Peer-reviewed Study Archives - Page 15 of 51

New LiDAR-Based Elevation Model Shows Greatest Increase in Global Coastal Exposure to Flooding to Be Caused by Early-Stage Sea-Level Rise

Published:January 2023

Author(s):Ronald Vernimmen, Aljosja Hooijer

Publisher:Earth's Future

In this peer-reviewed study, the authors use newer and more accurate satellite LiDAR elevation data to assess impacts of sea level rise. The study finds that in many regions flood exposure will increase much more rapidly than current models assume.Read More →

Future temperature extremes threaten land vertebrates

Published:January 2023

Author(s):Gopal Murali, Takuya Iwamura, Shai Meiri, Uri Roll

Publisher:Nature

This peer-reviewed study provides a global assessment of land vertebrates’ exposures to future extreme thermal events.Read More →

Recent change in summer rainfall over the Tibetan Plateau: roles of anthropogenic forcing and internal variability

Published:January 2023

Author(s):Zhaoming Ding, Panmao Zhai, and Renguang Wu

Publisher:Climate Dynamics

This peer-reviewed study uses climate modeling to show that changes to precipitation patterns on the Tibetan Plateau, which have caused both extreme precipitation events and drought, can be attributed to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases.Read More →

Climate-driven changes of global marine mercury cycles in 2100

Published:January 2023

Author(s):Yujuan Wang, Peipei Wu, Yanxu Zhang

Publisher:Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences

This peer reviewed study uses a global ocean model to project potentially harmful climate-driven changes to the global marine mercury cycle in 2100.Read More →

Separation and Attribution of Impacts of Changes in Land Use and Climate on Hydrological Processes

Published:January 2023

Author(s):Francis Polong, Khidir Deng, Quoc Bao Pham, Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh, S. I. Abba, Ali Najah Ahmed, Duong Tran Anh, Khaled Mohamed Khedher, Ahmed El‑Shafie

Publisher:Theoretical and Applied Climatology

This study highlights the significant effects of climate changes over land use changes on hydrological parameters within the Tana River Basin in Kenya, utilizing various data sources including satellite images and climatological datasets.Read More →

Modeling the effects of realistic land cover changes on land surface temperatures over China

Published:December 2022

Author(s):Xing Li, Haishan Chen, Wenjian Hua, Hedi Ma, Xiao Li, Shanlei Sun, Yiwen Lu, Xueqi Pang, Xuanwen Zhang, and Qian Zhang

Publisher:Climate Dynamics

This peer-reviewed study uses climate modeling to project the impact of intense land use and cover change (LUCC) on land surface temperatures in China.Read More →

Wetland emission and atmospheric sink changes explain methane growth in 2020

Published:December 2022

Author(s):Shushi Peng, Xin Lin, Rona L. Thompson, Yi Xi, Gang Liu, Didier Hauglustaine, Xin Lan, Benjamin Poulter, Michel Ramonet, Marielle Saunois, Yi Yin, Zhen Zhang, Bo Zheng & Philippe Ciais

Publisher:Nature

In 2020, atmospheric methane growth reached record levels despite a likely decrease in anthropogenic methane emissions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study quantifies 2020 methane emissions sources.Read More →

Impact of climatic and vegetation dynamic change on runoff over the Three Rivers Source Region based on the Community Land Model

Published:December 2022

Author(s):Mingshan Deng, Xianhong Meng, Yaqiong Lu, Lele Shu, Zhaoguo Li, Lin Zhao, Hao Chen, Lunyu Shang, Danrui Sheng, and Xinmao Ao.

Publisher:Climate Dynamics

This peer-reviewed study uses climate modeling to investigate the impact of anthropogenic warming and related vegetation changes on the runoff in the Three Rivers Source Region that drives three economically important rivers in China.Read More →

Rapid attribution analysis of the extraordinary heat wave on the Pacific coast of the US and Canada in June 2021

Published:December 2022

Author(s):Sjoukje Y. Philip, Sarah F. Kew, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Faron S. Anslow, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Robert Vautard, Dim Coumou, Kristie L. Ebi, Julie Arrighi, Roop Singh, Maarten van Aalst, Carolina Pereira Marghidan, Michael Wehner, Wenchang Yang, Sihan Li, Dominik L. Schumacher, Mathias Hauser, Rémy Bonnet, Linh N. Luu, Flavio Lehner, Nathan Gillett, Jordis S. Tradowsky, Gabriel A. Vecchi, Chris Rodell, Roland B. Stull, Rosie Howard, and Friederike E. L. Otto

Publisher:Earth System Dynamics

Towards the end of June 2021, temperature records were broken by several degrees Celsius in several cities in the Pacific Northwest areas of the US and Canada, leading to spikes in sudden deaths and sharp increases in emergency calls and hospital visRead More →

South Asian black carbon is threatening the water sustainability of the Asian Water Tower

Published:November 2022

Author(s):Junhua Yang, Shichang Kang, Deliang Chen, Lin Zhao, Zhenming Ji, Keqin Duan, Haijun Deng, Lekhendra Tripathee, Wentao Du, Mukesh Rai, Fangping Yan, Yuan Li, Robert R. Gillies

Publisher:Nature Communications

This peer-reviewed study examines the effect of South Asian black carbon emissions on glacial melt in the Tibetan plateau, and indirect effects of this melt on the supply of water in densely-populated regions of South Asia.Read More →