Evolutionary and climate adaptation both describe how complex systems respond to environmental change, either via natural selection or deliberate human choices. Although adaptation in both contexts is expected to produce favorable outcomes, it can also result in maladaptation—ineffective, unintended, or harmful outcomes. As an emerging area of practice in conservation, climate adaptation could benefit from insights from evolut...

Climate adaptation actions should help, not harm. However, adaptation efforts can backfire, increasing vulnerability to climate change—a phenomenon known as maladaptation. In this essay, we argue that maladaptation dialogues—inclusive and deliberate conversations about negative consequences and failures of adaptation actions, especially among adaptation professionals—offer unique benefits for advancing climate adaptation pract...

Using lightweight materials in aircraft structures, especially carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP), can be an option for achieving aviation's ambitious emission reduction goals. However, using CFRP can be associated with adverse environmental and economic impacts, which can relativize its potential benefits. Nevertheless, the extent of the potential advantages and disadvantages of the increased use of CFRP in the entire air...

Microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) offers promising solutions for sustainable, low‐cement infrastructure materials. While it is known how urea catabolism leads to biomineralisation, the non‐ureolytic pathways of MICP are less clear. This limits the use of the latter in biotechnology, despite its clear benefit of avoiding toxic ammonia release. To address this knowledge gap, the present study explored the interdep...

The Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) (hereafter Karner blue) is a federally listed endangered species occurring in disjunct locations within the Midwest and Eastern United States. As a hostplant specialist and an ectotherm, the Karner blue is likely to be susceptible to effects of climate change. We undertook warming experiments to explore the temperature sensitivity of various Karner blue life history stages...

Hybrid zones are a valuable tool for studying the process of speciation and for identifying the genomic regions undergoing divergence and the ecological (extrinsic) and nonecological (intrinsic) factors involved. Here, we explored the genomic and geographic landscape of divergence in a hybrid zone between Papilio glaucus and Papilio canadensis . Using a genome scan of 28,417 dd RAD SNP s, we identified genomic regions under po...

This study explores the sensitivity of high‐resolution mesoscale simulations of urban heat island ( UHI ) in the Chicago metropolitan area ( CMA ) and its environs to urban physical parameterizations, with emphasis on the role of lake breeze. A series of climate downscaling experiments were conducted using the urban‐Weather Research and Forecasting ( uWRF ) model at 1‐km horizontal resolution for a relatively warm period with...

This study explores how muscle and liver energy stores are linked with social status and the social environment in Neolamprologus pulcher , a cooperatively breeding fish that lives in colonies comprised of up to 200 distinct social groups. Subordinate muscle energy stores were positively correlated with the number of neighbouring social groups in the colony, but this pattern was not observed in dominant N. pulcher . Furthermor...

Local adaptation of populations could preclude or slow range expansions in response to changing climate, particularly when dispersal is limited. To investigate the differential responses of populations to changing climatic conditions, we exposed poleward peripheral and central populations of two L epidoptera to reciprocal, common‐garden climatic conditions and compared their whole‐transcriptome expression. We found evidence of...