Journal Articles
Weiyi Gu, Yue Qin. Targeted opportunities to mitigate water scarcity, inequality, and inequity embedded in international food trade for vulnerable countries. Water Research. 2024 Dec 1;267:122568.
Licheng Wang, Yawen Liu, Lei Zhao, Xi Lu, Liangdian Huang, Yana Jin, Steven J Davis, Amir Aghakouchak, Xin Huang, Tong Zhu, Yue Qin, Unraveling climate change-induced compound low-solar-low-wind extremes in China, National Science Review, 2024;, nwae424.
Li, Xinchang ‘Cathy, Lei Zhao, Yue Qin, Keith Oleson, and Yiwen Zhang. Elevated urban energy risks due to climate-driven biophysical feedbacks. Nature Climate Change (2024): 1-8. ( Featured Cover Article )
Zheng, Dongsheng, Dan Tong, Steven J. Davis, Yue Qin, Yang Liu, Ruochong Xu, Jin Yang et al. "Climate change impacts on the extreme power shortage events of wind-solar supply systems worldwide during 1980–2022." Nature Communications 15, no. 1 (2024): 5225.
Yue Qin, Mi Zhou, Yueting Hao, Xin Huang, Dan Tong, Liangdian Huang, Chuan Zhang et al. "Amplified positive effects on air quality, health, and renewable energy under China’s carbon neutral target." Nature Geoscience (2024): 1-8.
Weiyi Gu, Fang Wang, Stefan Siebert, Matti Kummu, Xuhui Wang, Chaopeng Hong, Feng Zhou, Qing Zhu, Yong Liu, and Yue Qin. "The asymmetric impacts of international agricultural trade on water use scarcity, inequality and inequity." Nature Water 2, no. 4 (2024): 324-336. ( Featured Cover Article )
Li, Xinchang “Cathy, Lei Zhao, Keith Oleson, Yuyu Zhou, Yue Qin, Keer Zhang, and Bowen Fang. "Enhancing Urban Climate‐Energy Modeling in the Community Earth System Model (CESM) Through Explicit Representation of Urban Air‐Conditioning Adoption." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 16, no. 4 (2024): e2023MS004107.
Yuhan Zhou, Jie Li, Wendong Ge, Junfeng Liu, Huihuang Wu, Leyi Zheng, Xian Wang, Yue Qin, Jingcheng Zhou, Yuqing Wang, Yang Ren. "Impacts of coal use phase-out in China on the atmospheric environment:(2) public health and global radiative forcing." Atmospheric Environment 319 (2024): 120280.
Wendong Ge, Jie Li, Junfeng Liu, Chenyang Xu, Huihuang Wu, Yuhan Zhou, Yang Ren, Xian Wang, Leyi Zheng, Jingcheng Zhou, Xuesong Wang, Yue Qin. "Impacts of coal use phase-out in China on the atmospheric environment:(1) emissions, surface concentrations and exceedance of air quality standards." Atmospheric Environment 315 (2023): 120163.
Song, Shuang, Shuai Wang, Xutong Wu, Yongping Wei, Graeme S. Cumming, Yue Qin, Xilin Wu, and Bojie Fu. "Identifying regime transitions for water governance in the yellow river basin, China." Water Resources Research 59, no. 12 (2023): e2022WR033819.
AghaKouchak, Amir, Laurie S. Huning, Mojtaba Sadegh, Yue Qin, Yannis Markonis, Farshid Vahedifard, Charlotte A. Love et al. "Toward impact-based monitoring of drought and its cascading hazards." Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 4, no. 8 (2023): 582-595.
Yue Qin, Yaoping Wang, Shiyu Li, Hang Deng, Niko Wanders, Joyce Bosmans, Liangdian Huang, Chaopeng Hong, Edward Byers, Daniel Gingerich, Jeffrey M. Bielicki & Gang He. Global assessment of the carbon–water tradeoff of dry cooling for thermal power generation. Nature Water 1-12. (2023): Full Article; Media Coverage: 科学网; PKU-CESE; NW自然水; 环境人Environmentor.
Yue Qin, Chaopeng Hong, Hongyan Zhao, Stefan Siebert, John T. Abatzoglou, Laurie S. Huning, Lindsey L. Sloat, Sohyun Park, Shiyu Li, Darla,Munroe, Tong Zhu, Steven J. Davis & Nathaniel D. Mueller. Snowmelt risk telecouplings for irrigated agriculture. Nature Climate Change 12(11): 1007-1015 (2022). Full Article. Media Coverage: 北大科研; PKU-CESE; 地学新文献; 环境人Environmentor. ( Featured Cover Article )
Hong, Chaopeng, Hongyan Zhao, Yue Qin, Jennifer A. Burney, Julia Pongratz, Kerstin Hartung, Yu Liu et al. Land-use emissions embodied in international trade. Science 376(6593): 597-603. (2022). Full Article.
Zhou, Mi, Hongxun Liu, Liqun Peng, Yue Qin, Dan Chen, Lin Zhang, and Denise L. Mauzerall. Environmental benefits and household costs of clean heating options in northern China." Nature Sustainability 5(4): 329-338 (2022). Full Article.
Yue Qin, Mi Zhou, Da Pan, Zbigniew Klimont, Daniel B. Gingerich, Denise L. Mauzerall, Lei Zhao, Gang He, and Jeffrey M. Bielicki. Environmental consequences of potential strategies for China to prepare for natural gas import disruptions. Environmental Science & Technology 56(2): 1183-1193 (2021). Full Article.
Yue Qin. Global competing water uses for food and energy. Environmental Research Letters 16(6): 064091 (2021). Full Article.
Arellano-Gonzalez, Jesus, Amir AghaKouchak, Morgan C. Levy, Yue Qin, Jennifer Burney, Steven J. Davis, and Frances C. Moore. The adaptive benefits of agricultural water markets in California. Environmental Research Letters 16(4): 044036 (2021). Full Article.
Yue Qin, Abatzoglou JT, Siebert S, Huning LS, AghaKouchak A, Mankin JS, Hong CP, Tong D, Davis SJ, and Mueller ND. Agricultural risks to changing snowmelt. Nature Climate Change (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0746-8. Full Article: https://rdcu.be/b3FE0; Media Coverage: OSU State News; Science News; Phys.Org; Earth.Com.
Chaopeng Hong, Nathaniel D. Mueller, Jennifer A. Burney, Yang Zhang, Amir AghaKouchak, Frances C. Moore, Yue Qin, Dan Tong & Steven J. Davis (2020), Impacts of ozone and climate change on yields of perennial crops in California. Nature Food 1, 166–172(2020).
D. Tong, Q. Zhang, Y.X. Zheng, K. Caldeira, C. Shearer, C.P. Hong, Yue Qin, and S. J. Davis (2019), Committed emissions from existing energy infrastructure jeopardize 1.5 °C climate target. Nature 572, pages373–377(2019).
Yue Qin, N.D. Mueller, S. Siebert, R.B. Jackson, A, AghaKouchak, J.B. Zimmerman, D. Tong, C.P. Hong, and S.J. Davis (2019), Flexibility and intensity of global water use. Nature Sustainability2: 515-523 (2019). Full Article; Media Coverage: Nature Research Highlight; Nature Communities; UCI News
Yue Qin, Y.Y. Fang, D. L., Mauzerall, V. Naik, L. Horowitz, J. Liu (2019), Source Attribution of Black Carbon Affecting Regional Air Quality, Premature Mortality and Glacial Deposition in 2000. Atmospheric Environment 206: 144-145. Full Article.
Yue Qin, L. Höglund-Isaksson, E. Byers, K.S. Feng, F. Wagner, W. Peng, and D. L., Mauzerall (2018), Air Quality-Carbon-Water Synergies and Trade-offs in China’s Natural Gas Industry. Nature Sustainability 1 (9): 501-508, doi: 10.1038/s41893-018-0136-7. Full Article; Media Coverage: Nature communities; Princeton University Press; IIASA press release
Yue Qin, F. Tong, G. Yang, and D.L., Mauzerall (2018), Challenges of using natural gas as a carbon mitigation option in China. Energy Policy 2018, 117: 457-462; Full Article; Media Coverage: Science Trends.
Yue Qin, F. Wagner, N. Scovronick, W. Peng, J. Yang, T. Zhu, K. Smith, D.L., Mauzerall, (2017), Air quality, human health and climate implications of China’s synthetic natural gas development. PNAS, doi:10.1073/pnas.1703167114. Full Article; Media Coverage: New York Times; Phys.org; Princeton University Press
Yue Qin, R. Edwards, F. Tong, D.L., Mauzerall (2017), Can switching from coal to shale gas bring net carbon reductions to China? Environmental Science & Technology 51 (5): 2554-2562. Full Article.
Yue Qin, S.D. Xie (2012), Spatial and temporal variations of anthropogenic black carbon emissions in China for 1980-2009; Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12(11). Full Article.
Yue Qin, S.D. Xie (2011), A multi-factor designation method for mapping particulate-pollution control zones in China; Science of the Total Environment 409(19). Full Article.
Yue Qin, S.D. Xie (2011), Historical estimation of carbonaceous aerosol emissions from biomass burning 1990-2005; Environmental Pollution 159 (12): 3316-23. Full Article.
Yue Qin, S.D. Xie (2011), Estimation of county-level black carbon emissions and its spatial distribution in China; Atmospheric Environment 45(38): 6995-7004. Full Article.
Working Papers
Addressing air and water concerns (2015): State policy opportunities in unconventional oil and gas. Contributing Author. Policy report submitted to U.S. National Governors Association in Washington DC.