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DOI	10.1038/s41467-024-48895-w
	Uniformly elevated future heat stress in China driven by spatially heterogeneous water vapor changes
	Wang, Fan; Gao, Meng; Liu, Cheng; Zhao, Ran; Mcelroy, Michael B.
发表日期	2024
EISSN	2041-1723
起始页码	15
结束页码	1
卷号	15 期号:1
英文摘要	The wet bulb temperature (Tw) has gained considerable attention as a crucial indicator of heat-related health risks. Here we report south-to-north spatially heterogeneous trends of Tw in China over 1979-2018. We find that actual water vapor pressure (Ea) changes play a dominant role in determining the different trend of Tw in southern and northern China, which is attributed to the faster warming of high-latitude regions of East Asia as a response to climate change. This warming effect regulates large-scale atmospheric features and leads to extended impacts of the South Asia high (SAH) and the western Pacific subtropical high (WPSH) over southern China and to suppressed moisture transport. Attribution analysis using climate model simulations confirms these findings. We further find that the entire eastern China, that accommodates 94% of the country's population, is likely to experience widespread and uniform elevated thermal stress the end of this century. Our findings highlight the necessity for development of adaptation measures in eastern China to avoid adverse impacts of heat stress, suggesting similar implications for other regions as well. Attributing spatially heterogeneous heat stress trends to water vapor pressure changes driven by climate change-induced rapid warming in high-latitudes of East Asia, the authors predict widespread and uniform future heat stress in eastern China.
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:001234660500003
来源期刊	NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/309347
作者单位	Hong Kong Baptist University; Harvard University; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Science & Technology of China, CAS; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, CAS; Anhui Institute of Optics & Fine Mechanics (AIOFM), CAS; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Science & Technology of China, CAS
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Fan,Gao, Meng,Liu, Cheng,et al. Uniformly elevated future heat stress in China driven by spatially heterogeneous water vapor changes[J],2024,15(1).
APA	Wang, Fan,Gao, Meng,Liu, Cheng,Zhao, Ran,&Mcelroy, Michael B..(2024).Uniformly elevated future heat stress in China driven by spatially heterogeneous water vapor changes.NATURE COMMUNICATIONS,15(1).
MLA	Wang, Fan,et al."Uniformly elevated future heat stress in China driven by spatially heterogeneous water vapor changes".NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 15.1(2024).