Anthropogenic Forcing Dominates Changes in Compound Long-Duration Dry and Heat Extremes in China
This study finds anthropogenic forcing to be a driving factor in compound dry and heat extremes in China.Read More →
Understanding and Attribution of Extreme Heat and Drought Events in 2022: Current Situation and Future Challenges
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 →
Causes of 2022 Pakistan flooding and its linkage with China and Europe heatwaves
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 →
Coastal surface soil carbon stocks have distinctly increased under extensive ecological restoration in northern China
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
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
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 →
Future extreme high-temperature risk in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration of China based on a regional climate model coupled with urban parameterization scheme
This peer-reviewed study combines climate models, population models, and models of building energy and location to predict the effect of future intense heat events on populations of the Chinese cities of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei.Read More →
When Will the Unprecedented 2022 Summer Heat Waves in Yangtze River Basin Become Normal in a Warming Climate?
This peer-reviewed study examines the record-breaking 2022 heat wave in the Yangtze River basin, and concludes that without mitigation efforts (SSP585), the record-breaking heat would emerge as normal during 2050s.Read More →
Recent change in summer rainfall over the Tibetan Plateau: roles of anthropogenic forcing and internal variability
This peer-reviewed study uses climate modeling to show that changes to precipitation patterns on the Tibetan Plateau, which have caused both extreme precipitation events and drought, can be attributed to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases.Read More →
Modeling the effects of realistic land cover changes on land surface temperatures over China
This peer-reviewed study uses climate modeling to project the impact of intense land use and cover change (LUCC) on land surface temperatures in China.Read More →