The mediating role of executive decisions in linking low-carbon city pilots to corporate action
October 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...
A machine learning framework for altitude-dependent soil moisture retrieval in the Chinese Altai Mountains
October 2026
Soil moisture (SM) is a critical component of the Earth system, serving as a key link between the atmosphere and the land surface through water, energy, and ecological processes. However, existing SM...
Quantitative attribution of climate change effects on the 2023 North China heatwave
October 2026
In early summer 2023, an extreme heatwave swept across North China (NC), with the regional average maximum temperature reaching its highest level since 1961, which pose severe risks to socio-ecological...
Disentangling hydrological thresholds and runoff mechanisms across contrasting two climatic zones: Evidence from mountain watersheds
October 2026
Understanding hydrological thresholds and runoff generation mechanisms across contrasting climatic zones remains a major challenge for improving flood prediction under climate change. However, existing...
Future drought intensification and socioeconomic exposure in Pakistan under different SSP scenarios
October 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...
Interpretable machine learning reveals how climate shapes precipitation isotopes across China
October 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...
Unprecedented 2025 glacier mass loss in Pamir
October 2026
Recent extreme heat events have caused exceptional glacier mass loss worldwide. However, their impact on Pamir–Karakoram glaciers with anomalously stable or slightly positive mass balances remains unclear....
High-resolution TLS surveys reveal limitations of stake networks on Dongkemadi Glacier (2017–2023)
October 2026
Glacier mass changes near termini are spatially heterogeneous, yet traditional stake networks sample only a sparse subset of this variability. Here, we use repeated high-resolution terrestrial laser...
Escalating population and land exposure to human-perceived heatwaves in China: Insights from excess heat factor
October 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...
Nighttime warming amplifies the synergistic effects of snowmelt and rain on floods in arid northwestern China
October 2026
Nighttime warming profoundly affects the hydrological cycle in arid northwestern China. However, it remains unclear why nighttime warming triggers floods. Given the increasing severity of extreme floods,...
Variations and driving factors of annual frequency of near-surface freeze‒thaw cycles in China‒Mongolia‒Russia from 1975 to 2024
October 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...
Differentiated associations of daytime and nighttime heatwaves with long-term survival: A nationwide population-based cohort in China
October 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...
A strategy to estimate high-resolution albedo radiative perturbations and kernels of both surface and TOA from satellite observations
October 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...
Deep-learning projections of snow-season dynamics in arid and semi-arid Northwest China during 2025–2045
Available online 8 September 2026
Existing ski-climate risk studies, derived from humid or semi-humid mountains, have limited applicability to arid and semi-arid resorts. They use temperature, snow-cover duration, or suitability indices,...
Plant dominated ecosystem respiration of alpine meadow in permafrost region under experimental warming
Available online 8 September 2026
Ecosystem carbon emissions induced by climate warming exert a positive feedback on global climate change. However, our understanding of how ecosystem respiration responds to long-term warming and its...
Engineering carbon emissions induced by permafrost degradation and mitigation strategy: Insights from the Qinghai–Tibet Highway
Available online 8 September 2026
Permafrost degradation and its’ carbon feedback is an important issue in global carbon cycle. However, the engineering carbon emissions of infrastructure caused by permafrost degradation remain a critical...
Greenhouse gas emissions from supraglacial waters and possible impact of microbial activities in Parlung No. 4 Glacier, southeast Tibetan Plateau
Available online 8 September 2026
Supraglacial waters, such as cryoconite holes (CH) and streams, are widely distributed on glaciers, yet their role in the cryospheric carbon cycle remains poorly understood. In this study, we investigate...
Early warning signals for tipping points in complex climate systems
Available online 7 September 2026
The growing risk of climate tipping events underscores the urgent need for reliable early warning signals (EWS). Here we synthesize recent advances in EWS research for climate systems, systematically...
Refreezing variability in the Greenland Ice Sheet firn zone and its response to extreme melt events
Available online 5 September 2026
Firn refreezing over the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) buffers surface mass loss by retaining meltwater. However, the spatial heterogeneity of long-term firn refreezing variability and its relationship...
Changes in Compound Heat-Humidity over China: Insights from Homogenized Data
Available online 2 September 2026
Global warming intensifies compound heat–humidity events, yet assessments of their historical trends can be affected by humidity-record inhomogeneities and metric dependence. To examine these effects,...
Global spatial heterogeneity of changes in vegetation resistance to compound drought and heat events during 2001–2020
Available online 1 September 2026
Vegetation resistance plays a vital role in sustaining ecosystem stability, but it is increasingly threatened by the rising frequency of compound drought and heat events (CDHEs). Despite the growing...
State of polar climate (2025)
August 2026
Against the backdrop of successive global temperature records in past years, polar climate has exhibited high interannual variability. Consequently, maintaining a timely understanding of recent polar...
Risk assessment of large hailstones and strong winds on photovoltaic installations in China
August 2026
Catastrophic weather events can have a devastating impact on photovoltaic (PV) facilities, potentially leading to instability of the power system and great economic losses. However, the risks of such...
