Climate Attribution

The most at-risk regions in the world for high-impact heatwaves

April 2023
Vikki Thompson, Dann Mitchell, Gabriele C. Hegerl, Matthew Collins, Nicholas J. Leach, Julia M. Slingo
Nature Communications
This peer-reviewed study uses extreme value statistics to show where regional temperature records are statistically likely to be exceeded, and identifies communities that may be more at-risk of high-impact heatwaves.Read More →

A global transition to flash droughts under climate change

April 2023
Xing Yuan, Yumiao Wang, Peng Ji, Peili Wu, Justin Sheffield, Jason A. Otkin
Science Advances
This peer-reviewed study shows that drought intensification rates have sped up over the past 64 years, and that this pattern of "flash droughts" is projected to expand to most land areas, with larger increases under higher-emission scenarios.Read More →

Synthesis Report of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report

March 2023
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
This Synthesis Report summarizes the state of knowledge of climate change, its widespread impacts and risks, and climate change mitigation and adaptation, based on the peer-reviewed scientific, technical and socio-economic literature since 2014.Read More →

National contributions to climate change due to historical emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide since 1850

March 2023
Matthew W. Jones, Glen P. Peters, Thomas Gasser, Robbie M. Andrew, Clemens Schwingshackl, Johannes Gütschow, Richard A. Houghton, Pierre Friedlingstein, Julia Pongratz, Corinne Le Quéré
Scientific Data (Nature)
This study introduces a dataset detailing the national contributions to global warming caused by CO2, CH4, and N2O emissions from 1851 to 2021. It emphasizes the importance of national accountability offers insights into cumulative impacts. Read More →

Climate change as a global amplifier of human–wildlife conflict

February 2023
Briana Abrahms, Neil H. Carter, T. J. Clark-Wolf, Kaitlyn M. Gaynor, Erik Johansson, Alex McInturff, Anna C. Nisi, Kasim Rafiq, Leigh West
Nature Climate Change
This peer-reviewed study synthesizes global evidence of climate-driven conflicts between humans and wildlife, and introduces a framework to describe distinct environmental, ecological and sociopolitical pathways of climate wildlife conflict.Read More →

Glacial lake outburst floods threaten millions globally

February 2023
Caroline Taylor, Tom R. Robinson, Stuart Dunning, J. Rachel Carr, Matthew Westoby
Nature Communications
This peer-reviewed study examines the growing threat of glacial lake outburst floods, and show that 15 million people globally, particularly in high-mountain Asian and the Andes, are exposed to potential glacial lake outburst flooding.Read More →