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Climate change and invasive species both independently threaten marine biodiversity but can also interact. Invasive species often possess traits that not only promote their success in novel environments but may also confer resilience to climate‐driven ocean change, allowing them to respond favorably to a changing climate. Here, drawing on 67 studies across 30 non‐native species, we present moderate but consistent evidence that...
Shifting Trends in Aquaculture's Biological Potential to Address Food, Climate and Biodiversity ChallengesNARA Subscribed
Aquaculture has expanded and intensified significantly since the mid‐20th century, affecting its contributions to food security, climate change and biodiversity conservation (FCB) outcomes. In particular, shifts in the composition of farmed species affect the sector's potential impacts on sustainable development. Because these impacts are partly driven by the biological traits of the farmed species, tracking changes in trait c...
Prof Stephen P. Long, FRS (1950–2025)NARA Subscribed
Evaluation and Projection of Drought Frequency, Intensity and Duration Over AustraliaNARA Subscribed
Using two generations of regional climate simulations (NARCliM1.0 and NARCliM1.5) downscaled from CMIP3 and CMIP5 global climate models, three drought indices: the SPI (Standardised Precipitation Index), aSPI (agricultural SPI), and SPEI (Standardised Precipitation‐Evapotranspiration Index) are assessed for Australia. Biases in simulated drought frequency vary among models, while consistency is observed in duration and intensi...
Efficient Burial of Labile Organic Carbon in Sediments of Oxygenated Icelandic FjordsNARA Subscribed
Fjords are hotspots of organic carbon (OC) burial, making them key components in the global carbon cycle. Recent research shows high marine OC burial even under oxic fjord water columns, broadening the scope of key drivers of OC burial therein. Here, we investigate the fate of marine OC in fjord sediments underlying oxic bottom waters in East Iceland. We estimate OC sources using stable isotopes, degradation using chemical bio...
Purpose Cancer-related genes and pathways have recently been implicated in a genome-wide meta-analysis of head size. In the current study, we aimed to evaluate the association between adult head circumference and the risk of cancer. Methods This is a cohort study using data from the Hong Kong Osteoporosis Study, where 1,301 participants aged 27–96 years with head circumference measured between 2015 and 2019, and without a hist...
Marine fisheries are crucial to the economy, livelihood, food security and culture of coastal nations and communities, significantly contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. A decade ago, T. J. Pitcher and W. W. L. Cheung highlighted the dichotomy in the perception of fisheries' status, concluding that long‐term sustainability and benefits to people were threatened by overexploitation, climate change,...
Aim We aimed to enhance our understanding of the distribution of mesopelagic mesozooplankton (MM) using species distribution models, assess the performance of various modelling techniques, identify key environmental predictors for MM distribution and compute their habitat suitability indices. Location Our study focused on the mesopelagic zone globally, with data analysed from different oceans. Taxon Our focus was primarily on...
Development of Asymmetric Convection in a Tropical Cyclone under Environmental Uniform Flow and Vertical Wind ShearNARA Subscribed
Idealized numerical simulations have been carried out to reveal the complexity in the development of asymmetric convection in a tropical cyclone (TC) under the influence of an environment with either uniform flow, vertical wind shear (VWS), or both. Results show that rainwater is enhanced to the right of the motion in the outer rainband, but such enhancement occurs in the upshear-left area of the inner-core region. Additionall...
Multiple Pleistocene refugia for Arctic Bell‐Heather revealed with genomic analyses of modern and historic plantsNARA Subscribed
Aim Arctic plants survived the Pleistocene glaciations in unglaciated refugia. The number, ages, and locations of these refugia are often unclear. We use high‐resolution genomic data from present‐day and Little‐Ice‐Age populations of Arctic Bell‐Heather to re‐evaluate the biogeography of this species and determine whether it had multiple independent refugia or a single refugium in Beringia. Location Circumpolar Arctic and Coas...
Adaptation to climate change and limits in food production systems: Physics, the chemistry of biology, and human behaviorNARA Subscribed
Are there limits to our ability to adapt food systems to climate change? This overview paper for the special issue highlights results of research on potential limits and responses by food system actors. Responses are shaped by the critical interactions among the physical, chemical, biological, and social impacts in food systems arising from climate change. Food grains, temperate perennials, livestock, and oceanic capture fishe...
Climate change alters social‐ecological trade‐offs in achieving ocean futures' targetsNARA Subscribed
The effects of climate change on marine ecosystems are causing cascading impacts on livelihood, food security, and culture through fisheries. Such impacts interact and exacerbate the effects of overfishing on marine social‐ecological systems, complicating the rebuilding of ecosystems to achieve desirable and sustainable ocean futures. Developing effective pathways for ecosystem rebuilding requires consideration of the co‐benef...
Ocean warming is driving significant changes in the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems, shifting species' biogeography and phenology, changing body size and biomass and altering the trophodynamics of the system. Particularly, extreme temperature events such as marine heatwaves (MHWs) have been increasing in intensity, duration and frequency. MHWs are causing large‐scale impacts on marine ecosystems, such as coral b...