🚨📢We're pleased to be launching a new series of articles—Climate Chronicles—that document the characteristics and changes of select climate variables and topics for each year📢🚨 Check out the Collection below to read up on what happened in 2023. nature.com/collections/gh…
. @Lijing_Cheng et al. (incl. @AudreyMiniere, @ClimateOfGavin) write on ocean heat content. TL;DR: ocean heat content reached a record high, with 464 ± 55 ZJ heat gained since 1960. nature.com/articles/s4301…
. @lettie_roach and Walt Meier write on Arctic and Antarctic sea ice. TL;DR: Annual, summer minimum and winter maximum Antarctic sea ice extent were the lowest on record. Arctic sea ice extent was the 5th lowest on record. nature.com/articles/s4301…
Crystal Kolden et al. (incl. @climate_guy, @Jones_MattW) write on wildfires. TL;DR: 384 Mha of land was burnt, and Canada experienced its most severe fire season of the modern era. nature.com/articles/s4301…
Xiangyi Li et al. (incl. @JosepPenuelas) write on vegetation greenness. TL;DR: global greenness was the third highest on record, with strong greening and browning signals observed at regional scales. nature.com/articles/s4301…
.@sarahinscience et al (incl. @zharoshan, @marpita567, @KKornhuber) write on terrestrial heat extremes. TL;DR: Persistent heatwaves were synonymous with the warmest year on record, with prominent record-breaking events in South America and SE Asia. nature.com/articles/s4301…
Bailing Li and @MatthewRodell write on terrestrial water storage. TL; DR: terrestrial water storage reached a record low, with global anomalies of -9.94cm. nature.com/articles/s4301…
.@HayleyJFowler et al. (incl. @Climate_Stephen) write on precipitation extremes. TL;DR: Multiple record-breaking precipitation events occured worldwide, including from Storm Daniel and Tropical Cyclone Freddy. nature.com/articles/s4301…
.@LiuzhuLiu et al. (incl. @Davis_StevenJ, @ciais_philippe) write on carbon emissions. TL;DR: Global CO2 emissions were 35.8 Gt CO2, up 0.1% from 2022. Permissable emissions could be depleted within 0.5-6 years. nature.com/articles/s4301…
.@ClimateLeo et al. (incl. @catrinagodinho, @TakeshiKuramo, @miamoisio, @micheldenelzen, @niklashoehne) write on climate policy. TL;DR: a tug of war continues in climate policy, with positive developments often balanced by negative developments. nature.com/articles/s4301…
And finally, check out the editorial here: nature.com/articles/s4301… All articles are free to read for 2 weeks! We hope to continue this series every year, perhaps expanding into other variables too. If you have ideas, let us know. Happy reading!