •  & Jiacan Yuan

  • Article |

    Analysis of the InvaCost database shows that the costs of biological invasions have markedly increased between 1970 and 2017 and show no sign of slowing down, highlighting the importance of evidence-based and cost-effective management actions.

    • Christophe Diagne
    • , Boris Leroy
    •  & Franck Courchamp

  • Letter |

    A large-scale treatment–control meta-analysis of US fisheries provides evidence that the implementation of catch shares extend fishing seasons by slowing the race to fish.

    • Anna M. Birkenbach
    • , David J. Kaczan
    •  & Martin D. Smith

  • Article |

    The authors use modelling to show that the network of trading routes known as the Silk Road emerged from hundreds of years of interactions between pastoralists as they moved their herds and flocks between higher and lower elevations in generally mountainous regions.

    • Michael D. Frachetti
    • , C. Evan Smith
    •  & Tim Williams

  • Article |

    A multi-model framework that accounts for climate, water, energy, food, biodiversity and economic activity in Australia reveals that a sustainable society that enjoys economic improvement without ecological deterioration is possible, but that specific political and economic choices need to be made to achieve this.

    • Steve Hatfield-Dodds
    • , Heinz Schandl
    •  & Alex Wonhas

  • Outlook |

    High gold prices are making it worthwhile to look for gold in some unusual places.

    • Brian Owens

  • Letter |

    Modelling that integrates the effects of uncertainties in relevant geophysical, technological, social and political factors on the cost of keeping transient global temperature increase to below certain limits shows that political choices have the greatest effect on the cost distribution.

    • Joeri Rogelj
    • , David L. McCollum
    •  & Keywan Riahi

  • News & Views |

    The Convention on Biological Diversity has pledged to reduce species-extinction threats around the globe by 2020. Analysis shows that this goal is achievable but requires a significant increase in the current rate of investment.

    • Stephen Polasky

  • Comment |

    Abandon coal, price carbon consumption and look to new technologies for a lasting solution to global emissions, argues Dieter Helm.

    • Dieter Helm

  • Comment |

    An emerging coalition is implementing carbon trading despite political obstacles. It is rewriting the map of climate diplomacy, says Michael Grubb.

    • Michael Grubb

  • Editorial |

    As looming tax increases and budget cuts threaten to plunge the US economy back into recession, Congress should take a hard look at introducing a carbon tax as an important part of the solution.

  • Letter |

    Global yields of major crops are analysed using climate, irrigation and new nutrient data to show that large production increases are possible from closing yield gaps to 100% of attainable yields, and that changes in management practices needed to close yield gaps vary considerably by region and current intensity.

    • Nathaniel D. Mueller
    • , James S. Gerber
    •  & Jonathan A. Foley

  • News & Views |

    International trade is the underlying cause of 30% of threatened animal species extinctions, according to a modelling analysis of the impact of global supply chains and consumption patterns on biodiversity. See Letter p.109

    • Edgar Hertwich

  • Comment |

    Urgent public debate is needed over a European proposal to regulate environmental levels of the active ingredient in birth-control pills, say Richard Owen and Susan Jobling.

    • Richard Owen
    •  & Susan Jobling

  • Comment |

    Funding is a major stumbling block for environmental initiatives, says Edward Barbier. Taxing financial transactions or trade in arms, tobacco and fuel might help.

    • Edward Barbier

  • Comment |

    The economic pain of a flattening supply will trump the environment as a reason to curb the use of fossil fuels, say James Murray and David King.

    • James Murray
    •  & David King

  • Books & Arts |

    An overview of resource-guzzling US cities has lessons for us all, finds David Orr.

    • David Orr

  • News |

    The soaring cost of natural catastrophes is due more to socio-economic than climatic factors.

    • Quirin Schiermeier

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