Inconsistent response patterns of snow cover duration and snow depth over the Tibetan Plateau to global warming
June 2025
Snow cover possesses high albedo and thermal insulation properties, greatly influencing climate change and responding rapidly to climatic variation, particularly on the Tibetan Plateau. The region's...
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Variations of soil thermal conductivity in the Three-River Source Region, Qinghai‒Xizang Plateau
June 2025
The ongoing permafrost degradation in the Three-River Source Region (TRSR) poses serious threats to ecosystems, water resources, and infrastructure projects. As the China Water Tower and a vital barrier...
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An integrated modelling framework for evaluating the synergistic impacts of low-carbon transitions and air pollution controls on air quality and health in Guangzhou, China
June 2025
Climate policies that target carbon emissions can induce co-benefits for air quality. Previous urban studies have typically focused on either carbon reduction or air pollution control independently,...
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Interplay between snow phenology and vegetation phenology in Alaska under climate change
June 2025
Snow cover is one of the most important factors controlling Arctic ecosystems' microclimate and plant growth conditions in Arctic ecosystems. Climate change has impacted the timing and spatial variability...
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Radiative effects of black carbon in the Arctic due to recent extreme summer fires
June 2025
Black carbon (BC) affects the Arctic climate via aerosol‒radiation‒cloud interaction and snow/ice albedo feedback. Fires have become a substantial source of the Arctic BC in recent years, while the...
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Effects of human activities and low-frequency climate variability on East Asian temperature changes at century scale
June 2025
East Asia is one of the most densely populated regions in the world. Understanding the human causes of temperature changes, especially at the century scale, is important for climate change adaptation...
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Weakening trends of glacier and snowmelt-induced floods in the Upper Yarkant River Basin, Karakoram during 1961–2022
June 2025
Glacier and snowmelt-induced floods (GSFs) in glacierized regions are highly sensitive to climate change, yet their dynamics in areas such as the Upper Yarkant River Basin (UYRB) remain inadequately...
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Effects of solar radiation modification on precipitation extremes in Southeast Asia: Insights from the GeoMIP G6 experiments
June 2025
Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) has been proposed to reduce global temperatures by reflecting more solar radiation into space, but its effects on precipitation extremes across Southeast Asia remain...
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Global prevalence of compound heatwaves from 1980 to 2022
June 2025
Global warming has led to increasing occurrence of hot extremes, yet our understanding of the compound heatwaves (CHW) of both day and night—the most threatening and harmful type—remains limited. Here...
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Geographic trends in asthma risk among children and adolescents across climate zones in Australia, 2004–2018
June 2025
Despite the known regional variations in childhood and adolescent asthma prevalence across Australia, the complex interactions between geographic location, climate diversity, and asthma risk patterns...
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Permafrost‒vegetation controls on water availability over the Qinghai‒Tibet Plateau
June 2025
Permafrost degradation substantially affects water resources within the cryosphere. It is crucial to elucidate the dynamics of water availability influenced by both permafrost degradation and climate...
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Climate change would largely offset labor capacity increment fueled by China’s two-child policy
June 2025
China’s implemented two-child policy (TCP) was aimed at countering the economic challenges posed by an aging population. However, the impact of climate change on the goal of this policy remains uncertain....
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Life cycle CO2 emissions of various transformers under different scenarios with multiple functional units
June 2025
Despite extensive research on transformer life cycle carbon emissions, the selection of an appropriate functional unit remains challenging. Many commonly used functional units inadequately reflect transformer...
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Declining autumn zero-curtain duration in the Headwater Area of the Yellow River (2011–2024)
June 2025
The zero-curtain period (ZCP), occuring during seasonal freeze‒thaw cycles, plays a crucial role in energy and water exchanges, biogeochemical and hydrological cycles, and ecosystem dynamics. However,...
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Quantification of selected SDGs in the context of China's climate mitigation pathway
June 2025
China has set targets for achieving peak carbon emissions and carbon neutrality, supporting the global climate change mitigation targets. Meanwhile, after the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were...
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Recent warming trends in Antarctica revealed by multiple reanalysis
June 2025
The lack of long-term in-situ observations hampers our ability to fully understand climate change in Antarctica. State-of-the-art reanalysis datasets fill a critical gap, and this study utilizes the...
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Projection of sea ice conditions in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago based on CMIP6 assessments
June 2025
The Canadian Arctic Archipelago (CAA) includes the critical region of the Northwest Passage (NWP) and is one of the areas with the most severe sea ice conditions in the Arctic. Currently, studies on...
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Mass Balance reconstruction of a reference glacier in Central Asia during 2000−2023: Integrating simulation and in-situ measurements
Available online 27 June 2025
The scarcity of observational data on the mass balance of glaciershas hindered an accurate understanding of how glaciers respond to climate. The Muz Taw Glacier, the only glacier in the Sawir Mountains...
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Risk assessment and adaptation technologies for island biodiversity conservation in China under climate change
Available online 24 June 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...
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Economic impacts of sea level rise on China’s coastal provinces under different adaptation strategies
Available online 19 June 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...
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Rapid attribution prototype for extreme high temperature events in China
Available online 16 June 2025
Understanding the causes of extreme events and projecting their future changes are essential for society's adaptation to climate change. Although several entities have proposed different prototypes...
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State of polar climate (2024)
Available online 11 June 2025
The year 2024 has become the warmest year on record globally. As key indicators of global warming, the Antarctic and Arctic have shown heightened sensitivity and experienced more frequent climate anomalies....
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Disease characteristics and mechanism in embankment with TPCTs of the Qinghai‒Tibet Highway in permafrost regions
Available online 10 June 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...
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Simulated terrestrial climate and carbon cycle response to cloud albedo enhancement over ocean and land
Available online 10 June 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....
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Buried depth of retained meltwater in polar ice sheets detected by multi-source microwave remote sensing observations
Available online 3 June 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...
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