Some new publications in 2025

2025 has been a busy year with not much time to write news for the website. Here’s a summary of some new publications that haven’t been mentioned here yet, including two led by Ziqian Zhong:

Arctic climate system:

  • Ye et al. (2025): Attributing climate and weather extremes to Northern Hemisphere sea ice and terrestrial snow: progress, challenges and ways forward
  • Liu et al. (2025): Changes in atmospheric circulation amplify extreme snowfall fueled by Arctic sea ice loss over high-latitude land

Carbon cycle dynamics:

  • Peng et al. (2025): Characterizing spatial variability of soil organic carbon through improved machine-learning modeling with in situ data resampling: A case study in Alaska
  • Zhong et al. (2025): Contrasting vegetation productivity responses in arid and humid zones to recent changes in diurnal temperature range

Wildfire:

  • Chen et al. (2025): Divergent radiative forcing of fine-mode aerosols across tree genera during wildfires in North America and Europe
  • Xu et al. (2025): The critical role of snowmelt onset-driven vapor pressure deficit variations in wildfire dynamics of northern latitudes

Climate variability & change:

  • Zou et al. (2025): Amplified urban heat island effect in southern China’s old towns following atmospheric regulation policies
  • Zhong et al. (2025): Sub-diurnal asymmetric warming has amplified atmospheric dryness since the 1980s