Peer-reviewed Study Archives - Page 4 of 51

Global Warming Drives a Threefold Increase in Persistence and 1°C Rise in Intensity of Marine Heatwaves

Published:April 2025

Author(s):Marta Marcos, Angel Amores, Miguel Agulles, Xiangbo Feng

Publisher:PNAS

This study provides a quantitative assessment of global warming's impact on marine heatwaves and concludes that global warming has contributed to both the increased frequency and intensity of marine heatwaves.Read More →

Temperature Thresholds Induce Abrupt Shifts in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Montane Ecosystems Worldwide

Published:April 2025

Author(s):Xiao-Min Zeng, Miguel Berdugo, Tadeo Saez-Sandino, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo

Publisher:PNAS

This study finds that biodiversity and ecosystem services have abrupt responses to local temperature variation, which highlights the sensitivity of montane ecosystems to climate change.Read More →

Estimating the Sea Level Rise Responsibility of Industrial Carbon Producers

Published:March 2025

Author(s):Shaina Sadai et al.

Publisher:Environmental Research Letters

This study attributes up to 58% of surface air temperature rise and up to 37% of observed global mean sea level rise to the 122 largest fossil fuel and cement producers.Read More →

Attributing Global Impacts of Local Extremes to Climate Change for Improving Loss and Damage Estimates

Published:March 2025

Author(s):Camille J Mora et al.

Publisher:Environmental Research Letters

This study addresses methodologies in attribution science to estimate loss and damages attributed to a climate change-driven extreme event.Read More →

Psychological Impacts of Climate Change on US Youth

Published:February 2025

Author(s):Ans Vercammen, Britt Wray, Yoshika S. Crider, Emma L. Lawrance

Publisher:PNAS

This study looks at psychological responses to climate change impacts in youths and finds that climate-related impacts are linked to increased anxiety and other psychological impacts.Read More →

Attributing Heatwave-Related Mortality to Climate Change: A Case Study of the 2009 Victorian Heatwave in Australia

Published:January 2025

Author(s):Sarah E. Perkins-Kirkpatrick et al.

Publisher:Environmental Research: Climate

This study assesses the attribution of mortalities from an Australian heatwave to climate change. It focuses specifically on the 2009 heatwave in Victoria. Read More →

Human-Caused Ocean Warming Has Intensified Recent Hurricanes

Published:November 2024

Author(s):Daniel M Gilford, Joseph Giguere and Andrew J Pershing

Publisher:Environmental Research: Climate

This study offers an attribution framework to establish the causal connection between human-driven ocean warming and hurricane intensity.Read More →

Attributing Human Mortality from Fire PM2.5 to Climate Change

Published:October 2024

Author(s):Chae Yeon Park, Kiyoshi Takahashi, Shinichiro Fujimori, Thanapat Jansakoo, Chantelle Burton, Huilin Huang, Sian Kou-Giesbrecht, Christopher P. O. Reyer, Matthias Mengel, Eleanor Burke, Fang Li, Stijn Hantson, Junya Takakura, Dong Kun Lee, Tomoko Hasegawa

Publisher:Nature Climate Change

In this peer-reviewed study, the authors assess the impact of climate change on global mortalities that can be attributed to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) generated from wildfires. Read More →

Trends of Heat-Related Deaths in the US, 1999-2023

Published:August 2024

Author(s):Jeffrey T. Howard, Nicole Androne, Karl C. Alcover

Publisher:JAMA

This peer-reviewed study investigated the trends in heat-related mortality in the US from 1999-2023, and found mortality rates increased in that time period.Read More →

The Footprint of Human-induced Climate Change on Heat-Related Deaths in the Summer of 2022 in Switzerland

Published:July 2024

Author(s):Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera, Evan de Schrijver, Dominik L. Schumacher, Martina S. Ragettli, Erich M. Fischer, Sonia I. Seneviratne

Publisher:Environmental Research Letters

In this peer-reviewed study, the authors quantify the heat-related mortality burden attributed to human-induced climate change in Switzerland during the summer of 2022.Read More →