A joint framework for studying compound ecoclimatic events

A Bastos, S Sippel, D Frank, MD Mahecha… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Extreme weather and climate events have direct impacts on ecosystems and can further
trigger ecosystem disturbances, often having impacts that last longer than the event's …

Active and adaptive plasticity in a changing climate

R Brooker, LK Brown, TS George, RJ Pakeman… - Trends in Plant …, 2022 - cell.com
Better understanding of the mechanistic basis of plant plasticity will enhance efforts to breed
crops resilient to predicted climate change. However, complexity in plasticity's …

Systematic climate model biases in the large‐scale patterns of recent sea‐surface temperature and sea‐level pressure change

RCJ Wills, Y Dong, C Proistosecu… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Observed surface temperature trends over recent decades are characterized by (a)
intensified warming in the Indo‐Pacific Warm Pool and slight cooling in the eastern …

Data-driven predictions of the time remaining until critical global warming thresholds are reached

NS Diffenbaugh, EA Barnes - Proceedings of the National …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Leveraging artificial neural networks (ANNs) trained on climate model output, we use the
spatial pattern of historical temperature observations to predict the time until critical global …

More frequent atmospheric rivers slow the seasonal recovery of Arctic sea ice

P Zhang, G Chen, M Ting, L Ruby Leung… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
In recent decades, Arctic sea-ice coverage underwent a drastic decline in winter, when sea
ice is expected to recover following the melting season. It is unclear to what extent …

Observed humidity trends in dry regions contradict climate models

IR Simpson, KA McKinnon… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Arid and semi-arid regions of the world are particularly vulnerable to greenhouse gas–
driven hydroclimate change. Climate models are our primary tool for projecting the future …

Global impacts of recent Southern Ocean cooling

SM Kang, Y Yu, C Deser, X Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Since the beginning of the satellite era, Southern Ocean sea surface temperatures (SSTs)
have cooled, despite global warming. While observed Southern Ocean cooling has …

Recent global climate feedback controlled by Southern Ocean cooling

SM Kang, P Ceppi, Y Yu, IS Kang - Nature Geoscience, 2023 - nature.com
The magnitude of global warming is controlled by climate feedbacks associated with various
aspects of the climate system, such as clouds. The global climate feedback is the net effect …

Seasonal advance of intense tropical cyclones in a warming climate

K Shan, Y Lin, PS Chu, X Yu, F Song - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Intense tropical cyclones (TCs), which often peak in autumn,, have destructive impacts on
life and property,–, making it crucial to determine whether any changes in intense TCs are …

Explainable El Niño predictability from climate mode interactions

S Zhao, FF **, MF Stuecker, PR Thompson, JS Kug… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) provides most of the global seasonal
climate forecast skill,–, yet, quantifying the sources of skilful predictions is a long-standing …