Asia Archives - Page 2 of 3 - Climate Attribution

Climate change likely increased extreme monsoon rainfall, flooding highly vulnerable communities in Pakistan

Published:September 2022

Author(s):Friederike E. L. Otto, Mariam Zachariah, Fahad Saeed, Ayesha Siddiqi, Kamil Shahzad, Haris Mushtaq, Arulalan T, Krishna AchutaRao, Chaithra S, Clair Barnes, Sjoukje Philip, Sarah Kew, Robert Vautard, Gerbrand Koren, Izidine Pinto, Piotr Wolski, Maja Vahlberg, Roop Singh, Julie Arrighi, Maarten van Aalst, Lisa Thalheimer, Emmanuel Raju, Sihan Li, Wenchang Yang, Luke J. Harrington, Ben Clarke

Publisher:Worldwide Weather Attribution

Between June and August of 2022, rains flooding in Pakistan affected over 33 million people, destroyed 1.7 million homes, and killed nearly 1500 people. This event attribution study analyzes the impact of climate change on this extreme rainfall.Read More →

Impact of Climate Change on Productivity of Food Crops: A Sub-National Level Assessment for India

Published:September 2022

Author(s):C A Rama Rao, B M K Raju, Samuel Josily, A V M S Rao, R Nagarjuna Kumar, M Srinivasa Rao, N Swapna, G Samba Siva, Y L Meghana, M Prabhakar, V K Singh

Publisher:Environmental Research Communications

Impact assessment of climate change on food crops in India. Study projects that crop yields will decrease across most of India over the 21st century due to climate change.Read More →

The role of human-induced climate change in heavy rainfall events such as the one associated with Typhoon Hagibis

Published:May 2022

Author(s):Sihan Li & Friederike E. L. Otto

Publisher:Climatic Change

This study estimates that roughly $4 billion of the damages due to the extreme heavy rainfall associated with Typhoon Hagibis are due to human-induced climate change.Read More →

Human influence increases the likelihood of extremely early cherry tree flowering in Kyoto

Published:May 2022

Author(s):Nikolaos Christidis, Yasuyuki Aono, and Peter A Stott

Publisher:Environmental Research Letters

This study assesses the impact of climate change on cherry blossom flowering. Read More →

The heatwave in North India and Pakistan in April-May 2022

Published:May 2022

Author(s):Nikolaos Christidis

Publisher:Met Office

This study finds that the chances of a record-breaking heatwave in north-west India and Pakistan has been made over 100 times more likely because of climate change.Read More →

Mt. Everest’s highest glacier is a sentinel for accelerating ice loss

Published:February 2022

Author(s):Mariusz Potocki, Paul Andrew Mayewski, Tom Matthews, L. Baker Perry, Margit Schwikowski, Alexander M. Tait, Elena Korotkikh, Heather Clifford, Shichang Kang, Tenzing Chogyal Sherpa, Praveen Kumar Singh, Inka Koch, & Sean Birkel

Publisher:NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science

This study shows the significant and increasing role that melting and sublimation have on the mass loss of Mt. Everest’s highest glacier.Read More →

Postnatal exposure to ambient temperature and rapid weight gain among infants delivered at term gestations: a population-based cohort study

Published:December 2021

Author(s):Carlos Francisco Dionicio López, Neora Alterman, Ronit Calderon-Margalit, Michael Hauzer, Itai Kloog, Raanan Raz

Publisher:Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

This study examines whether exposure to high ambient temperatures during infancy is associated with rapid infant weight gain in Israel.Read More →

Accelerated mass loss of Himalayan glaciers since the Little Ice Age

Published:December 2021

Author(s):Ethan Lee, Jonathan L. Carrivick, Duncan J. Quincey, Simon J. Cook, William H. M. James & Lee E. Brown

Publisher:Scientific Reports

This study shows a ten-fold acceleration in Himalayan glacier ice loss.Read More →

Linking Arctic variability and change with extreme winter weather in the United States

Published:September 2021

Author(s):Judah Cohen, Laurie Agel, Mathew Barlow, Chaim I. Garfinkel, and Ian White

Publisher:Science

This study links Artic warming with periods of extreme cold across parts of Asia and North America.Read More →

Air Quality Life Index Annual Update

Published:September 2021

Author(s):Ken Lee and Michael Greenstone

Publisher:Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago

Assessing the health impacts of air pollution, with a section on how climate change is exacerbating air pollution.Read More →