Peer-reviewed Study Archives - Climate Attribution

Climate Change Rather than Grazing Dominates the Declined Resilience of Chinese Grassland

Published:July 2026

Author(s):Huanhuan Liu, Yangjian Zhang, Zhoutao Zheng, Guang Zhao, Yu Zhang, Li Liu, Nan Cong, Xiaoqing Duan, Yihan Sun

Publisher:Global and Planetary Change

This peer-reviewed article demonstrated that shifting climate factors are the dominant cause of declined ecosystem resilience across Chinese grasslands, while grazing intensity is a secondary factor.Read More →

Detection and attribution of the role of anthropogenic climate change in industrial-era retreat of Pine Island Glacier

Published:June 2026

Author(s):Alexander T. Bradley, David T. Bett, C. Rosie Williams, Robert J. Arthern, Paul R. Holland, James Byrne, Tamsin L. Edwards, and Mira Adhikari

Publisher:European Geosciences Union - The Cryosphere

This peer-reviewed study attempts to quantify the role of anthropogenic climate change in the thinning of the Pine Island Glacier in the West Antarctic, finding that it contributed about 18% to the retreat of the glacier.Read More →

Oceanic Heat Sources Exacerbate Continental Heatwaves

Published:June 2026

Author(s):Gang Wang, Qiang Zhang, Louise J. Slater, R. Iestyn Woolway, Fubao Sun, Ilan Noy, Lixiao Zhang, Vijay P. Singh, Chong-Yu Xu, Jianfeng Li, Zhifeng Yang

Publisher:One Earth

This peer-reviewed article analyzes landfalling oceanic heatwaves, revealing their role in driving continental heatwaves, and quantifies the influence of anthropogenic climate change on these extreme marine events.Read More →

Shifting Flood Regimes in Arctic Basins under Climate Change

Published:June 2026

Author(s):Shanshan Hu, Zhiying Wang, Tingting Wang, Yifei Hua, Wenbin Liu

Publisher:Journal of Hydrology

This peer-reviewed article investigates shifting flood regimes across 13 major Arctic river basins, demonstrating how global warming intensifies the hydrological cycle to cause more frequent flooding and exacerbate regional ecosystem erosion.Read More →

Climate Change and Vertical Thermal Stratification of the Water Column in the Mediterranean Sea: Implications for Marine Aquaculture

Published:June 2026

Author(s):Marina Ortiz-Navarro, Pablo Sanchez-Jerez, Javier Atalah, J. David Ballester-Berman, Aitor Forcada, Kilian Toledo-Guedes

Publisher:Journal of Environmental Management

This peer-reviewed article analyzes marine thermal stratification across 12 Mediterranean aquaculture facilities, detailing how climate-driven ocean warming impacts marine ecosystems and threatens regional fish farming.Read More →

Grazing Intensity Increases Sharply but Climate Dominates Vegetation Dynamics across Mongolia

Published:June 2026

Author(s):Cong Nie, Xueliang Cai, Xianhong Xie, Dawei Peng, Yao Liu, Baolin Xue, Yibing Wang, Arken Tursun

Publisher:Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

This peer-reviewed article analyzes vegetation dynamics across Mongolia and explains that climate change impacts accounted for 90% of changing vegetation dynamics, whereas grazing accounted for only 10%.Read More →

An Attribution Study of the Impactful Extreme Heat across Asia in 2024

Published:May 2026

Author(s):Carolina Pereira Marghidan, Mariam Zachariah, Ben Clarke, Friederike E.L. Otto, Maja Vahlberg, Roop Singh, Sayanti Sengupta, Izidine Pinto, Julie Arrighi, Luis Rodriguez, Rana el Hajj, Dorothy Heinrich, Malcolm Mistry

Publisher:Weather and Climate Extremes

This peer-reviewed article quantifies how climate change drastically increased the intensity and probability of widespread extreme heat waves across various parts of Asia in 2024, using climate model simulations and observational datasets.Read More →

Historical Increase in Hourly Heavy Precipitation Across Japan and Its Attribution to Anthropogenic Climate Warming

Published:May 2026

Author(s):Tomonori Sato, Kosuke Nagahiro, Kazuya Wakao

Publisher:Royal Meteorological Society - Atmospheric Science Letters

This peer-reviewed article demonstrates how anthropogenic climate warming has increasingly altered thermodynamic atmospheric environments, increasing the likelihood of extreme hourly heavy precipitation events in Japan.Read More →

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

Published:May 2026

Author(s):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

Publisher: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 →

Attribution of UK Temperature Changes to Anthropogenic and Natural Factors

Published:May 2026

Author(s):Louis Amos, Georgie Logan, Peter A. Stott

Publisher:Atmospheric Science Letters

This peer-reviwed article examines the extent to which human activities have affected the UK's temperature and climate, detecting a significant contribution from anthropogenic causes and greenhouse gases, using fingerprinting techniques.Read More →