A statistical-dynamical method for projecting temperature across multiple SSPs from a limited subset: A CMIP6 case study
Available online 8 July 2026
The Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) provides critical insights into climate and socioeconomic impacts under a range of future scenarios. However, the growing number of models and increasingly...
Earlier spring and later autumn: Climate warming reshapes pollen seasons in Beijing
Available online 7 July 2026
Climate change is reshaping airborne pollen seasons worldwide and increasing allergy-related health risks. However, process-based assessments that simultaneously quantify the responses of spring and...
Assessment of power system flexibility requirements based on dynamic return periods of meteorological factors: A case study of Germany
Available online 7 July 2026
Existing assessments of power system flexibility requirements often rely on static meteorological thresholds or isolated historical events; however, this may underestimate flexibility deficits under...
Daytime–nighttime asymmetry of UTCI changes in Northwest China during 1964‒2023
Available online 7 July 2026
Under global climate change, asymmetry in sub-daily human thermal comfort changes and its possible thermal risks remain insufficiently understood in arid and semi-arid regions. Using ERA5 reanalysis...
Direct emission factors for inventorying NOx emissions from managed soils as part of the IPCC methodology framework
Available online 3 July 2026
The current inventory framework of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) relies on a single generalized default direct emission factor (EF), which inadequately captures the substantial...
Green energy transition in China’s primary aluminum industry: economic evaluation and pathways
Available online 3 July 2026
Propelled by China’s dual carbon goals, the primary aluminum industry, which relies heavily on coal-fired electricity, is facing an urgent green energy transition for decarbonization. Particularly in...
Local contributions to global dry and humid heatwaves
Available online 3 July 2026
Humid heatwaves, intensified by the compounding effects of extreme heat and humidity, pose severe risks to human health and ecosystems. Although dry heatwaves have been extensively studied, the local...
Regionally distinct climatic controls of ice avalanches across the Tibetan Plateau
Available online 1 July 2026
Widespread glacier retreat across the Tibetan Plateau (TP), driven by global warming, has increased glacier instability and led to more frequent and intensifying ice avalanche (IA) events, posing growing...
The energy rebound effect of urban households in China: Based on an improved stochastic frontier model
Available online 1 July 2026
Improving household energy efficiency is the primary policy option for mitigating the rapid growth of energy consumption in the residential sector; however, the existence of the energy rebound effect...
A new method of reducing dynamic downscaling precipitation bias in drylands: Wet-day Quantile Delta Mapping (WQDM)
Available online 1 July 2026
Quantile Delta Mapping (QDM), as the most popular bias correction method after dynamical downscaling, has been widely applied across various climate regions. However, it is characterized by a notable...
Projecting and Constraining Solar Energy Resources Along the Silk Road Economic Belt under Climate Change
Available online 1 July 2026
Accurate projections of surface downward shortwave radiation (RSDS) are essential for understanding regional energy balance and assessing solar energy potential. However, substantial systematic biases...
Unveiling remote and local drivers for the interdecadal increase in summer extreme high temperature days over southern China
June 2026
Summer extreme high temperature days (EHTD) over southern China undergoes a pronounced interdecadal increase in the early 2000s, but its drivers are unclear. Here, we show that the increased EHTD can...
Revisiting the CMIP6 simulations of the most-concerned surface air temperature changes at the Earth's three poles
June 2026
A unified framework for the systematic and simultaneous evaluation of CMIP6 models in reproducing warming responses across the Arctic, Tibetan Plateau, and Antarctic remains lacking. Most previous studies...
Thermal dynamics of proglacial lakes in 1990–2023: A case study of Jiongpu Co, Southeastern Tibet
June 2026
The temperature of proglacial lakes is a sensitive indicator of glacier‒lake interactions and climate forcing, yet its long-term evolution on the Tibetan Plateau remains poorly constrained. This study...
Impacts of a multi-hazard compound extreme event on power systems and implications for future research
June 2026
As China accelerates energy transition to achieve its dual-carbon goals, the power system increasingly faces challenges arising from compound extreme events. In this context, multi-hazard compound extreme...
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...
