Southeast United States Archives - Climate Attribution

Increased U.S. Coastal Hurricane Risk under Climate Change

Published:April 2023

Author(s):Karthik Balaguru, Wenwei Xu, Chuan-Chieh Chang, L. Ruby Leung, David R. Judi, Samson M. Hagos, Michael F. Wehner, James P. Kossin, Minfang Ting

Publisher:Science Advances

This peer-reviewed study creates future projections of hurricane activity (1980–2100), downscaled from multiple climate models using a synthetic hurricane model, that show an enhanced hurricane frequency for the Gulf and lower East coast regions.Read More →

Increasing sequential tropical cyclone hazards along the US East and Gulf coasts

Published:February 2023

Author(s):Dazhi Xi, Ning Lin, Avantika Gori

Publisher:Nature Climate Change

In this peer-reviewed study, the authors investigate the change in sequential hurricane hazards. The study finds that the chance of sequential cyclone hazards has been increasing over the past several decades at many US locations.Read More →

Effect of climate on surgical site infections and anticipated increases in the United States

Published:November 2022

Author(s):Raymond J. Liou, Michelle J. Earley, Joseph D. Forrester

Publisher:Nature Scientific Reports

Climate-driven increases in precipitation and humidity increase the risk of surgical site infections. This study finds that the Southeast United States will suffer an estimated 3% increase in SSI by 2060 under high emissions assumptions.Read More →

Impact of recent climate change on corn, rice, and wheat in southeastern USA

Published:October 2022

Author(s):Ramandeep Kumar Sharma, Sunny Kumar, Kamal Vatta, Raju Bheemanahalli, Jagmandeep Dhillon, Krishna N. Reddy

Publisher:Nature Scientific Reports

This peer-reviewed study computes the effects of climactic variables, including daily maximum and minimum temperatures and rainfall, on the yield of corn, rice, and wheat in the southeastern U.S.Read More →