China Archives - Climate Attribution

Climate Change Rather than Grazing Dominates the Declined Resilience of Chinese Grassland

Published:July 2026

Author(s):Huanhuan Liu, Yangjian Zhang, Zhoutao Zheng, Guang Zhao, Yu Zhang, Li Liu, Nan Cong, Xiaoqing Duan, Yihan Sun

Publisher:Global and Planetary Change

This peer-reviewed article demonstrated that shifting climate factors are the dominant cause of declined ecosystem resilience across Chinese grasslands, while grazing intensity is a secondary factor.Read More →

Shifting Flood Regimes in Arctic Basins under Climate Change

Published:June 2026

Author(s):Shanshan Hu, Zhiying Wang, Tingting Wang, Yifei Hua, Wenbin Liu

Publisher:Journal of Hydrology

This peer-reviewed article investigates shifting flood regimes across 13 major Arctic river basins, demonstrating how global warming intensifies the hydrological cycle to cause more frequent flooding and exacerbate regional ecosystem erosion.Read More →

Quantitative Attribution of Climate Change Effects on the 2023 North China Heatwave

Published:May 2026

Author(s):Shi-Quan Wan, Zhi-Kuan Wang, Xue-Hua An, Qian-Rong Ma, Si-Yan Dong, Wei Dai, Ning Shi, Ying Mao, Wei-Ru Sha

Publisher:Advances in Climate Change Research

This peer-reviewed article uses Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) to quantify how climate change amplified the 2023 North China heatwave via thermodynamic processes, contributing 2.1 ºC to heatwave intensity and a 91.2 mm precipitation deficit.Read More →

Anthropogenic Climate Change Amplifies Autumn Heatwave Risks for Children during School Reopening

Published:March 2026

Author(s):Yangbo Ye, Cheng Qian, Aiguo Dai, Sihan Li, Tiantian Li, Xiuqing Cui, John S. Ji, Xiaoye Zhang

Publisher:Weather and Climate Extremes

This peer-reviewed article quantifies how climate change amplified the 2024 autumn heatwave in China, and focuses on the escalating health risks for children during the school reopenings in autumn.Read More →

Anthropogenic Forcing Dominates Changes in Compound Long-Duration Dry and Heat Extremes in China

Published:May 2025

Author(s):Fengchun Ye, Pinya Wang, Yang Yang, Lili Ren, Jianping Tang, Hong Liao

Publisher:Climatic Change

This study finds anthropogenic forcing to be a driving factor in compound dry and heat extremes in China.Read More →

Causes of 2022 Pakistan flooding and its linkage with China and Europe heatwaves

Published:October 2023

Author(s):Chi-Cherng Hong, An-Yi Huang, Huang-Hsiung Hsu, Wan-Ling Tseng, Mong-Ming Lu, Chih-Chun Chang

Publisher:NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science

This peer-reviewed study examines the 2022 Pakistan floods that displaced over 30 million people and heatwaves over central China and Europe during the same period, and finds a broader teleconnection pattern linking these phenomena.Read More →

Understanding and Attribution of Extreme Heat and Drought Events in 2022: Current Situation and Future Challenges

Published:October 2023

Author(s):Lixia Zhang, Xiaojing Yu, Tianjun Zhou, Wenxia Zhang, Shuai Hu, Robin Clark

Publisher:Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

This review article examines the role of climate change in notable events of the year in five major regions of the world: China’s Yangtze River region, western Europe, the western U.S., the Horn of Africa and central South America.Read More →

Coastal surface soil carbon stocks have distinctly increased under extensive ecological restoration in northern China

Published:October 2023

Author(s):Yuan Chi, Dahai Liu, Jianhua Gao, Jingkuan Sun, Zhiwei Zhang, Wenxiu Xing, Yubing Qu, Xuejian Ma, Bian Zha

Publisher:Nature Communications Earth & Environment

This peer-reviewed study maps the surface soil organic carbon stock in northern China's coastal areas, and finds that extensive ecological restoration increased the surface carbon stock and density by 39.19% between 2010 and 2020.Read More →

Projection of temperature-related mortality among the elderly under advanced aging and climate change scenario

Published:October 2023

Author(s):Yi Huang, Chen Li, De Li Liu, Jun Yang

Publisher:NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science

This peer-reviewed study examines the impact of climate change on temperature-related mortality in Nantong City, China across age groups, and models the non-linear impact of climate change on mortality under four emissions scenarios.Read More →

Extreme heat in North America, Europe, and China made much more likely by climate change

Published:July 2023

Publisher:World Weather Attribution

This review article synthesizes peer-reviewed research that combines observational data and climate modeling to assess how global climate change altered the probability and intensity of the July 2023 heatwaves in the Northern Hemisphere.Read More →