Southeast China Archives - Climate Attribution

When Will the Unprecedented 2022 Summer Heat Waves in Yangtze River Basin Become Normal in a Warming Climate?

Published:February 2023

Author(s):Feng Ma, Xing Yuan

Publisher:Geophysical Research Letters

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 →

Attribution of Extreme Rainfall in Southeast China During May 2015

Published:December 2016

Author(s):Claire Burke, Peter Stott, Ying Sun, Andrew Ciavarella

Publisher:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Anthropogenic climate change increased the probability that a short-duration, intense rainfall event would occur in parts of southeast China. This type of event occurred in May 2015, causing serious flooding. Read More →