Resources Archive - Climate Attribution

State of the Climate: National Climate Report 2021

Published:January 2022

Author(s):NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Publisher:NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

This online resource compiles national climate data for the year 2021. Read More →

The effect of rainfall changes on economic production

Published:January 2022

Author(s):Maximilian Kotz, Anders Levermann, & Leonie Wenz

Publisher:Nature

This study assesses the distribution of rainfall at multiple timescales and the effects on different sectors in order to uncover channels through which climatic conditions can affect the economy.Read More →

Another Record: Ocean Warming Continues through 2021 despite La Niña Conditions

Published:January 2022

Author(s):Lijing Cheng, John Abraham, Kevin E. Trenberth, John Fasullo, Tim Boyer, Michael E. Mann, Jiang Zhu, Fan Wang, Ricardo Locarnini, Yuanlong Li, Bin Zhang, Zhetao Tan, Fujiang Yu, Liying Wan, Xingrong Chen, Xiangzhou Song, Yulong Liu, Franco Reseghetti, Simona Simoncelli, Viktor Gouretski, Gengxin Chen, Alexey Mishonov & Jim Reagan

Publisher:Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

This study finds that the world ocean, in 2021, was the hottest ever recorded by humans.Read More →

Another Record: Ocean Warming Continues through 2021 despite La Niña Conditions

Published:January 2022

Publisher:Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

This study analyses recent ocean heat content changes through 2021. Read More →

Preliminary US Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimates for 2021

Published:January 2022

Author(s):Alfredo Rivera, Kate Larsen, Hannah Pitt, and Shweta Movalia

Publisher:Rhodium Group

This study estimates that United States' economy-wide GHG emissions increased 6.2% relative to 2020, though emissions remained 5% below 2019 levels.Read More →

Marine Heatwaves in the Chesapeake Bay

Published:January 2022

Author(s):Piero L. F. Mazzini & Cassia Pianca

Publisher:Frontiers in Marine Science

This study finds that long-term warming of the Chesapeake Bay has led to significant trends in the frequency and intensity of marine heat waves in the region. Read More →

Poleward expansion of tropical cyclone latitudes in warming climates

Published:December 2021

Author(s):Joshua Studholme, Alexey V. Fedorov, Sergey K. Gulev, Kerry Emanuel, & Kevin Hodges

Publisher:Nature Geoscience

This study concludes that twenty-first century tropical cyclones will most probably occupy a broader range of latitudes than those of the past 3 million years.Read More →

Accelerated mass loss of Himalayan glaciers since the Little Ice Age

Published:December 2021

Author(s):Ethan Lee, Jonathan L. Carrivick, Duncan J. Quincey, Simon J. Cook, William H. M. James & Lee E. Brown

Publisher:Scientific Reports

This study shows a ten-fold acceleration in Himalayan glacier ice loss.Read More →

Increased labor losses and decreased adaptation potential in a warmer world

Published:December 2021

Author(s):Luke A. Parsons, Drew Shindell, Michelle Tigchelaar, Yuqiang Zhang, & June T. Spector

Publisher:Nature Communications

This study examines the effect of global warming on labor and potential adaptations.Read More →

Thermokarst acceleration in Arctic tundra driven by climate change and fire disturbance

Published:December 2021

Author(s):Yaping Chen, Mark J. Lara, Benjamin M. Jones, Gerald V. Frost, Feng Sheng Hu

Publisher:One Earth

This study identifies climate change as the principal driver of all thermokarst formed during 1950–2015 and predicts that climate change and wildfire will synergistically accelerate thermokarst as the Arctic transitions in this century.Read More →

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