Continent-wide tree fecundity driven by indirect climate effects
Climate change that stimulates tree growth can make smaller trees produce more seeds per year, but also can render larger trees less able to reproduce.Read More →
Anthropogenic climate change is worsening North American pollen seasons
Long-term pollen data from 60 North American stations and Earth system model simulations quantify the role of human-caused climate change in continental patterns in pollen concentrations.Read More →
Increased outburst flood hazard from Lake Palcacocha due to human-induced glacier retreat
The retreat of Palcaraju glacier cannot be explained by natural variability alone, as human-induced warming equals between 85 and 105% (5–95% confidence interval) of the observed 1 °C warming in this region.Read More →
Shifts in global bat diversity suggest a possible role of climate change in the emergence of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2
The number of coronaviruses in an area is strongly correlated with local bat species richness, which in turn is affected by climatic conditions. Climate change may have played a key role in the evolution or transmission of the two SARS CoVs.Read More →
Seven centuries of reconstructed Brahmaputra River discharge demonstrate underestimated high discharge and flood hazard frequency
This study uses a new seven-century tree-ring reconstruction of monsoon season Brahmaputra discharge to demonstrate that the early instrumental period (1956–1986 C.E.) ranks amongst the driest of the past seven centuries (13th percentile).Read More →
Press Release: 16 Million Children Affected by Massive Flooding in South Asia, with Millions More at Risk
This article describes how monsoon rains and catastrophic flooding in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh left 16 million children and their families were in urgent need of life-saving support. Read More →
Anthropogenic Climate Change and Glacier Lake Outburst Flood Risk: Local and Global Drivers and Responsibilities for the Case of Lake Palcacocha, Peru
Analysis of lake Palcacocha's case in the Andes of Peru, which offers a representative model for other glacier lakes and related risks around the world because it features a dynamic evolution of flood risk driven by physical and socioeconomic factorsRead More →
Extinction risk assessment of a Patagonian ungulate using population dynamics models under climate change scenarios
Huemul population is currently in a quasi-extinction process, with extinction probabilities increasing with climate change.These results are crucial for conservation of species like huemul that have low densities and are threatened by climate change.Read More →
Uncertainties in Climate and Weather Extremes Increase the Cost of Carbon
Climate change has myriad physical and economic impacts. This study argues that uncertainties in climate and weather extremes only further increase the social cost of carbon emissions.Read More →
The Economic Costs of Hurricane Harvey Attributable to Climate Change
This paper uses a probabilistic event attribution framework to estimate the costs associated with Hurricane Harvey that are attributable to anthropogenic influence on the climate system.Read More →