Synergistic effects of warming and heavy snowfall accumulation on the increased risk of large-scale snow avalanches in the western Tianshan Mountains
Available online 27 September 2025
Climate change has increased temperatures and altered snowpack properties, which in turn affect avalanche activity. The extent to which climate change affects avalanche activity and how avalanche activity...
More prolonged hot, dry, and compound dry‒hot events in China than expected based on observation-constrained projections
Available online 25 September 2025
Despite growing evidence of intensifying hot and dry extremes, future projections remain highly uncertain due to substantial inter-model discrepancies, particularly at regional scales. This study investigates...
Dynamics and drivers of China’s crop production carbon emissions in 2001‒2021: A micro‒macro data integration study
Available online 24 September 2025
China’s crop production evolution has significantly reshaped spatial and temporal patterns of agricultural carbon emissions. However, a comprehensive understanding of the underlying driving mechanism...
A classification‒regression‒correction (CRC) strategy for precipitation merging with gauge-independent spatial autocorrelation predictors
Available online 24 September 2025
Multi-source precipitation merging enhances spatiotemporal estimation accuracy, yet machine learning (ML)-based methods suffer from limitations in rain/no-rain identification and violate ML principles...
Response of water cycle over drylands to a warming future
Available online 24 September 2025
The synergistic relationship among various hydrological elements within the water cycle remains unclear because existing studies have mainly focused on the response of a single water cycle element to...
Contrasting trends of extreme rainfall and snowfall in the Northern Hemisphere
Available online 22 September 2025
Global warming has modified the distribution between solid and liquid precipitation, leading to changes in the intensity and frequency of extreme rainfall and snowfall. However, the distinct response...
Asymmetric response of Arctic sea ice and navigation to carbon emissions
Available online 22 September 2025
Arctic navigability has far-reaching socioeconomic consequences, but how the navigation will respond to negative carbon emissions proposed to mitigate global warming remains unclear. Based on the idealized...
Warming‒wetting and continentality co-modulate the effect of desertification on permafrost degradation on the Qinghai‒Xizang Plateau
Available online 15 September 2025
Permafrost degradation and desertification have been identified as two major land surface processes occurring on the Qinghai‒Xizang Plateau. However, the effect of desertification on permafrost degradation...
Interpretable soil moisture prediction based on the SABO-CONV1D-BiLSTM model on the Tibetan Plateau
Available online 2 September 2025
The limited regional adaptability of soil moisture prediction models constrains their application under complex climatic conditions. Enhancing modeling accuracy and predictive capability is crucial...
Bidirectional allocation method of provincial carbon emission allowances under China's 2030 carbon peak target: From equity and efficiency perspective
August 2025
To address the shortcomings of existing research on provincial carbon emission allowance (CEA) allocation regarding connecting the current situation with future trends, balancing provincial development...
The impact of climate change on wind and solar photovoltaic power potential and distribution in China
August 2025
The cleanliness and sustainability of renewable energy resources, primarily wind and solar, position them as key technological choices in the global transformation to low-carbon development. However,...
Climate change and threatened species conservation in China: Impacts and adaptation strategies
August 2025
Climate change-induced range shifts in species pose a profound challenge to biodiversity conservation. China has recently updated its list of key protected species, encompassing 980 wildlife species...
Revealing the dual impacts of climate change and grazing on vegetation in Mongolia: Permafrost buffering and the paradox of greening
August 2025
Mongolia's ecosystem is highly vulnerable to both climate change and overgrazing, which threaten its ecological stability and livestock husbandry. However, the lack of high-quality data has prevented...
Buried depth of retained meltwater in polar ice sheets detected by multi-source microwave remote sensing observations
August 2025
Recent discoveries of perennial retained meltwater, firn aquifers (FA), in the firn layer of Wilkins Ice Shelf (WIS) and Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) have significantly enhanced our understanding of surface...
Disease characteristics and mechanism in embankment with TPCTs of the Qinghai‒Tibet Highway in permafrost regions
August 2025
Two-phase closed thermosyphons (TPCTs) is widely used in the Qinghai‒Tibet Highway (QTH) due to the excellent cooling efficiency. However, affected by the complex environment, climate warming and the...
Simulated terrestrial climate and carbon cycle response to cloud albedo enhancement over ocean and land
August 2025
Marine cloud brightening (MCB) has been proposed as a backup method to mitigate some impacts of global warming. Cloud albedo can be increased over ocean or land either intentionally or unintentionally....
Economic impacts of sea level rise on China's coastal provinces under different adaptation strategies
August 2025
As a country with some of the world's largest and most economically dynamic coastal regions, China faces rising threats from sea level rise. However, the lack of high-resolution, quantitative assessments...
Risk assessment and adaptation technologies for island biodiversity conservation in China under climate change
August 2025
Islands are critically important but inherently fragile due to their isolation and limited size. Climate change poses escalating threats to island biodiversity, comprehensive and spatially explicit...
Quantifying indirect economic losses from extreme events to inform global and local adaptation strategies
August 2025
Existing studies on extreme event attribution are typically event-specific, particularly those conducted since the early 2000s. They primarily focus on direct economic losses to people and physical...
Climate impacts on the supply–demand balance of China’s wind–solar energy system based on power grid transmission during the summer peak-load period
August 2025
As China transitions towards a greener energy mix, especially using wind and solar energy, the reliability and stability of its renewable energy system, heavily reliant on grid transmission, face substantial...
Multispecies conservation corridors in China: For climate change adaptation
August 2025
The development of climate-adaptive migration corridors has emerged as a key strategy for biodiversity conservation. However, most existing studies focus on the migration patterns and adaptability of...
Climate change adaptation technology development of key socioeconomic sectors and ecosystem in China
August 2025
Adaptation technology plays a crucial role in achieving adaptation goals, but its development remains disorganised and unsystematic. To efficiently support the implementation of adaptation actions,...
What determines provincial carbon emission reduction performance in China? A study on co-movement effect based on QCA
August 2025
Provincial carbon emission reduction performance (CERP) evaluation is crucial for China's climate change mitigation efforts. However, existing research lacks an in-depth exploration of the conditions...
Global agricultural adaptation case database and trend analysis based on large language models
August 2025
The Paris Agreement mandates that countries report on their adaptation efforts to evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of these measures. Agriculture, a critical sector in climate change adaptation,...
