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Recent increase in catastrophic tropical cyclone flooding in coastal North Carolina, USA: Long-term observations suggest a regime shift

Published:July 2019

Author(s):Hans W. Paerl, Nathan S. Hall, Alexandria G. Hounshell, Richard A. Luettich Jr., Karen L. Rossignol, Christopher L. Osburn, Jerad Bales

Publisher:Nature

Examination of continuous rainfall records for coastal NC since 1898 reveals a trend toward increasingly high precipitation associated with tropical cyclones over the last 120 yearsRead More →

Acceleration of ice loss across the Himalayas over the past 40 years

Published:June 2019

Author(s):J. M. Maurer, J. M. Schaefer, S. Rupper, and A. Corley

Publisher:Science Advances

Ice loss across the Himalayas is explained by climate forcing as a dominant drivers of glacier change.Read More →

Fourth National Climate Assessment

Published:November 2018

Author(s):David Reidmiller, Christopher W. Avery, Daniel Barrie, Apurva Dave, Benjamin DeAngelo, Matthew Dzaugis, Michael Kolian, Kristin Lewis, Katie Reeves, Darrell Winner, David R. Easterling, David W. Fahey, Sarah Doherty, James P. Kossin, William V. Sweet, Russell S. Vose, Michael F. Wehner, Donald J. Wuebbles, Thomas Johnson, Peter Colohan, Amir AghaKouchak, Sankar Arumugam, Casey Brown, Gregory McCabe, Roger Pulwarty, Craig D. Zamuda, Daniel E. Bilello, Guenter Conzelmann, Ellen Mecray, Ann Satsangi, Vincent Tidwell, Brian J. Walker, Thomas Loveland, James Wickham, Grant Domke, Nate Herold, Nathan Wood, James M. Vose, David L. Peterson, Grant M. Domke, Christopher J. Fettig, Linda A. Joyce, Robert E. Keane, Charles H. Luce, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Shawn Carter, Jay Peterson, Lisa Crozier, Michael Fogarty, Sarah Gaichas, Kimberly J. W. Hyde, Toni Lyn Morelli, Jeffrey Morisette, Hassan Moustahfid, Roldan Muñoz, Rajendra Poudel, Michelle D. Staudinger, Charles Stock, Laura Thompson, Robin Waples, Jake F. Weltzin, Je

Publisher:U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)

This report analyzes the effects of global change on the natural environment, examines current trends in global change, and projects major trends for the subsequent 25 to 100 years. Read More →

Holding Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable for their Contribution to Climate Change: Where Does the Law Stand?

Published:October 2018

Author(s):Michael Burger, Jessica Wentz

Publisher:Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

This article analyzes a San Francisco case that explores the question of whether and to what extent it is possible to legally attribute harmful impacts associated with climate change to specific actors or conduct. Read More →

Hurricane Harvey Links to Ocean Heat Content and Climate Change Adaptation

Published:May 2018

Author(s):Kevin E. Trenberth, Lijing Cheng, Peter Jacobs, Yongxin Zhang, John Fasullo

Publisher:Earth's Future

This article uses ocean and atmosphere observations to demonstrate links between increased upper ocean heat content due to global warming with the extreme rainfalls from recent hurricanes.Read More →

Quantitative Attribution of Climate Effects on Hurricane Harvey’s Extreme Rainfall in Texas

Published:April 2018

Author(s):S-Y Simon Wang, Lin Zhao, Jin-Ho Yoon, Phil Klotzbach, Robert R Gillies

Publisher:Environmental Research Letters

This study suggests that post-1980 climate warming could have contributed to the extreme precipitation of Hurricane Harvey. Read More →

Massive collapse of two glaciers in western Tibet in 2016 after surge-like instability

Published:January 2018

Author(s):Andreas Kääb, Silvan Leinss, Adrien Gilbert, Yves Bühler, Simon Gascoin, Stephen G. Evans, Perry Bartelt, Etienne Berthier, Fanny Brun, Wei-An Chao, Daniel Farinotti, Florent Gimbert, Wanqin Guo, Christian Huggel, Jeffrey S. Kargel, Gregory J. Leonard, Lide Tian, Désirée Treichler & Tandong Yao

Publisher:Nature Geoscience

Twin collapses of two adjacent glaciers in western Tibet were caused by climate- and weather-driven external forcing.Read More →

Attribution of Extreme Rainfall from Hurricane Harvey

Published:January 2018

Author(s):Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Karin van der Wiel, Antonia Sebastian, Roop Singh, Julie Arrighi, Friederike Otto, Karsten Haustein, Sihan Li, Gabriel Vecchi, Heidi Cullen

Publisher:Environmental Research Letters

This report explores Hurricane Harvey, a positive trend in the intensity of extreme precipitation, global warming, and flood protection in Houston. Read More →

Extreme Rainfall (R20mm, RX5day) in Yangtze–Huai, China, in June–July 2016: The Role of ENSO and Anthropogenic Climate Change

Published:January 2018

Author(s):Qiaohong Sun, Chiyuan Miao

Publisher:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Both the 2015/16 strong El Niño and anthropogenic factors contributed to the June–July 2016 extreme precipitation (R20mm, RX5day) in Yangtze–Huai, China. Combined, they increased the risk of the event tenfold.Read More →

Attributable Human-Induced Changes in the Likelihood and Magnitude of the Observed Extreme Precipitation During Hurricane Harvey

Published:December 2017

Author(s):Mark Risser, Michael Wehner

Publisher:Geophysical Research Letters

This report analyzes observed precipitation to find that human-induced climate change likely increased the chances of the observed precipitation accumulations during Hurricane Harvey in the most affected areas of Houston. Read More →

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