Lab Events & News

Discover the latest research breakthroughs, publications, and academic activities from the i-Ecoclimatology Lab.

Publication

Global drought shows no detectable recent acceleration under climate warming

Using 11 global SPEI datasets built from six PET methods, the team shows that reported global drying is largely driven by the choice of evapotranspiration formulation, and that no statistically significant recent acceleration of global drought is detectable during 1981–2024.

September 11, 2026Communications Earth & Environment
Research Breakthrough

Tsinghua SIGS team led by Yuanchao Fan advances research on global warming and deadly heat stress

This study provides the first global-scale quantitative assessment of how outdoor humid heat, solar radiation, and physiological factors drive heat stress, revealing that previous research has severely underestimated the outdoor health risks of global warming.

December 16, 2024Tsinghua News
Research News

Deadly heat coming for healthy people — Harvard research

Venturing outdoors during heatwaves may become deadly for millions of people in a world only slightly warmer than today's, according to new research published in Communications Earth & Environment.

December 12, 2024Harvard Gazette
Publication

Divergent impacts of climate interventions on China's north-south water divide

This study examines how climate interventions may produce different water-cycle responses across China's north and south, highlighting the need to consider regional trade-offs.

2025Communications Earth & Environment
Publication

Model shows solar geoengineering may be surprisingly effective in alleviating impacts of global warming on crops

Solar geoengineering is not a fix-all for climate change but it could be one of several tools to manage climate risks. Research offers better understanding of its effect on agriculture.

May 20, 2021Nature Food

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