Future climatic risks faced by the Beautiful China Initiative: A perspective for 2035 and 2050
Available online 15 January 2025
Identifying high-risk areas for climatic disasters and their overlaps during the implementation of the Beautiful China Initiative fills a critical gap in disaster risk research, which often lacks quantitative...
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Future changes in population exposure to intensified heatwaves over three major urban agglomerations in China based on Excess Heat Factor
Available online 6 January 2025
Heatwave events (HWs) have become more frequent and intense due to climate change and urbanization, posing risks to human health, yet the influence of rapid temperature fluctuation on human adaptation...
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Thermal enhancement of targeted cooling thermosyphon array applied to the embankment–bridge transition section of the Qinghai–Tibet Railway in warm permafrost
December 2024
Permafrost degradation in the embankment–bridge transition section (EBTS) along the Qinghai–Tibet Railway has led to extensive damage to bridge structures, posing a serious threat to railway safety....
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Decadal variations in near-surface wind speed across the Northern Hemisphere on a centennial timescale and their possible causes
December 2024
The reduction in near-surface wind speed (NSWS), followed by its recent recovery, could be a feature of decadal variations. However, existing studies mainly analyse the characteristics and causes of...
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Decoupling effect and influencing factors of carbon emissions in China: Based on production, consumption, and income responsibilities
December 2024
Carbon emissions at the provincial level are mostly calculated based on production responsibility, which ignores the carbon emission accounting perspectives of consumption and income responsibility....
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Representative CO2 emissions pathways for China's provinces toward carbon neutrality under the Paris Agreement's 2 °C target
December 2024
China has committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. It is essential to develop representative CO2 emissions pathways at the provincial level that align with the national target to facilitate...
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Timber and carbon sequestration potential of Chinese forests under different forest management scenarios
December 2024
Developing forestry action plans with the goal of carbon neutrality is a critical task to identify carbon sink potential and balance the pathways of China's forests. Current research that predicts forest...
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How do gridded meteorological datasets perform in a typical data-scarce cryospheric basin?
December 2024
Gridded meteorological datasets have been widely used in meteorological and hydrological studies, especially in data-scarce regions. However, assessments of these datasets in cryospheric basins, which...
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Detection, attribution and projection of changes in the extreme temperature range in the Northern Hemisphere
December 2024
The extreme temperature range (ETR) is the span between the highest and lowest temperature of a given year, and is a manifestation of extreme temperature variability. It is regarded as having significant...
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Assessing the impact of artificial geotextile covers on glacier mass balance and energy fluxes
December 2024
As global warming accelerates, leading to the retreat of glaciers, the effectiveness of artificial coverings, in particular geotextiles, in reducing glacier ablation has emerged as a topic of increasing...
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Spatiotemporal pattern of ENSO-induced modulation on landscape fires over Pacific Rim from 2001 to 2020
December 2024
While El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) modulates landscape fire activities across the Pacific Rim, the detailed patterns and mode-specific variations of these effects remain poorly understood. This...
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Cognitive decline in relation to later-life high temperature exposure in a Chinese nationwide cohort
December 2024
Growing evidence has linked extreme temperature with neuropsychiatric disorders under climate warming with frequent extreme heat events over the past decades, while cognitive performance in relation...
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Elevation-dependent shift of landslide activity in mountain permafrost regions of the Qilian Mountains
December 2024
Increasing landslide activities in cold regions have been attributed to rising temperatures and consequent permafrost degradation. While previous studies have linked permafrost degradation to slope...
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Water use in the industrial sector based on the IPAC model under the carbon-neutral transformation path in China
December 2024
To examine the impact of promoting transformative hydrogen-based technologies on water demand in traditional high-energy and high-water-consuming sectors under the carbon-neutral transition, this study...
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An integrated assessment of technological pathways and socioeconomic impacts for sustainable power system transition in Indonesia
December 2024
The energy transition has unique and profound socioeconomic impacts for the developing and coal-producing countries, due to the distinctive country's characteristics. The overall development context...
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Impact of ambient temperatures on Alzheimer's disease and other dementia mortality among elderly patients aged 60 years and older in China
December 2024
China has a large number of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and types of other dementia, which places a heavy burden on the public health and medical systems. As global climate change results...
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Exploring grid sensitivity in an ice sheet model: A case study of the Amery Ice Shelf
December 2024
The dynamics of the Antarctic ice sheet are key factors affecting global climate change. To project future sea level changes, ice sheet models are developed based on a discrete grid system, which profoundly...
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A new approach for evaluating regional permafrost changes: A case study in the Hoh Xil on the interior Qinghai‒Tibet Plateau
December 2024
The current spatial atmospheric forcing data cannot accurately depict the actual conditions of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP), where monitoring stations are scarce and unevenly distributed. This deficiency...
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Assessment of flood loss in administrative units based on improved vulnerability curves
Available online 26 December 2024
The vulnerability curve is a key method for assessing flood loss risk, which contributes to the improvement of flood prevention and relief systems. However, existing vulnerability curves are typically...
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Characteristics of Musta Glacier surges and their responses to climate change between 1976 and 2023
Available online 24 December 2024
Understanding the differential responses of various tributaries of the same glacier to climate change under similar climatic conditions in the Karakoram is crucial for unraveling the complexity of glacier...
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Wind power correction model designed by the quantitative assessment for the impacts of forecasted wind speed error
Available online 13 December 2024
The errors in wind power forecast will incur additional cost. It is critical to quantify the relationship between forecasting error in wind speed and power output. Unlike previous works that have rarely...
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Climatic impacts on electricity consumption of urban residential buildings in China
Available online 11 December 2024
Evaluating the effects of climate change is crucial for developing effective strategies for both mitigation and adaptation policies. However, a comprehensive quantification of the precise effects of...
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Evaluation of the performance of WRF9km in simulating climate over the upper Yellow River Basin
Available online 7 December 2024
Understanding the current climate in the Yellow River Basin is essential for accurately predicting future climate change and assessing its impacts on water resources and ecosystems; however, existing...
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Development of low-carbon technologies in China's integrated hydrogen supply and power system
October 2024
Hydrogen and electricity are crucial and interdependent energy carriers in China's pursuit of carbon neutrality, suggesting the necessity of utilizing cost-effective low-carbon technologies that facilitate...
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Analysis of hydrogen supply and demand in China's energy transition towards carbon neutrality
October 2024
The role of hydrogen in the transition to carbon-neutral energy systems will be influenced by key factors such as carbon neutrality pathways, hydrogen production technology costs, and hydrogen transportation...
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