Climate Attribution

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 →

Wetland emission and atmospheric sink changes explain methane growth in 2020

December 2022
Shushi Peng, Xin Lin, Rona L. Thompson, Yi Xi, Gang Liu, Didier Hauglustaine, Xin Lan, Benjamin Poulter, Michel Ramonet, Marielle Saunois, Yi Yin, Zhen Zhang, Bo Zheng & Philippe Ciais
Nature
In 2020, atmospheric methane growth reached record levels despite a likely decrease in anthropogenic methane emissions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study quantifies 2020 methane emissions sources.Read More →

Forest fire threatens global carbon sinks and population centres under rising atmospheric water demand

November 2022
Hamish Clarke, Rachael H. Nolan, Victor Resco De Dios, Ross Bradstock, Anne Griebel, Shiva Khanal & Matthias M. Boer
Nature Communications
This study finds that climate change is projected to lead to widespread increases in fire risk, with at least 30 additional days above critical thresholds for fire activity in forest biomes on every continent by 2100 under rising emissions scenarios.Read More →

Evidence of sweet corn yield losses from rising temperatures

October 2022
Daljeet S. Dhaliwal, Martin M. Williams II
Nature Scientific Reports
This peer-reviewed study analyzes 27 years of sweet corn data to quantify the impacts of temperature and precipitation variation and intensity on the yield of sweet corn, and predicts increasing yield losses from climate change without adaptation.Read More →

Economic impacts of melting of the Antarctic Ice Sheet

October 2022
Simon Dietz, Felix Koninx
Nature Communications
This peer-reviewed study couples models of arctic ice sheet melting due to rising temperatures, sea level rise (SLR), and economic impacts of SLR to estimate the economic impact of arctic melting.Read More →