Climate Change Impacts on Atmospheric Circulation, Hydrology and Sustainable Ecosystems

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change is profoundly reshaping the Earth system through its influences on atmospheric circulation, hydrological processes and ecosystem dynamics from regional to global scales. Shifts in large-scale circulation patterns, precipitation regimes, evapotranspiration, drought occurrence, flooding intensity and land–atmosphere interactions are increasingly altering water availability, ecosystem structure and function and ecological resilience. These interconnected changes have important implications not only for environmental sustainability, but also for risk assessment, resource management and climate adaptation.

This Special Issue welcomes original research articles, reviews and interdisciplinary studies that examine climate change impacts on atmospheric circulation, hydrology and ecosystems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, atmospheric variability and circulation change, hydrological responses to climate forcing, hydroclimatic extremes, ecosystem responses and feedbacks, land–atmosphere coupling, climate–hydrology–ecosystem interactions, remote sensing applications, model-based assessments and adaptation-oriented sustainability analysis.

Existing studies have often addressed atmospheric, hydrological, or ecological changes separately. In contrast, this Special Issue aims to complement the current literature by encouraging more integrated perspectives across the atmosphere–water–ecosystem continuum. By bringing together studies across disciplines, regions and methods, it seeks to advance a more comprehensive understanding of coupled environmental change and its sustainability implications under a warming climate.

Dr. Zhenyu Zhang
Guest Editor

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