Contributions of natural systems and human activity to greenhouse gas emissions
December 2018
In this study, we conducted a literature review of relevant research and then statistically analyzed global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from natural systems, including forest fires, oceans, wetlands,...
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An overview of climate change impacts on the society in China
April 2021
Society could sustain the impact of climate change by adapting to the change and mitigating risks from adverse effects of increasing changes, so that it can continue maintaining its prospect and improving...
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The change of cloud top height over East Asia during 2000–2018
June 2020
In order to know how regional averaged cloud top height (CTH) responded to the past climatic change, the spatial and temporal variations of CTH based on MODIS data (MOD03_08_v6.0) from March 2000 to...
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U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement: Reasons, impacts, and China's response
December 2017
Applying qualitative and quantitative methods, this article explains the driving forces behind U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, assesses the impacts of this...
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The withdrawal of the U.S. from the Paris Agreement and its impact on global climate change governance
December 2017
The global community has prepared for the withdrawal of the U.S. from the Paris Agreement since Donald Trump was elected as the president of the U.S. However, Trump's formal declaration of withdrawal...
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Impacts of climate-induced permafrost degradation on vegetation: A review
February 2021
Under a warming climate, degrading permafrost profoundly and extensively affects arctic and alpine ecology. However, most existing relevant studies are more focused on the hydrothermal impacts of vegetation...
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Achieving Paris Agreement temperature goals requires carbon neutrality by middle century with far-reaching transitions in the whole society
April 2021
The concept of carbon neutrality is much emphasized in IPCC Spatial Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C in order to achieve the long-term temperature goals as reflected in Paris Agreement. To keep these...
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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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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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Understanding systemic risk induced by climate change
June 2021
The systemic risk induced by climate change represents one of the most prominent threats facing humanity and has attracted increasing attention since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the end...
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Disaster effects of climate change in High Mountain Asia: State of art and scientific challenges
June 2024
High Mountain Asia (HMA) shows a remarkable warming tendency and divergent trend of regional precipitation with enhanced meteorological extremes. The rapid thawing of the HMA cryosphere may alter the...
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Traditional ecological knowledge in High Mountain Asia: A pathway to climate resilience in agriculture amidst changing climates
February 2025
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) often represents centuries of empirical observation and adaptation to specific ecological conditions, which is relevant to meaningful nature-human relations. Yet,...
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Integrated impacts of climate change on glacier tourism
June 2019
Glacier tourism is an important type of nature-based tourism with great global potential. However, glacial landscapes and environments are seriously affected by global warming. This study used a scoping...
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Glacier geoengineering to address sea-level rise: A geotechnical approach
December 2020
It is remarkable that the high-end sea level rise threat over the next few hundred years comes almost entirely from only a handful of ice streams and large glaciers. These occupy a few percent of ice...
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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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Evaluating the performance of CMIP6 Earth system models in simulating global vegetation structure and distribution
August 2021
Evaluation of vegetation structure and distribution simulations in Earth system models (ESMs) is the basis for understanding historical reconstruction and future projection of changes in terrestrial...
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The impact of climate change on wind and solar photovoltaic power potential and distribution in China
Available online 9 May 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,...
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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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Saltwater intrusion into groundwater systems in the Mekong Delta and links to global change
June 2021
In recent decades, changes in temperature, wind, and rainfall patterns of Southeast Asia induced by climate warming in the Tibetan Plateau result in many environmental changes that have serious impacts...
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Occupational heat stress induced health impacts: A cross-sectional study from South Indian working population
March 2020
Rising temperature and heat stress risks in the changing climate scenario might potentially affect workers globally, especially the ones with strenuous workload in tropical settings. We used a cross-sectional...
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Advancing early warning and surveillance for zoonotic diseases under climate change: Interdisciplinary systematic perspectives
December 2023
Zoonoses account for the majority of emerging infectious diseases and pose a serious threat to human and animal health. Under global warming and climate change, zoonoses are significantly affected by...
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Mapping of the susceptibility of China‒Russia crude oil pipelines to water damage in permafrost regions in Northeast China
April 2025
In permafrost regions, climate warming and extreme precipitation events, combined with rugged local terrains, pose considerable threats of water damage to buried crude oil pipelines. However, the susceptibility...
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Development of a high-resolution dataset of future monthly surface solar radiation by combining CMIP6 projections and satellite-based retrievals
April 2025
Accurate projections of future surface solar radiation (SSR) are important for assessing the impacts of climate change and the potential of solar energy. However, climate models from the Coupled Model...
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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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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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