Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
Warm-rain and ice crystal pathways of precipitation formation co-exist in convective storms
Warm-rain and ice crystal pathways of precipitation formation can co-exist in storms and the balance between each is determined by cloud base temperature and solute aerosol conditions, suggest numerical simulations of aerosol-cloud processes in convective storms.
Efficient Market vs Regulatory Capture: the Political Economy of China's Power Market Reform
China's power sector reform has been a topic of significant interest as the sector accounts for 45% of its carbon emissions. We delve into the efficiency changes spurred by market reforms and explores the influences of both market-driven and politically driven mechanisms in the reform process.
Greenhouse warming can lead to greater destructiveness in the mid-latitudes by tropical cyclones
The impact of tropical cyclones can extend beyond the population in tropical regions. Our recent study suggests that with the rise in greenhouse gas emissions, there can be a greater proportion of highly destructive storms originating from tropical areas in the mid-latitudes.
The anthropogenic component of recent and future warming in the Arctic, under observational constraints
The study aims to constrain the 21st century projections of Arctic winter temperatures. Results show that the recently observed four-fold Arctic amplification of global warming is mostly but not entirely due to a human influence, and will decrease with increasing radiative forcings.
Revealing the contrasting roles of soil moisture−atmosphere feedbacks in modulating the abrupt transition from drought to pluvial conditions
There is a significant increase in the occurrence of drought and pluvial transitions globally during 1980−2020. We find that the transitive causal chains induced by land−atmosphere feedbacks play an important role in triggering the occurrence of drought and pluvial transitions.
Pacific Decadal Oscillation causes fewer near-equatorial cyclones in the north Indian Ocean
Our study finds a remarkable 43% decline in the frequency of low-latitude cyclones (LLCs, originating between 5°N and 11°N) during the post-monsoon season in the north Indian Ocean (NIO) in recent decades (1981-2010) compared to earlier decades (1951-1980).
Changes of phosphorus reactivity in the Yellow River from source to estuary
We published our paper in Communications Earth & Environment in late August 2023. We spent two years collecting water samples from 72 stations in the whole Yellow River to investigate changes in reactivity of dissolved and suspended particulate phosphorus under long-distance transport.
