Global Archives - Page 2 of 26 - Climate Attribution

Granger causal inference for climate change attribution

Published:May 2025

Author(s):Mark D Risser, Mohammed Ombadi and Michael F Wehner

Publisher:Environmental Research: Climate

This peer-reviewed study evaluates the usefulness of different attribution analysis techniques, finding that Granger causation can be particularly helpful in certain circumstances, including rapid attribution analysis.Read More →

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

Published:May 2025

Author(s):Gregory Munday et al.

Publisher: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

Published:May 2025

Author(s):Luwei Feng et al.

Publisher:Nature Communications

This study analyzes soil quality and soil degradation in areas with higher vulnerability to climate extremes.Read More →

High-Income Groups Disproportionately Contribute to Climate Extremes Worldwide

Published:May 2025

Author(s):Sarah Schöngart, Zebedee Nicholls, Roman Hoffmann, Setu Pelz, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner

Publisher:Nature Climate Change

This study finds that two-thirds of global warming is attributable to the GHG emissions of the wealthiest 10% of people. Read More →

Carbon majors and the scientific case for climate liability

Published:April 2025

Author(s):Christopher W. Callahan, Justin S. Mankin

Publisher:Nature

This peer-reviewed article outlines a transparent, reproducible and flexible framework to formalize how end-to-end attribution could inform litigation by assessing whose emissions are responsible for which harms.Read More →

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

Published:April 2025

Author(s):Xiao-Min Zeng, Miguel Berdugo, Tadeo Saez-Sandino, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo

Publisher: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 →

People Exposed to Climate Change: December 2024-February 2025

Published:March 2025

Author(s):Raina DeFonza et al.

Publisher:Climate Central

This report analyzes the influence of climate change on global temperatures between December 2024-February 2025 using Climate Central's Climate Shift Index (CSI)Read More →

Estimating the Sea Level Rise Responsibility of Industrial Carbon Producers

Published:March 2025

Author(s):Shaina Sadai et al.

Publisher:Environmental Research Letters

This study attributes up to 58% of surface air temperature rise and up to 37% of observed global mean sea level rise to the 122 largest fossil fuel and cement producers.Read More →

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

Published:March 2025

Author(s):Camille J Mora et al.

Publisher: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 →

Attributing Human Mortality from Fire PM2.5 to Climate Change

Published:October 2024

Author(s):Chae Yeon Park, Kiyoshi Takahashi, Shinichiro Fujimori, Thanapat Jansakoo, Chantelle Burton, Huilin Huang, Sian Kou-Giesbrecht, Christopher P. O. Reyer, Matthias Mengel, Eleanor Burke, Fang Li, Stijn Hantson, Junya Takakura, Dong Kun Lee, Tomoko Hasegawa

Publisher:Nature Climate Change

In this peer-reviewed study, the authors assess the impact of climate change on global mortalities that can be attributed to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) generated from wildfires. Read More →