Escalating labor risks from sequential extreme precipitation–heatwave events in China under a warming future
June 2026
Climate warming has intensified the frequency and severity of extreme precipitation and heatwaves, yet their sequential coupling and impact on socio-economy remains poorly understood. This study defines...
High-resolution risk assessment reveals billion-dollar additional threat to infrastructure from permafrost thaw in the Qinghai‒Tibet engineering corridor
June 2026
Permafrost degradation along the vital Qinghai‒Tibet Engineering Corridor (QTEC) poses a severe, escalating threat to critical infrastructure, yet high-resolution assessments of future risk and economic...
China’s strategy for joint implementation of the UNFCCC and CBD: A case study of biodiversity-friendly wind power projects
June 2026
Coordinated action to mitigate climate change and protect biodiversity has become a global consensus. However, translating this broad goal into actionable methods remains a research gap. Existing studies...
Considerable increase in sub-daily precipitation extremes and its possible causes across the middle‒lower reaches of Yangtze River
June 2026
To address the gaps in understanding the spatiotemporal changes of sub-daily precipitation extremes (SPEs) across different timescales and the quantitative role of urbanization, the study takes the...
Dominant drivers for geographic patterns and multi-scale variability of global land‒atmosphere coupling
June 2026
Despite its recognized importance, understanding of land‒atmosphere (L‒A) coupling remains fragmented, with most studies limited to regional analyses or single variables. A systematic global assessment...
The burden of hand‒foot‒mouth disease in China affected by compound temperature and humidity events: A nationwide study
June 2026
Climate change has increased the frequency of extreme temperature and humidity events. Although the association between temperature and hand‒foot‒mouth disease (HFMD) is well-established, evidence regarding...
Surface air temperature change on the Tibetan Plateau under global net-zero emission scenarios
June 2026
Mounting countries worldwide are implementing net-zero emission projects to mitigate the adverse impacts of anthropogenic CO2 emissions and the associated global warming. However, due to the inherent...
Asymmetric response of Northern Hemisphere vegetation to climate change from 2000 to 2018: Phenology leads GPP
June 2026
Understanding how vegetation phenology affects terrestrial ecosystem productivity (GPP) is key to predicting carbon cycle under climate change. However, the heterogeneity in the trends of the length...
Extratropical cyclones as buffers and drivers of changes in surface mass balance of the Antarctic Ice Sheet under global warming
June 2026
Extratropical cyclones (ECs), crucial drivers of midlatitude precipitation, play an important role in shaping the surface mass balance (SMB) of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS). However, the influence...
Designing precipitation networks from altitudinal gradient patterns in global mountain basins
June 2026
Altitudinal precipitation gradients (APGs) characterize the spatial distribution of precipitation in mountainous regions and constrain precipitation interpolation, with broad applications in meteorology,...
Long-term heat absorption of asphalt pavement and its effects on permafrost subgrade
June 2026
Under the combined influence of climate warming and long-term heat absorption by asphalt pavement, highway stability in permafrost regions is progressively deteriorating. As asphalt pavement ages, its...
Arctic vegetation greening with impervious surface expansion from 1990 to 2018
June 2026
Amid rapid Arctic climate change, vegetation greenness serves as a traceable indicator of terrestrial ecosystem change. However, Arctic greening is still widely framed as climate-driven, and spatially...
Divergent trajectories of global fires: Overall decline, regional intensification
June 2026
Fires profoundly influence the climate system and human societies, yet their global dynamics remain insufficiently resolved, which could limit global fire risk assessment and mitigation. Using satellite-based...
The tempo-spatial heterogeneity in mortality burden attributable to non-optimal temperatures in China and its provinces from 1990 to 2021
June 2026
Existing studies have not characterized the temporal patterns and underlying drivers of temperature-related mortality across Chinese provinces. We utilized data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study...
Spatial distribution and zonation characteristics of permafrost ground ice on the Qinghai‒Xizang Engineering Corridor, China
June 2026
Permafrost ground ice represents a critical solid water resource and engineering medium, with high ice-content permafrost in the Qinghai‒Xizang Engineering Corridor (QTEC) exhibiting heightened sensitivity...
Transboundary outburst floods from giant supraglacial lakes over the Himalayan China–Nepal border
Available online 29 June 2026
Supraglacial lakes are widespread on Himalayan debris-covered glaciers, yet their drainage, including glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), remains sparsely observed. Based on field surveys, remote...
Lengthening ablation seasons are associated with declining minimum albedo of global glaciers
Available online 27 June 2026
Glacier surface albedo strongly influences melt by regulating the absorption of incoming shortwave radiation and thus affecting glacier mass balance. Although widespread glacier darkening has been documented,...
Relative contributions of waves and altimetric sea levels to global coastal sea level changes over 1993–2025
Available online 27 June 2026
Coastal zones are exposed to the negative impacts of coastal sea level rise. The changes in coastal sea levels result from the superposition of altimetric sea levels, waves, atmospheric surges and tides,...
Increasing probability of humid-heat extremes outpaces that of dry-heat extremes in global land monsoon regions under anthropogenic warming
Available online 27 June 2026
A growing concern under global warming is that humid-heat extremes (HHE) present a more severe health hazard than dry-heat extremes (DHE). However, the difference in probability acceleration between...
Increasing spatially co-occurring droughts or pluvials in global major rivers during 1950‒2014
Available online 27 June 2026
The world’s major river basins are increasingly threatened by spatially co-occurring meteorological extremes, where multiple tributary basins experience simultaneous droughts (or pluvials) in the same...
Localized positive snow water equivalent anomalies in the Hindu Kush Himalaya under 1.5–5.0 °C warming levels
Available online 27 June 2026
The Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region is one of the regions in the global cryosphere characterized by localized positive anomalies, where the mass and extent of some glaciers have increased rather than...
Temporal and spatial variations in freezing‒thawing indices and their impact on permafrost in the Himalayan region, China, from 1960 to 2020
Available online 26 June 2026
Under the complex terrain of the Himalayan region, permafrost degradation easily triggers severe engineering distress and geohazards, yet quantitative descriptions linking macroscopic climate to field...
Unlocking the climate and market potential of China’s blue carbon ecosystems
Available online 24 June 2026
To achieve its ambitious 2035 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), including enhanced ecosystem carbon sinks, China needs to leverage nature-based solutions as part of its climate strategy. Blue...
