Nathan P. Gillett

Dec 19, 2024 | nature.com | Megan C. Kirchmeier-Young |Quinn Barber |Salvatore R. Curasi |Yongxiao Liang |Piyush Jain |Nathan P. Gillett | +4 more

AbstractIn 2023, wildfires burned 15 million hectares in Canada, more than doubling the previous record. These wildfires caused a record number of evacuations, unprecedented air quality impacts across Canada and the northeastern United States, and substantial strain on fire management resources.

Jun 21, 2024 | nature.com | Nathan P. Gillett

Uncertainties in projected 21st century warming were very large a decade ago, increasing the costs of climate change adaptation, especially those associated with long-lived infrastructure. Here we show that through progress in climate policy and climate science, these uncertainties have decreased dramatically over the past decade.

Oct 13, 2023 | nature.com | Nathan P. Gillett

AbstractThe constant ratio of global warming to cumulative CO2 emissions underpins the use of cumulative emissions budgets as policy tools, and the need to reach net zero CO2 emissions to stabilize global mean temperature. Several studies have argued that this property arises because heat and carbon are mixed into the ocean by similar physical processes, and this argument was echoed in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.