The following paper about the sustainable tourism in PEI has been recently accepted for publication by Sustainability.
Haldane, E., L. MacDonald, N. Kressin, Z. Furlotte, P. Kinay, R. Guild, and X. Wang. Sustainable Tourism and Climate Change: An Overview for Prince Edward
Island, Canada. Sustainability, accepted on February 27, 2023.
More details will come soon once the paper is published.
Title: Early 21st Century Trends of Temperature Extremes over the Northwest Himalayas
Journal: Atmosphere
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14030454
Abstract: The rising intensity and frequency of extreme temperature events are caused due to climate change and are likely to affect the entire world. In this context, the Himalayas are reported to be very sensitive to changes in temperature extremes. In this study, we investigate the variability of temperature extremes over the Northwest Himalayas in the early 21st century (2000–2018). Here, we used 14 temperature indices recommended by ETCCDI (Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices). The present study reveals the trends of extreme temperature indices on the spatial scale for the western part of the Northwest Himalayas. The 14 temperature indices were used to assess the behavior of extreme temperature trends with their significance. This study reports that the northwestern region of the study area has a cooling effect due to an increase in the trends of cold spells, cold days/nights, and frost days, while the southwestern region significantly shows the warming effects due to the increasing trends in warm spells, warm days/nights, and summer days. On the other hand, the eastern region of the study area shows mixed behavior, i.e., some places show warm effects while some reveal cold effects in the early 21st century. Overall, this study implies the northwestern parts have cooling trends while the southwestern and southeastern parts have warming trends during the early 21st century.
The following paper about future precipitation extremes in China under CMIP6 has been recently accepted for publication by iScience.
Guo, J., Y. Shen, X. Wang, X. Liang, Z. Liu, and L. Liu. Evaluation and Projection of Precipitation Extremes under 1.5°C and 2.0°C GWLs over China using Bias-corrected CMIP6 models. iScience, accepted on February 7, 2023.
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The following paper about the ecological perturbation of Mangla Watershed in Pakistan has been recently accepted for publication by Water.
Rahim, A., X. Wang, N. Javed, F. Aziz, A. Jahangir, and T. Khurshid. The Ecological Perturbation of Mangla Watershed in Pakistan Due to Hydrological Alteration. Water, accepted on February 3, 2023.
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Dr. Wang has been recently inducted as a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) in the 2022 Celebration of Excellence and Engagement meeting held in Calgary on November 23-26, 2022.
The RSC College is Canada’s first national system of multidisciplinary recognition for the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership. It comprises a fourth entity (along with the current three Academies) within the RSC. The Members of the College are Canadians and Permanent Residents who, at an early stage in their career, have demonstrated a high level of achievement. The criteria for election is excellence, and membership is for seven years.