Climate change represents one of the most pressing societal and scientific challenges of our time. While much of the current research on climate change focuses on future prediction, some of the strongest signals of warming can already be seen in Arctic and alpine areas, where temperatures are rising faster than the global average, and in the oceans, where the combination of rising temperatures and acidification due to increased CO₂ concentrations has had catastrophic consequences for sensitive marine organisms inhabiting coral reefs. The scientific papers highlighted as part of this anniversary issue represent some of the most impactful advances in our understanding of the consequences of anthropogenic climate change. Here, we reflect on the legacy of these papers from the biotic perspective.

气候变化是当今时代最紧迫的社会和科学挑战之一。尽管当前有关气候变化的许多研究都集中在对未来的预测上，但一些最强烈的变暖信号已经出现在北极和高山地区，那里的温度上升速度快于全球平均水平，而在海洋中，由于增加的CO ₂浓度引起的温度升高和酸化对居住在珊瑚礁的敏感海洋生物造成了灾难性后果。作为本周年纪念活动的一部分，重点介绍的科学论文代表了我们对人为气候变化后果的最有影响力的进展。在这里，我们从生物的角度反思这些论文的遗产。