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SECTION SCOPE

The PLOS Climate Ecology & Biogeochemistry section covers all aspects of the cryosphere in the context of climate change, including (but not limited to):

Impacts on ecosystem functions and services
Impacts on biodiversity
Ecosystem-based adaptation
Marine ecology
Climate-resilient conservation
Biogeochemical cycles

For a full list of the Academic Editors serving in this section, please visit the PLOS Climate editorial board page.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS IN THIS SECTION

Vasbinder K, Fiechter J, Santora JA, Mantua N, Lindley ST, Huff DD, et al. (2025) Projected 21st century shifts in fish growth potential in the California Current Ecosystem. PLOS Clim 4(12): e0000788. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000788

Rogers JB, DiRenzo GV, Roy AH, Carmignani J, O’Brien RSM, Quiñones RM, et al. (2025) Watershed forest cover and habitat restoration can offset some negative impacts of climate change on freshwater fishes and mussels. PLOS Clim 4(12): e0000742. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000742

Gasbarro R, Ainley DG, Andrews KS, Ballance LT, Blondin H, Bograd S, et al. (2025) Projected changes to the extent and seasonality of seabird habitat in the California current and implications for marine spatial planning. PLOS Clim 4(11): e0000687. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000687

Manley K, Ayompe LM, Egoh BN (2025) Climate change impacts the non-market value of nature: A case study of birding cultural ecosystem services in South Africa. PLOS Clim 4(10): e0000715. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000715

Russell TM, Hermanson VR (2025) Avian predator-prey dynamics in a changing climate along the Western Antarctic Peninsula: A scoping review. PLOS Clim 4(7): e0000347. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000347

Huerlimann R, Wee HB, Alves dos Santos M, Kise H, Mizuyama M, Dudoit ‘, et al. (2025) Shifts in coral reef holobiont communities in the high-CO₂ marine environment of Iōtorishima Island. PLOS Clim 4(7): e0000665. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000665

Sitotie YM, Gatew S (2025) Diversity of woody species and carbon stock potential in Orthodox Church forests in Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia. PLOS Clim 4(7): e0000661. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000661

Roberts EA, Ober GT, Gilman SE (2025) Bioenergetic modeling reveals opposing effects of ocean and terrestrial warming of an intertidal crustacean, Balanus glandula. PLOS Clim 4(7): e0000540. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000540

Kitchel ZJ, Maureaud AA, Fredston A, Shackell N, Mérigot B, Thorson JT, et al. (2025) Marine communities do not follow the paradigm of increasing similarity through time. PLOS Clim 4(7): e0000659. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000659

Loughran TC, Cudney JL, Crear DP, Crawford LM, Curtis BJ, Gutierrez EM, et al. (2025) A climate vulnerability assessment for U.S. highly migratory fishes in the Atlantic Ocean. PLOS Clim 4(8): e0000530. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000530

McCartan N, O’Keeffe F, Zhang G, Luijckx P (2025) Impact of heatwave amplitude, duration, and timing on parasite fitness at different baseline temperatures. PLOS Clim 4(6): e0000632. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000632

Craig JK, Runde BJ, Bacheler NM, Burton ML, Muñoz RC, Quinlan JA, et al. (2025) Climate vulnerability assessment of fish and invertebrates in the U.S. South Atlantic large marine ecosystem. PLOS Clim 4(6): e0000543. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000543

Ferrato FR, Sharma S, Culpepper JA, Talbot CJ, Meyer MF, Hampton SE (2025) Autumn as an overlooked opportunity for limnology. PLOS Clim 4(6): e0000648. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000648

Hollingsworth BD, Wiener M, Giandomenico DA, Commins SP, Boyce RM (2025) Environmental risk and Alpha-gal Syndrome (AGS) in the Mid-Atlantic United States. PLOS Clim 4(4): e0000528. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000528

Montoya D, Burón-Ugarte A, Chrétien LTS, Christensen García C, Granjel RR, Holmes M, et al. (2025) Complexity and interpretability in global change ecology. PLOS Clim 4(3): e0000587. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000587

Ardón M, Potter KM, White E Jr, Woodall CW (2025) Coastal carbon sentinels: A decade of forest change along the eastern shore of the US signals complex climate change dynamics. PLOS Clim 4(1): e0000444. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000444

Friedland KD, Scopel LC, Yang X, Gaichas SK, Rokosz KJ (2025) Species richness in the Northeast US Continental Shelf ecosystem: Climate-driven trends and perturbations. PLOS Clim 4(1): e0000557. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000557

Phoenix GK, Bjerke JW, Björk RG, Blok D, Bryn A, Callaghan TV, et al. (2025) Browning events in Arctic ecosystems: Diverse causes with common consequences. PLOS Clim 4(1): e0000570. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000570

Margaritis G, Kent EC, Foster GL (2025) Intercomparison of satellite-derived SST with logger data in the Caribbean—Implications for coral reef monitoring. PLOS Clim 4(1): e0000480. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000480

Rich WA, Glanz JS, Mele G, Burt NJ, Carvalho S, Doo SS, et al. (2024) Widespread inconsistency in logger deployment methods in coral reef studies may bias perceptions of thermal regimes. PLOS Clim 3(12): e0000517. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000517

Gillie ER, Bryndum-Buchholz A, Willis SG, Eddy TD (2024) Exploring novel North Water Polynya ecosystems under climate change. PLOS Clim 3(10): e0000490. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000490

Ogutu JO, Bartzke GS, Mukhopadhyay S, Dublin HT, Senteu JS, Gikungu D, et al. (2024) Trends and cycles in rainfall, temperature, NDVI, IOD and SOI in the Mara-Serengeti: Insights for biodiversity conservation. PLOS Clim 3(10): e0000388. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000388

Lachs L, Humanes A, Mumby PJ, Donner SD, Bythell J, Beauchamp E, et al. (2024) High coral heat tolerance at local-scale thermal refugia. PLOS Clim 3(7): e0000453. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000453

Fabricius KE, Cooley SR, Golbuu Y, Riginos C, Gonzalez-Rivero M, Heron SF, et al. (2024) Research priorities to support coral reefs during rapid climate change. PLOS Clim 3(7): e0000435. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000435

Malauene BS, Lett C, Marsac F, Penven P, Abdula S, Moloney CL, et al. (2024) Influence of Mozambique Channel eddies on larval loss of two shallow-water commercial shrimp species. PLOS Clim 3(6): e0000414. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000414

Fennessy ST, Quick AJR, Mutombene RJ, Abdula S, Leong ER, Dias N, et al. (2024) A rapid approach to assessing the vulnerability of Mozambican fisheries’ species to climate change. PLOS Clim 3(5): e0000372. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000372

Kosolapova A, Altshuler I (2024) Effects of reduced snowpack due to climate warming on abiotic and biotic soil properties in alpine and boreal forest systems. PLOS Clim 3(5): e0000417. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000417

Labadie G, Cadieux P, Moreau L, Bognounou F, Thiffault E, Cyr D, et al. (2024) Are forest management practices to improve carbon balance compatible with maintaining bird diversity under climate change? A case study in Eastern North America. PLOS Clim 3(4): e0000293. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000293

Slesinger E, du Pontavice H, Seibel B, Saba VS, Kohut J, Saba GK (2024) Climate-induced reduction in metabolically suitable habitat for U.S. northeast shelf marine species. PLOS Clim 3(4): e0000357. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000357

Queirós JP, Borras-Chavez R, Friscourt N, Groß J, Lewis CB, Mergard G, et al. (2024) Southern Ocean food-webs and climate change: A short review and future directions. PLOS Clim 3(3): e0000358. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000358

Spencer LH, Long WC, Spies IB, Nichols KM, Foy RJ (2024) Narrowed gene functions and enhanced transposon activity are associated with high tolerance to ocean acidification in a juvenile subarctic crustacean. PLOS Clim 3(3): e0000319. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000319

Kiribou R, Tehoda P, Chukwu O, Bempah G, Kühl HS, Ferreira J, et al. (2024) Exposure of African ape sites to climate change impacts. PLOS Clim 3(2): e0000345. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000345

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