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Ocean-driven shifts in circulation regime frequency modulate South China rainfall Open

Tianjun Zhou, Sheng Hu, Jiayu Zheng · 2025

Sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies profoundly shape regional precipitation variability, yet their pathways are often obscured by seasonal/monthly mean-state analyses overlooking daily atmospheric dynamics. Focusing on monsoon-affected…

Human-induced climate change and population aging scenarios will amplify the heatwave-related mortality burden in China Open

Jinjian Chen, Maigeng Zhou, Qihong Deng, Shilu Tong, Tianjun Zhou , et al. · 2025

Path Planning for Agricultural Robots Based on the Improved Dung Beetle Optimization Algorithm Open

Tianjun Zhou, Zhiyuan Hou · 2025

Heuristic algorithms are a commonly used type of algorithm in the path planning of agricultural robots. However, during the iteration process, there may be situations where one gets stuck in a local optimal solution. To solve the above pro…

Health perceptions and behaviors among aging same-gender Kazakh ethnic minority siblings in rural and urban Xinjiang, China: The impact of migration Open

Jing Wang, Tianjun Zhou, Yinan Zhang, Oliver Black, Xiaolin Wang , et al. · 2025

Enhanced Trans‐Seasonal ENSO Impact on East Asian‐Western Pacific Climate in Warmer Future: An Emergent Constraint From Multi‐Large Ensembles Open

Lu Wang, Xiaolong Chen, Yan Zhao, Tianjun Zhou, Lin Chen , et al. · 2025

Predicting the boreal summer climate over East Asia and the western Pacific is crucial for communities preparing for extreme events. A key source of predictability is the strong connection between the western North Pacific anomalous circul…

Increased precipitation variability at multi-timescales in China since the 1960s Open

X. Mo, Wenxia Zhang, Tianjun Zhou · 2025

The Observed and Projected Changes of Global Monsoons: Current Status and Future Perspectives Open

Tianjun Zhou, Xiaolong Chen, Wenxia Zhang, Bo Wu, Ziming Chen , et al. · 2025

The global monsoon system, encompassing the Asian-Australian, African, and American monsoons, sustains two-thirds of the world’s population by regulating water resources and agriculture. Monsoon anomalies pose severe risks, including flood…

Sub-diurnal asymmetric warming has amplified atmospheric dryness since the 1980s Open

Ziqian Zhong, Hans W. Chen, Aiguo Dai, Tianjun Zhou, Bin He , et al. · 2025

Excess water availability in northern mid-high latitudes contiguously migrated from ocean under climate change Open

Yansong Guan, Xihui Gu, Lunche Wang, Tianjun Zhou, Jun Xia , et al. · 2025

Terrestrial water availability sustains livelihoods, socioeconomic development, and ecosystems. Despite an understanding of contributions of oceanic moisture to terrestrial hydroclimatic extremes, whether surpluses of terrestrial water ava…

Record-breaking 2023 marine heatwaves Open

Tianyun Dong, Zhenzhong Zeng, Ming Pan, Dashan Wang, Yuntian Chen , et al. · 2025

The year 2023 witnessed an extraordinary surge in marine heatwaves (MHWs) across Earth’s oceans, setting new records in duration, extent, and intensity, with MHW activity totaling 53.6 billion °C days square kilometer—more than three stand…

Soil Moisture Feedback Amplified the Earlier Onset of the Record‐Breaking Three‐Day Consecutive Heatwave in 2023 in North China Open

Kexin Gui, Tianjun Zhou · 2025

A record‐breaking heatwave swept North China in the summer of 2023, with a regional average of daily maximum temperature exceeding 35°C on June 23, which was the hottest day since 1959. We use the dynamical adjustment approach to assess th…

Design and Optimization of an Uneven Wave-like Protrusion Channel in the Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolysis Cell Based on the Taguchi Design Open

Zhong-Liang Feng, Tianjun Zhou, Shen Xu, Guoliang Wang, Luhaibo Zhao , et al. · 2025

The design of channel geometry plays a critical role in the performance of proton exchange membrane electrolytic cells (PEMECs), particularly in addressing challenges such as bubble accumulation and pressure drop, which hinder efficient hy…

Aerosol mitigation matters to future water availability in the global monsoon region Open

Jie Jiang, Tianjun Zhou, Wenxia Zhang · 2025

Water availability, as measured by precipitation minus evaporation (P-E), is projected to increase in the 21st century across the global monsoon region. However, while the impacts of increased greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations are highli…

Regional Climate Change: The contributions of Anthropogenic Forcing and Natural Variability Open

Tianjun Zhou, Jie Jiang, Shuai Hu, Wenxia Zhang, Xiaolong Chen , et al. · 2025

Interdecadal Pacific oscillation phase dominants near-term global monsoon precipitation changes Open

Jie Jiang, Tianjun Zhou · 2025

Precipitation is projected to increase in response to human-induced global warming over global monsoon region, with significant implications for water resources in these densely populated areas. While most climate models agree on the exter…

Updating the Baseline Period Affects the Detection of Extreme Climate Change in China Open

Lan Li, Tianjun Zhou, Wenxia Zhang · 2025

Extreme climate events significantly impact ecosystems and society. The assessments of extreme events often rely on percentile‐based indices using a 30‐year baseline period. In China, the Blue Book on Climate Change has traditionally been …

Hot season gets hotter due to rainfall delay over tropical land in a warming climate Open

Fengfei Song, Hongqiang Dong, Lixin Wu, L. Ruby Leung, Jian Lu , et al. · 2025

Cenozoic evolution of spring persistent rainfall in East Asia and North America driven by paleogeography Open

Linqiang He, Tianjun Zhou, Zhun Guo, Zikun Ren, Xiaolong Chen , et al. · 2025

Spring persistent rainfall is a unique climate phenomenon that prevails in East Asia today, providing precious water resources to this densely populated region. However, its Cenozoic history and underlying mechanisms remain poorly understo…

Increased longitudinal separation of equatorial rainfall responses to Eastern Pacific and Central Pacific El Niño under global warming Open

Zixiang Yan, Bo Wu, Tim Li, Matthew Collins, Tianjun Zhou , et al. · 2025

El Niño induced equatorial precipitation centers shift to different longitudinal positions during Eastern Pacific (EP) and Central Pacific (CP) El Niño events, resulting in distinct global climate responses. However, it remains unexplored …

A Shorter Duration of the Indian Summer Monsoon in Constrained Projections Open

Yifeng Cheng, Lu Wang, Xiaolong Chen, Tianjun Zhou, A. Turner · 2025

A reliable projection of the future duration of the Indian summer monsoon (ISM) provides an important input for climate adaptation in the Indian subcontinent. Nevertheless, there is low confidence for projections of ISM duration, due to la…

The dividend period of climate change–related mortality in China is coming to an end Open

Zhaobin Sun, Ling Han, Ziming Li, Xuemei Wang, Tianjun Zhou , et al. · 2025

Increased Precipitation Variability at Multi-Timescales in China Since the 1960s Open

X. Mo, Wenxia Zhang, Tianjun Zhou · 2025

Evolution and prospects of Earth system models: Challenges and opportunities Open

Xiaoduo Pan, Deliang Chen, Baoxiang Pan, Xiaozhong Huang, Kun Yang , et al. · 2024

Moisture sources for the unprecedented precipitation event in the heart of Taklimakan desert Open

Shijie Tang, Tianjun Zhou, Lixia Zhang, Liwei Zou, Wenxia Zhang , et al. · 2024

The Taklimakan desert, situated in western China and known for its scarcity of precipitation, experienced an unprecedented precipitation event on 13-14th May 2021. However, the moisture sources and the reason for such extreme precipitation…

Constrained Projections Indicate Less Delay in Onset of Summer Monsoon over the Bay of Bengal and South China Sea Open

Yifeng Cheng, Lu Wang, Xiaolong Chen, Tianjun Zhou, A. Turner , et al. · 2024

The summer monsoon onset over the Bay of Bengal and South China Sea signals the beginning of the Asian summer monsoon, critical for local fisheries, agriculture and livelihoods, so communities are concerned about its potential changes unde…

Future Earth Strategies in Northeast Asia: From Scientific Research to the Construction of Community with a Shared Future for Mankind Open

Naiming Yuan, Kyung‐Ja Ha, Masahiro Watanabe, Tianjun Zhou, Wenjie Dong · 2024

Early emergence and determinants of human-induced Walker circulation weakening Open

Mingna Wu, Chao Li, Matthew Collins, Hongmei Li, Xiaolong Chen , et al. · 2024

Towards a Climate Service for the Tea Industry: A Collaborative Approach between the UK and China Open

Stacey New, Shaojuan Li, Tianlang Zhao, Elisabeth Morgan Thompson, Nicola Bown , et al. · 2024

Surface Warming Constraint Projects Less Permafrost Thawing in High Mountain Asia Open

Jie Jiang, Tianjun Zhou, Bin Cao · 2024

Reliable projections of permafrost change are crucial for estimating permafrost carbon loss. However, potential model biases in surface air temperature may yield unrealistic projections of future permafrost area. Here, by leveraging the em…

Future changes of socioeconomic exposure to potential landslide hazards over mainland China Open

Donghuan Li, Youcun Qi, Tianjun Zhou, Wenxia Zhang · 2024

Landslides are among the most destructive natural disasters, having huge socioeconomic impacts. Here, we investigate future changes in potential rainfall-induced landslide activities and their socioeconomic consequences in mainland China u…

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