One of the major concerns with a potential change in climate is that an increase in extreme
events will occur. Results of observational studies suggest that in many areas that have …

Variations and trends in extreme climate events have only recently received much attention.
Exponentially increasing economic losses, coupled with an increase in deaths due to these …

Land cover (LC) determines the energy exchange, water and carbon cycle between Earth's
spheres. Accurate LC information is a fundamental parameter for the environment and …

This report is the first complete assessment of the science of climate change since Working
Group I (WGI) of the IPCC produced its second report Climate Change 1995: The Science of …

Schematic map of China with geographic regions mentioned in the text. Northeast, north,
eastern northwest, and western northwest China are marked by NE, N, ENW, and WNW …

Observed changes in intense precipitation (eg, the frequency of very heavy precipitation or
the upper 0.3% of daily precipitation events) have been analyzed for over half of the land …

The objective of this paper is to synthesize the large literature recording changing patterns of
precipitation in the observed data, thus indicating that climate change is already a reality …

Observed climate change and variability (for definitions, see the IPCC Glossary, Appendix I)
are considered in this chapter by addressing seven commonly asked questions related to …

The information on the projected climate changes over China is of great importance for
preparing the nation's societal adaptiveness to the future natural ecosystem. This study …

The relationship between vegetation phenology and climate is a crucial topic in global
change research because it indicates dynamic responses of terrestrial ecosystems to …