Accelerating flash droughts induced by the joint influence of soil moisture depletion and atmospheric aridity
This study assesses the rates and causes of flash floods.Read More →
Climate change increases cross-species viral transmission risk
This study assesses the impact of climate change on cross-species viral transmission risk.Read More →
Escalating carbon emissions from North American boreal forest wildfires and the climate mitigation potential of fire management
This study shows that wildfires in boreal North America could, by mid-century, contribute to a cumulative net source of nearly 12 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide.Read More →
Climate change will increase aflatoxin presence in US Corn
This study models aflatoxin risk as a function of corn plant growth stages and weather to predict US regions with high aflatoxin risk in 2031–2040, based on 16 climate change models.Read More →
Methane emissions from US low production oil and natural gas well sites
This study finds that low production oil and gas well sites are a disproportionately large source of US oil and gas well site methane emissions.Read More →
An Unprecedented Record Low Antarctic Sea-ice Extent during Austral Summer 2022
This study assesses the causes behind the record low 2022 Antarctic sea-ice extent.Read More →
Intense atmospheric rivers can weaken ice shelf stability at the Antarctic Peninsula
This study shows that the most intense atmospheric rivers induce extremes in temperature, surface melt, sea-ice disintegration, or large swells that destabilize the ice shelves with 40% probability.Read More →
Attribution of 2020 hurricane season extreme rainfall to human-induced climate change
This study quantifies the impact of human-induced climate change on the extreme 3-hourly storm rainfall rates and extreme 3-day accumulated rainfall amounts during the full 2020 hurricane season.Read More →
Climate change increased rainfall associated with tropical cyclones hitting highly vulnerable communities in Madagascar, Mozambique & Malawi
This study analyses how human-induced climate change affected the 3-day average annual maximum rainfall in the regions worst hit by Tropical Storm Ana and Tropical Cyclone Batsirai.Read More →
Climate change affects bird nesting phenology: Comparing contemporary field and historical museum nesting records
This study examines how migratory bird nesting phrenology relates to changes in atmospheric CO2 concentration. Read More →