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Understanding Future Change of Global Monsoons Projected by CMIP6 Models Open
Projecting future change of monsoon rainfall is essential for water resource management, food security, disaster mitigation, and infrastructure planning. Here we assess the future change and explore the causes of the changes using 15 model…
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Timing and structure of the Younger Dryas event and its underlying climate dynamics Open
Significance The Younger Dryas (YD) was an ∼1,300-y period of extreme climate that dramatically reversed the course of global warming that brought the last Ice Age to a close. Understanding what mechanisms triggered and terminated this eve…
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Future Changes of Summer Monsoon Characteristics and Evaporative Demand Over Asia in CMIP6 Simulations Open
Future greenhouse warming is expected to influence the characteristics of global monsoon systems. However, large regional uncertainties still remain. Here we use 16 Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) models to determine …
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Climate change increased extreme monsoon rainfall, flooding highly vulnerable communities in Pakistan Open
As a direct consequence of extreme monsoon rainfall throughout the summer 2022 season Pakistan experienced the worst flooding in its history. We employ a probabilistic event attribution methodology as well as a detailed assessment of the d…
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Future changes in monsoon duration and precipitation using CMIP6 Open
Future change in summertime rainfall under a warmer climate will impact the lives of more than two-thirds of the world’s population. However, the future changes in the duration of the rainy season affected by regional characteristics are n…
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The Asian Monsoon and its Future Change in Climate Models: A Review Open
This study provides an overview of the Asian monsoon and its change as simulated by atmosphere–ocean coupled general circulation models and high-resolution atmospheric general circulation models, focusing on the seasonal mean circulation a…
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Declining pre-monsoon dust loading over South Asia: Signature of a changing regional climate Open
Desert dust over the Indian region during pre-monsoon season is known to strengthen monsoon circulation, by modulating rainfall through the elevated heat pump (EHP) mechanism. In this context, an insight into long term trends of dust loadi…
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South American monsoon response to iceberg discharge in the North Atlantic Open
Significance Here, we present a precisely dated speleothem record of South American monsoon precipitation covering the period encompassed by the last six Heinrich Stadials. Our monsoon record allows us to determine the timing of regional h…
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A review of the effects of climate change on riverine flooding in subtropical and tropical regions Open
Tropical and subtropical regions can be particularly severely affected by flooding. Climate change is expected to lead to more intense precipitation in many regions of the world, increasing the frequency and magnitude of flood events. This…
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Recent frontiers of climate changes in East Asia at global warming of 1.5°C and 2°C Open
East Asia is undergoing significant climate changes and these changes are likely to grow in the future. It is urgent to characterize both the mechanisms controlling climate and the response of the East Asian climate system at global warmin…
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Decline and poleward shift in Indian summer monsoon synoptic activity in a warming climate Open
Significance Propagating atmospheric vortices contribute more than half of the total rainfall received by the fertile and highly populated Gangetic plains of India. How the activity of these storms will change in a warming climate is not y…
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A distinctive Eocene Asian monsoon and modern biodiversity resulted from the rise of eastern Tibet Open
The uplift of eastern Tibet, Asian monsoon development and the evolution of globally significant Asian biodiversity are all linked, but in obscure ways. Sedimentology, geochronology, clumped isotope thermometry, and fossil leaf-derived num…
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Resistance of African tropical forests to an extreme climate anomaly Open
Significance The responses of tropical forests to heat and drought are critical uncertainties in predicting the future impacts of climate change. The 2015–2016 El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) resulted in unprecedented heat and low prec…
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Climate change impacts on tropical forests: identifying risks for tropical Asia Open
There is growing evidence that global climate change is significantly altering forest ecosystems, and will continue to do so in the future.Changes in mean climate and climate extremes such as drought, storms, cyclones and wildfires can fun…
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Climate Change Indicators and Spatiotemporal Shift in Monsoon Patterns in Pakistan Open
Monsoon rainfall is the principle source of fresh water essential for agricultural practices and human sustenance in the Indian subcontinent during summer. This study is primarily designed to analyse the extent of rainfall and temperature …
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Seasonal drought events in tropical East Asia over the last 60,000 y Open
Significance The characters and mechanisms of seasonal precipitation changes during the last glaciation in tropical East Asia are enduring and important issues of debate for researchers from many disciplines. Sensitive indicators for annua…
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Changes in Major Global River Discharges Directed into the Ocean Open
Under the influence of global climate change, the discharges of major global rivers directed into the ocean have undergone significant changes. To study the trends and causes in discharge variation, we selected 40 large rivers and analyzed…
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Hydroclimatic contrasts over Asian monsoon areas and linkages to tropical Pacific SSTs Open
Knowledge of spatial and temporal hydroclimatic differences is critical in understanding climatic mechanisms. Here we show striking hydroclimatic contrasts between northern and southern parts of the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau (E…
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The South American monsoon variability over the last millennium in climatemodels Open
In this paper we assess South American monsoon system (SAMS) variability in the last millennium as depicted by global coupled climate model simulations. High-resolution proxy records for the South American monsoon over this period show a c…
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Energy analysis of utility-scale PV plant in the rain-dominated tropical monsoon climates Open
To limit the adverse impact of fossil fuel-generated power, energy generation from solar photovoltaic (PV) power is gaining importance. A lot of utility-scale PV power plants are being installed in tropical regions owing to the increased s…
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Higher sea surface temperature in the Indian Ocean during the Last Interglacial weakened the South Asian monsoon Open
Significance Understanding the drivers of South Asian monsoon intensity is pivotal for improving climate forecasting under global warming scenarios. Solar insolation is assumed to be the dominant driver of monsoon variability in warm clima…
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Moisture Supply From the Western Ghats Forests to Water Deficit East Coast of India Open
The mountainous western coast of India, known as the Western Ghats, is considered to be a biodiversity hot spot, but it is under a constant threat due to human activities. The region is characterized by high orographic monsoon precipitatio…
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Anthropogenic aerosols are a potential cause for migration of the summer monsoon rain belt in China Open
It has been proposed that the current and future global warming caused by increased greenhouse gases can produce a northward shift of the Earth’s rain belt (1). This conclusion is supported by a recent study in PNAS by Yang et al. (2) in w…
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Global Warming Impacts on Severe Drought Characteristics in Asia Monsoon Region Open
Climate change influences the changes in drought features. This study assesses the changes in severe drought characteristics over the Asian monsoon region responding to 1.5 and 2.0 °C of global average temperature increases above preindust…
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A Comparative Study on the Skill of CMIP6 Models to Preserve Daily Spatial Patterns of Monsoon Rainfall Over India Open
South Asian monsoon is a phenomena that plays out during June-September every year, due to the northward shift of the ITCZ which causes heavy rainfall over many countries of South Asia, including India. These rains are directly related to …
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Data‐Model Comparisons of Tropical Hydroclimate Changes Over the Common Era Open
We examine the evidence for large‐scale tropical hydroclimate changes over the Common Era based on a compilation of 67 tropical hydroclimate records from 55 sites and assess the consistency between the reconstructed hydroclimate changes an…
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Asian summer monsoon responses to the change of land‒sea thermodynamic contrast in a warming climate: CMIP6 projections Open
It is of practical significance to use the updated Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) models to study the impact of changes in land‒sea thermodynamic contrast (TC) on the Asian summer monsoon under different scenarios an…
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Major factors of global and regional monsoon rainfall changes: natural versus anthropogenic forcing Open
A number of studies have investigated the mechanisms that determine changes in precipitation, including how a wet region gets wetter. However, not all monsoon areas get wetter—there is a need to understand the major factors behind changes …
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Eccentricity forcing of East Asian monsoonal systems over the past 3 million years Open
Significance Desert regions were not always dry, and in the geological past, they experienced periods of wetter and drier conditions. Understanding these wet–dry cycles in arid regions is an important scientific endeavor that could provide…
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Intraseasonal, Seasonal, and Interannual Characteristics of Regional Monsoon Simulations in CESM2 Open
A survey of intraseasonal, seasonal, and interannual precipitation and 850 hPa winds for various monsoon regimes around the world is presented for the Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2) compared to observations and the previous…