Peer-reviewed Study Archives - Page 4 of 53

Adverse Birth Outcomes Associated with Heat Stress and Wildfire Smoke Exposure During Preconception and Pregnancy

Published:June 2025

Author(s):Roxana Khalili et al.

Publisher:Environmental Science and Technology

This study looks at the connection between preconception and prenatal heat stress and wildfire smoke exposure with adverse birth outcomes. Read More →

Biophysical Effects of Land Cover Changes in West Africa: A Systematic Review

Published:June 2025

Author(s):Abdel Nassirou Yahaya Seydou et al.

Publisher:Environmental Research Letters

This study finds that deforestation and other land use changes in West Africa contribute to regional warming.Read More →

Climate-Change-Induced Seismicity: The Recent Onset of Seasonal Microseismicity at the Grandes Jorasses, Mont Blanc Massif, France/Italy

Published:June 2025

Author(s):Verena Simon, Toni Kraft, Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Agnès Helmstetter, Tobias Diehl

Publisher:Earth and Planetary Science Letters

This study links climate change-induced increases in snow and glacier melt to increased annual earthquake activity in the alps.Read More →

Risk of Extreme Climate Impacts on European Norway Spruce Forest: Drought and Frost in the Climate Emergency

Published:June 2025

Author(s):Duncan Ray, Fai Fung, Jennifer Pirret, Fiona Plenderleith, Felix Trotter, Maurizio Marchi

Publisher:Climatic Change

This study examines the risk of tree stress caused by climatic extreme events, particularly hot droughts and late-spring frosts.Read More →

Growing human-induced climate change fingerprint in regional weekly fire extremes

Published:May 2025

Author(s):Sifang Feng, Jakob Zscheischler, Zengchao Hao & Emanuele Bevacqua

Publisher:Nature - NPJ Climate Action

This peer-reviewd study examines the causal links between human induced climate change and wildfires, finding that warming increased the probability of wildfires by ~5%/decade between 2002-2015. Read More →

Irreversible Glacier Change and Trough Water for Centuries after Overshooting 1.5°C

Published:May 2025

Author(s):Lilian Schuster et al.

Publisher:Nature Climate Change

This study examines the impact of exceeding 1.5°C of global warming on mountain glaciers, sea levels, and water availability.Read More →

Hurricane Ida’s Blackout-Heatwave Compound Risk in a Changing Climate

Published:May 2025

Author(s):Kairui Feng, Ning Lin, Avantika Gori, Dazhi Xi, Min Ouyang, and Michael Oppenheimer

Publisher:Nature Communications

This study examines the increased tropical cyclone-blackout-heatwave compound risk in Louisiana and finds that the return period of major events is expected to decrease by 17 times in this century. Read More →

Granger causal inference for climate change attribution

Published:May 2025

Author(s):Mark D Risser, Mohammed Ombadi and Michael F Wehner

Publisher:Environmental Research: Climate

This peer-reviewed study evaluates the usefulness of different attribution analysis techniques, finding that Granger causation can be particularly helpful in certain circumstances, including rapid attribution analysis.Read More →

Risks of Unavoidable Impacts on Forests at 1.5 °C with and without Overshoot

Published:May 2025

Author(s):Gregory Munday et al.

Publisher:Nature Climate Change

This study examines the risk of irreversible impacts to forests under different warming scenarios.Read More →

Globally Increased Cropland Soil Exposure to Climate Extremes in Recent Decades

Published:May 2025

Author(s):Luwei Feng et al.

Publisher:Nature Communications

This study analyzes soil quality and soil degradation in areas with higher vulnerability to climate extremes.Read More →