Anthropogenic and natural drivers of the Earth's radiation budget changes in South and Southeast Asia (2001‒2022)
Available online 20 June 2026
Quantifying the impacts of human activities and natural variability on the Earth's Radiation Budget (ERB) is critical for South and Southeast Asia, a region experiencing rapid socioeconomic development...
Extreme sea level changes along the China coast under rising sea levels in 1980–2024
Available online 19 June 2026
Extreme sea levels, driven by climate change, pose a critical threat to coastal areas. However, cutting-edge and comprehensive studies of extreme high and low sea level changes along the China coast...
Ensemble-based projections of future climate extremes and their implications for photovoltaic power potential in China
Available online 19 June 2026
In the context of global climate change, scientific projections of future photovoltaic power potential (PVpot) under extreme climate conditions are crucial for providing quantitative support for designing...
Association of short-term ambient heat exposure with maternal anxiety for fetal health: examining the role of heatwave and climate change risk perception
Available online 18 June 2026
Short-term heat exposure has been linked to adverse mental-health outcomes, but its associations with pregnancy-specific maternal anxiety for fetal health (MAFH) remain unclear, and the role of heatwave...
Improving the accuracy of glacier surface temperature retrieval and quantifying its terrain influence: Case studies of Qiyi Glacier and glaciers on Muztagh Ata
Available online 17 June 2026
Glacier Surface Temperature (GST) not only directly reflects climate change but also influences the energy and mass balance of glaciers. However, existing Land Surface Temperature (LST) products and...
The accessibility and cooperative competitiveness of the representative ports along the Northern Sea Route
Available online 16 June 2026
As the most promising Arctic passage, the Northern Sea Route (NSR) is an important part of China’s Ice Silk Road. Previous studies have reported on Arctic navigability at the macroscopic scale. However,...
Decadal evolution and spatial reversal of compound hot-dry events in China during 1961–2020: A PDO-driven perspective
Available online 16 June 2026
Although previous studies have focused on long-term trends driven by anthropogenic warming, inter-decadal variations of compound hot-dry events (CHDEs) in China remain poorly understood. This study...
Changes in glacial lakes and associated risks in the China‒Nepal Himalayas
Available online 12 June 2026
The China‒Nepal Himalayas (CNH) are threatened by glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), which endanger trade and local communities. Currently, glacial lake risk assessments in the CNH lack a reliable,...
Divergent vegetation responses to recent warming and abrupt permafrost thaw across the Qinghai‒Tibet Plateau during 2000‒2023
Available online 12 June 2026
Vegetation growth in the high altitudinal region such as the Qinghai‒Tibet plateau (QTP) is generally considered to be limited by air temperature, and warming has been reported to drive widespread vegetation...
Sensible heating over Asian plateaus is comparable to ocean forcing in modulating China’s interdecadal rainfall patterns
Available online 12 June 2026
Interdecadal variability in China’s summer rainfall is commonly attributed to ocean forcing, but the role of upstream land heating across the Tibetan, Iranian, and Mongolian Plateaus remains unclear....
Assessing the susceptibility to thaw settlement hazards in circum-Arctic permafrost regions during 2000‒2020
Available online 5 June 2026
Arctic permafrost is experiencing unprecedented degradation, and the resulting thaw settlement hazards pose severe threats to the life and infrastructure of local people. However, a gap remains in our...
Global multidecadal SST modes and their synchronized influence on temperature variability
Available online 2 June 2026
Multidecadal climate variability is important for improving climate prediction and informing mitigation strategies. However, well-known oceanic modes such as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and...
Future drought intensification and socioeconomic exposure in Pakistan under different SSP scenarios
Available online 1 June 2026
Climate change intensifies global drought risk through altered precipitation, rising temperatures, and increased evaporative demand. Yet, drought assessments in Pakistan largely rely on single indices...
Are glaciers actually critical for basin runoff in the northern Qilian Mountains, Northwest China?
Available online 1 June 2026
The narrative of glaciers as a water resource has led to the perception that glaciers are critical to basin runoff, especially in arid regions. Substantial discrepancies exist among quantifying the...
The mediating role of executive decisions in linking low-carbon city pilots to corporate action
Available online 30 May 2026
Corporations are key actors in urban climate governance and play an important role in achieving low-carbon policy goals. While prior research recognizes the importance of executives in promoting green...
Widespread extreme precipitation events and associated population exposure have escalated rapidly across China during 1979–2024
Available online 29 May 2026
Extreme precipitation events with widespread spatial extents (WEPEs) typically lead to greater losses than localized ones, posing severe threats to human health and the economy. Despite their substantial...
A strategy to estimate high-resolution albedo radiative perturbations and kernels of both surface and TOA from satellite observations
Available online 27 May 2026
Surface albedo variations exert an important influence on the Earth's radiation budget, yet their long-term radiative impacts remain difficult to quantify at high spatial resolution using conventional...
Variations and driving factors of annual frequency of near-surface freeze‒thaw cycles in China‒Mongolia‒Russia from 1975 to 2024
Available online 27 May 2026
Annual near-surface freeze–thaw cycles (NSAFTCs) provide a direct measure of the number of times the ground surface freezes and thaws in a year. NSAFTCs are key indicators of climate–land interactions...
Spatiotemporal dynamics of livestock losses due to snow disasters and the role of hypoxic environment across the Qinghai Plateau
Available online 26 May 2026
Livestock snow disasters occur when heavy snow covers grasslands, preventing livestock from accessing forage and exposing them to extreme cold and starvation. Reducing the risk of such disasters requires...
Interpretable machine learning reveals how climate shapes precipitation isotopes across China
Available online 26 May 2026
In precipitation, the ratios of stable oxygen and hydrogen isotopes (δ18O and δ2H) serve as important indicators of hydroclimatic processes. However, the spatial distribution of these isotope ratios...
Escalating population and land exposure to human-perceived heatwaves in China: Insights from excess heat factor
Available online 26 May 2026
Current assessments of human-perceived heatwaves (HPHWs) primarily incorporate the synergistic effects of temperature and humidity but largely neglect the influences of local antecedent heat conditions...
Machine learning-based assessment of climate change impacts on hydrological drought in the Yangtze River basin, 1985–2020
Available online 23 May 2026
Most previous studies on hydrological drought attribution rely on hydrological models or traditional statistical methods, which either require extensive forcing data or fail to capture nonlinear relationships...
Differentiated associations of daytime and nighttime heatwaves with long-term survival: A nationwide population-based cohort in China
Available online 23 May 2026
The mortality impacts of short-term heatwave exposure are well-documented globally, while cohort evidence linking long-term survival to daytime and nighttime heatwaves remains scarce. Based on a dynamic...
Assessing winter climate change using cumulative sub-zero temperatures
Available online 22 May 2026
Winter mean and extreme temperature indices obscure the cumulative sub-zero temperature deficit relevant to freeze–thaw processes. However, systematic assessment of the variability and drivers of these...
