Drivers and impacts of Eastern African rainfall variability

PI Palmer, CM Wainwright, B Dong… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Eastern Africa exhibits bimodal rainfall consisting of long rains (March–May) and short rains
(October–December), changes in which have profound socioeconomic and environmental …

Tropical teleconnection impacts on Antarctic climate changes

X Li, W Cai, GA Meehl, D Chen, X Yuan… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Over the modern satellite era, substantial climatic changes have been observed in the
Antarctic, including atmospheric and oceanic warming, ice sheet thinning and a general …

[HTML][HTML] Increased occurrences of consecutive La Niña events under global warming

T Geng, F Jia, W Cai, L Wu, B Gan, Z Jing, S Li… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Most El Niño events occur sporadically and peak in a single winter,–, whereas La
Niña tends to develop after an El Niño and last for two years or longer,,–. Relative to single …

Increased ENSO sea surface temperature variability under four IPCC emission scenarios

W Cai, B Ng, G Wang, A Santoso, L Wu… - Nature Climate Change, 2022 - nature.com
Sea surface temperature (SST) variability of El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) underpins
its global impact, and its future change is a long-standing science issue. In its sixth …

The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory

WJ Ripple, C Wolf, JW Gregg, J Rockström… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Life on planet Earth is under siege. We are now in an uncharted territory. For several
decades, scientists have consistently warned of a future marked by extreme climatic …

On the future zonal contrasts of equatorial Pacific climate: Perspectives from Observations, Simulations, and Theories

S Lee, M L'Heureux, AT Wittenberg, R Seager… - Npj Climate and …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in the zonal gradients of sea surface temperature (SST) across the
equatorial Pacific have major consequences for global climate. Therefore, accurate future …

Anthropogenic impacts on twentieth-century ENSO variability changes

W Cai, B Ng, T Geng, F Jia, L Wu, G Wang… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) sea surface temperature (SST) variability
increased after 1960, influenced by more frequent strong El Niño and La Niña events …

Mangrove forests under climate change in a 2 C world

DA Friess, MF Adame, JB Adams… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The world's nations are committed to keeping global temperature rises to less than 2° C to
avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Such a target is crucial for mangrove forests …

How 2022 extreme drought influences the spatiotemporal variations of terrestrial water storage in the Yangtze River Catchment: Insights from GRACE-based drought …

G Xu, Y Wu, S Liu, S Cheng, Y Zhang, Y Pan… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Under global warming, extreme climatic events frequently occurred worldwide such as
extreme drought and heavy flood. Analysis of drought and flood spatiotemporal evolution …

Emergence of changing central-pacific and eastern-pacific El Niño-Southern Oscillation in a warming climate

T Geng, W Cai, L Wu, A Santoso, G Wang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) features strong warm events in the eastern
equatorial Pacific (EP), or mild warm and strong cold events in the central Pacific (CP), with …