Climate Attribution

Wildfire and degradation accelerate northern peatland carbon release

April 2023
S. Wilkinson, R. Andersen, P. Moore, S. Davidson, and J. Waddington
Nature Climate Change
This peer-reviewed study uses datasets from natural, degraded, and restored northern peatlands to show that increased wildfire incidence caused by human activity reduces the carbon sink provided by peatlands.Read More →

Increased U.S. Coastal Hurricane Risk under Climate Change

April 2023
Karthik Balaguru, Wenwei Xu, Chuan-Chieh Chang, L. Ruby Leung, David R. Judi, Samson M. Hagos, Michael F. Wehner, James P. Kossin, Minfang Ting
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 →

Excess methane emissions from shallow water platforms elevate the carbon intensity of US Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production

April 2023
Alan M. Gorchov Negron, Eric A. Kort, Yuanlei Chen, Ángel F. Adames-Corraliza
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
This peer-reviewed study presents an approach to calculating the carbon intensity of oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico, finding that government inventories underestimate the amount of methane produced by these operations.Read More →

Large increases in methane emissions expected from North America’s largest wetland complex

March 2023
Sheel Bansal, Max Post Van Der Burg, Rachel R. Fern, John W. Jones, Rachel Lo, Owen P. McKenna, Brian A. Tangen, Zhen Zhang, Robert A. Gleason
Science Advances
This peer-reviewed study examines natural methane emissions from the Prairie Pothole Region, North America's largest wetland. These emissions are predicted to increase by 2- or 3-fold by 2100 under moderate or severe warming scenarios, respectively.Read More →

Recent and future declines of a historically widespread pollinator linked to climate, land cover, and pesticides

January 2023
William M. Janousek, Margaret R. Douglas, Syd Cannings, Marion A. Clément, Casey M. Delphia, Jeffery G. Everett, Richard G. Hatfield, Douglas A. Keinath, Jonathan B. Uhuad Koch, Lindsie M. McCabe, John M. Mola, Jane E. Ogilvie, Imtiaz Rangwala, Leif L. Richardson, Ashley T. Rohde, James P. Strange, Lusha M. Tronstad, and Tabitha A. Graves
Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences
This peer-reviewed study uses bayesian statistical methods to evaluate impacts of climate change on bumble bee populations. Bumble bees are projected to experience significant population decline over the next century due to climate-driven stressors. Read More →

Emissions of Carbon Dioxide in the Transportation Sector

December 2022
Congressional Budget Office
This report examines the trends and sources of CO2 emissions within the U.S. transportation sector, the largest emitter of CO2 in the country. It provides analyses on factors influencing these emissions and the policy and economic implications. Read More →