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Climate Change Attribution

This category encompasses research aimed at understanding how human activities are affecting the global climate system, which includes the atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere. The resources listed below focus on how increasing concentrations of CO2 and other heat-trapping gases affect other climate variables, such as atmospheric temperature, ocean heat content, global mean sea level, and sea ice concentration. These resources include some data sets that are integral to attribution research.

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Twenty-first century increases in total and extreme precipitation across the Northeastern USA

May 2023
Christopher J. Picard, Jonathan M. Winter, Charlotte Cockburn, Janel Hanrahan, Natalie G. Teale, Patrick J. Clemens, and Brian Beckage
Climatic Change
This peer-reviewed study uses a regional climate model to project increases in extreme events across the northeastern United States over the coming century, particularly during winter months. Read More →

Wildfire and degradation accelerate northern peatland carbon release

April 2023
S. Wilkinson, R. Andersen, P. Moore, S. Davidson, and J. Waddington
Nature Climate Change
This peer-reviewed study uses datasets from natural, degraded, and restored northern peatlands to show that increased wildfire incidence caused by human activity reduces the carbon sink provided by peatlands.Read More →

Global concurrent climate extremes exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change

March 2023
Sha Zhou, Bofu Yu, and Yao Zhang
Science Advances
This peer-reviewed study uses statistical analysis to link increased frequency of temperature and precipitation extremes to anthropogenic climate change. Read More →

Glacial lake outburst floods threaten millions globally

February 2023
Caroline Taylor, Tom R. Robinson, Stuart Dunning, J. Rachel Carr, Matthew Westoby
Nature Communications
This peer-reviewed study examines the growing threat of glacial lake outburst floods, and show that 15 million people globally, particularly in high-mountain Asian and the Andes, are exposed to potential glacial lake outburst flooding.Read More →

Recent and future declines of a historically widespread pollinator linked to climate, land cover, and pesticides

January 2023
William M. Janousek, Margaret R. Douglas, Syd Cannings, Marion A. Clément, Casey M. Delphia, Jeffery G. Everett, Richard G. Hatfield, Douglas A. Keinath, Jonathan B. Uhuad Koch, Lindsie M. McCabe, John M. Mola, Jane E. Ogilvie, Imtiaz Rangwala, Leif L. Richardson, Ashley T. Rohde, James P. Strange, Lusha M. Tronstad, and Tabitha A. Graves
Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences
This peer-reviewed study uses bayesian statistical methods to evaluate impacts of climate change on bumble bee populations. Bumble bees are projected to experience significant population decline over the next century due to climate-driven stressors. Read More →

Divergent effects of climate change on the egg-laying opportunity of species in cold and warm regions

January 2023
Liang Ma, Chao Hu, Zhong-Wen Jiang, Wei-Guo Du
Conservation Biology
This peer-reviewed study evaluates egg-laying opportunity within a model species of lizard to evaluate the impact of climate change on population decline in egg-laying species.Read More →

Recent change in summer rainfall over the Tibetan Plateau: roles of anthropogenic forcing and internal variability

January 2023
Zhaoming Ding, Panmao Zhai, and Renguang Wu
Climate Dynamics
This peer-reviewed study uses climate modeling to show that changes to precipitation patterns on the Tibetan Plateau, which have caused both extreme precipitation events and drought, can be attributed to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases.Read More →

Climate-driven changes of global marine mercury cycles in 2100

January 2023
Yujuan Wang, Peipei Wu, Yanxu Zhang
Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences
This peer reviewed study uses a global ocean model to project potentially harmful climate-driven changes to the global marine mercury cycle in 2100.Read More →

Modeling the effects of realistic land cover changes on land surface temperatures over China

December 2022
Xing Li, Haishan Chen, Wenjian Hua, Hedi Ma, Xiao Li, Shanlei Sun, Yiwen Lu, Xueqi Pang, Xuanwen Zhang, and Qian Zhang
Climate Dynamics
This peer-reviewed study uses climate modeling to project the impact of intense land use and cover change (LUCC) on land surface temperatures in China.Read More →

Impact of climatic and vegetation dynamic change on runoff over the Three Rivers Source Region based on the Community Land Model

December 2022
Mingshan Deng, Xianhong Meng, Yaqiong Lu, Lele Shu, Zhaoguo Li, Lin Zhao, Hao Chen, Lunyu Shang, Danrui Sheng, and Xinmao Ao.
Climate Dynamics
This peer-reviewed study uses climate modeling to investigate the impact of anthropogenic warming and related vegetation changes on the runoff in the Three Rivers Source Region that drives three economically important rivers in China.Read More →

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