The burden of hand‒foot‒mouth disease in China affected by compound temperature and humidity events: A nationwide study
Available online 25 February 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...
Spatial distribution and zonation characteristics of permafrost ground ice on the Qinghai‒Xizang Engineering Corridor, China
Available online 18 February 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...
Revisiting the CMIP6 simulations of the most-concerned surface air temperature changes at the Earth's three poles
Available online 17 February 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...
China’s strategy for joint implementation of the UNFCCC and CBD: A case study of biodiversity-friendly wind power projects
Available online 16 February 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...
Arctic vegetation greening with impervious surface expansion from 1990 to 2018
Available online 16 February 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...
Designing precipitation networks from altitudinal gradient patterns in global mountain basins
Available online 14 February 2026
Altitudinal precipitation gradients (APGs) characterize the spatial distribution of precipitation in mountainous regions and constrain precipitation interpolation, with broad applications in meteorology,...
Thermal dynamics of proglacial lakes in 1990–2023: A case study of Jiongpu Co, Southeastern Tibet
Available online 13 February 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...
Considerable increase in sub-daily precipitation extremes and its possible causes across the middle‒lower reaches of Yangtze River
Available online 12 February 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...
Extratropical cyclones as buffers and drivers of changes in surface mass balance of the Antarctic Ice Sheet under global warming
Available online 12 February 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...
Long-term heat absorption of asphalt pavement and its effects on permafrost subgrade
Available online 10 February 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...
The tempo-spatial heterogeneity in mortality burden attributable to non-optimal temperatures in China and its provinces from 1990 to 2021
Available online 8 February 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...
Evaluating the effectiveness of artificial covering in reducing glacier melt
Available online 6 February 2026
To mitigate glacier melt, artificial covering methods, such as high-albedo geotextiles, have been employed, primarily in small-scale applications like ski resorts. However, their effectiveness and feasibility...
Unveiling remote and local drivers for the interdecadal increase in summer extreme high temperature days over southern China
Available online 5 February 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...
Pronounced warming and wetting of climate in the Qilian Mountains during 1961–2022
Available online 29 January 2026
Accurate high-resolution datasets on regional climate change are vital for ecological assessments, yet it remains difficult to obtain the spatiotemporal dynamics of air temperature and precipitation...
Escalating labor risks from sequential extreme precipitation–heatwave events in China under a warming future
Available online 28 January 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...
Surface air temperature change on the Tibetan Plateau under global net-zero emission scenarios
Available online 28 January 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...
Global electricity development and transition: Progress and assessment
Available online 23 January 2026
Electricity is attracting widespread attention for its critical role in global socioeconomic development, the clean energy transition, and climate change mitigation. Based on a newly established global...
Optimising future scenarios of forest fire occurrence in Daxing'anling using long-term survey data and intelligent modelling
Available online 22 January 2026
The Daxing'anling Mountains, as a climate-sensitive region, are experiencing forest fires that threaten the area's ecological security. Nevertheless, most of the existing fire prediction models are...
Intensified melting in the Arctic lower troposphere from 1979 to 2023
Available online 21 January 2026
Ice melting in the atmosphere has far-reaching impacts on cloud microphysical properties, precipitation intensity and type. However, this issue remains largely unexplored in the Arctic. This study adopted...
Latitudinal gradients in runoff dynamics across undisturbed Eurasian permafrost rivers under accelerating climate change
Available online 19 January 2026
While the impacts of permafrost degradation on Eurasian river discharge are well-documented, a systematic understanding of how these impacts vary across latitudes—critical for predicting continental...
Uncovering the potential of coal-to-nuclear in the energy low-carbon transition
Available online 13 January 2026
Advancing power sector decarbonization represents one of the most direct and effective measures in carbon emissions reductions and climate change mitigation. Replacing to-be-retired coal fired power...
Spatiotemporal dynamics of polynyas and their relationships with phytoplankton blooms in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
Available online 7 January 2026
Phytoplankton bloom is closely tied to the seasonal evolution of Antarctic coastal polynyas, yet a phenology-based framework linking polynya dynamics to bloom spatiotemporal patterns and phase-specific...
Water supply‒demand status and management strategies on the Mongolian Plateau
Available online 7 January 2026
Arid and semi-arid areas are facing serious water challenges, yet a comprehensive understanding of current and future water supply–demand dynamics remains limited, particularly under climate change...
Impact of black carbon and mineral dust on glacier melting in central Tienshan
Available online 5 January 2026
The light absorbing impurities (LAIs), primarily black carbon (BC) and mineral dust (MD), can darken the glacier surface, enhance radiative forcing absorption, and then accelerate glacier melting, which...
