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Advancing Extreme Event Impact Attribution: Attributing Multi-hazard Impacts of Hurricane Ida in South Louisiana to Past, Present, and Future Climates

May 2026
Kevin T Smiley, Ovel Díaz-García, James M Done, Scott A Hemmerling, KayLynn Larrison, Rubayet Bin Mostafiz, Md Adilur Rahim, Alexandra N Ramos-Valle, Jonathan Teye Yevuyibor
Environmental Research: Climate
This peer-reviewed article uses a multi-hazard, temporally dynamic framework to link Hurricane Ida’s wind, storm surge, and flood impacts in Louisiana to climate change.Read More →

Quantitative Attribution of Climate Change Effects on the 2023 North China Heatwave

May 2026
Shi-Quan Wan, Zhi-Kuan Wang, Xue-Hua An, Qian-Rong Ma, Si-Yan Dong, Wei Dai, Ning Shi, Ying Mao, Wei-Ru Sha
Advances in Climate Change Research
This peer-reviewed article uses Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) to quantify how climate change amplified the 2023 North China heatwave via thermodynamic processes, contributing 2.1 ºC to heatwave intensity and a 91.2 mm precipitation deficit.Read More →

Extreme Precipitation, Exacerbated by Anthropogenic Climate Change, Drove Peru’s Record-breaking 2023 Dengue Outbreak

April 2026
Mallory J. Harris, Jared T. Trok, Kevin S. Martel, Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova, Noah S. Diffenbaugh, César V. Munayco, Andrés G. Lescano, Erin A. Mordecai
One Earth
This peer-reviewed article analyzes Peru’s 2023 dengue epidemic and explains that extreme precipitation exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change drove the outbreak, demonstrating how climate shifts directly impact human health.Read More →

Concurrent Climate Extremes and Biological Carryover Effects Dominate Severe Seasonal Reductions in Northern Vegetation Growth

April 2026
Yiting Luo, Hui Yang, Hao Xu, Chris Huntingford, Rene Orth, Xiangyi Li, Josep Peñuelas
One Earth
This peer-reviewed article analyzes extreme negative vegetation growth anomalies, explaining that 60% of these severe seasonal reductions were driven by concurrent climate extremes, which make predictions of ecosystem impacts from climate change moreRead More →

Emerging low-cloud feedback and adjustment in global satellite observations

March 2026
Paulo Ceppi, Sarah Wilson Kemsley, Hendrik Andersen, Timothy Andrews, Ryan J. Kramer, Peer Nowack, Casey J. Wall, and Mark D. Zelinka
EGU: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
This peer-reviewed study investigates the human-caused decline in global cloudiness, and its subsequent contribution to the Earth's energy imbalance and climate change.Read More →

Storyline-Based Climate Attribution Reveals Strong Intensification of 2018–2022 Multi-Year Droughts in Europe

March 2026
Ray Kettaren, Antonio Sánchez-Benítez, Helge Goessling, Marylou Athanase, Rohini Kumar, Luis Samaniego, Oldrich Rakovec
Earth's Future
This peer-reviewed study evaluated the 2018-2022 European drought by applying a storyline attribution framework, finding that higher warming levels intensify the severity and geographic scope of droughts.Read More →