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Impact Attribution

This category encompasses research aimed at understanding how global climate change affects human and natural systems. The resources listed below deal with localized physical impacts, such as floods, droughts, and sea level rise, and the corresponding effects on infrastructure, public health, ecosystems, agriculture, and economies.

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Adverse Birth Outcomes Associated with Heat Stress and Wildfire Smoke Exposure During Preconception and Pregnancy

June 2025
Roxana Khalili et al.
Environmental Science and Technology
This study looks at the connection between preconception and prenatal heat stress and wildfire smoke exposure with adverse birth outcomes. Read More →

Climate-Change-Induced Seismicity: The Recent Onset of Seasonal Microseismicity at the Grandes Jorasses, Mont Blanc Massif, France/Italy

June 2025
Verena Simon, Toni Kraft, Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Agnès Helmstetter, Tobias Diehl
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
This study links climate change-induced increases in snow and glacier melt to increased annual earthquake activity in the alps.Read More →

Growing human-induced climate change fingerprint in regional weekly fire extremes

May 2025
Sifang Feng, Jakob Zscheischler, Zengchao Hao & Emanuele Bevacqua
Nature - NPJ Climate Action
This peer-reviewd study examines the causal links between human induced climate change and wildfires, finding that warming increased the probability of wildfires by ~5%/decade between 2002-2015. Read More →

Irreversible Glacier Change and Trough Water for Centuries after Overshooting 1.5°C

May 2025
Lilian Schuster et al.
Nature Climate Change
This study examines the impact of exceeding 1.5°C of global warming on mountain glaciers, sea levels, and water availability.Read More →

Risks of Unavoidable Impacts on Forests at 1.5 °C with and without Overshoot

May 2025
Gregory Munday et al.
Nature Climate Change
This study examines the risk of irreversible impacts to forests under different warming scenarios.Read More →

Globally Increased Cropland Soil Exposure to Climate Extremes in Recent Decades

May 2025
Luwei Feng et al.
Nature Communications
This study analyzes soil quality and soil degradation in areas with higher vulnerability to climate extremes.Read More →

Decreased Likelihood of Schooling as a Consequence of Tropical Cyclones: Evidence from 13 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

April 2025
Renzhi Jing, Sam Heft-Neal, Zetianyu Wang, Eran Bendavid
PNAS
This study assesses the impact of tropical cyclones on educational attainment using data from 5.4 million individuals in 13 countries. It emphasizes the need to protect schooling in the face of increasingly severe tropical cyclones.Read More →

Temperature Thresholds Induce Abrupt Shifts in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Montane Ecosystems Worldwide

April 2025
Xiao-Min Zeng, Miguel Berdugo, Tadeo Saez-Sandino, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
PNAS
This study finds that biodiversity and ecosystem services have abrupt responses to local temperature variation, which highlights the sensitivity of montane ecosystems to climate change.Read More →

Attributing Global Impacts of Local Extremes to Climate Change for Improving Loss and Damage Estimates

March 2025
Camille J Mora et al.
Environmental Research Letters
This study addresses methodologies in attribution science to estimate loss and damages attributed to a climate change-driven extreme event.Read More →

Psychological Impacts of Climate Change on US Youth

February 2025
Ans Vercammen, Britt Wray, Yoshika S. Crider, Emma L. Lawrance
PNAS
This study looks at psychological responses to climate change impacts in youths and finds that climate-related impacts are linked to increased anxiety and other psychological impacts.Read More →

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