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Xie, T., Lu, Z. et al. Expanding solar farms in Northwest China’s desert regions can intensify water stress. Under Review.

2025

Lu, Z., Schultze, A., Carré, M., Brierley, C., Hopcroft, P. O., Zhao, D., ... & Zhang, Q. (2025). Increased frequency of multi-year El Niño-Southern Oscillation events across the Holocene. Nature Geoscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-025-01670-y
Lu, Z. (2025). The extra climate benefits of solar farms. Nature Geoscience (News&Views). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-025-01716-1
Zhong, Y.*, Lu, Z.*, Kaboth-Bahr, S., Yu, J., Horikawa, K., Dekkers, M. J., ... & Liu, Q.* (2025). Precession modulates the poleward expansion of atmospheric circulation to the Arctic Ocean. Nature Communications, 16(1), 1143.
Feng, X., Zou, J., Shi, X.*, Lu, Z.*, et al. (2025). Heterogeneity in ice sheets- vs. monsoon rainfall- induced silicate weathering from high to low latitudes. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 8 (1), 1-11.
Lindgren, A., Kuhry, P., Holloway, M., Lu, Z., Tanski, G., & Hugelius, G. (2025). Massive losses and gains of northern land carbon stocks since the Last Glacial Maximum. Science Advances, 11(35), eadt6231.
Jiang, S., Zhao, D., Kaboth-Bahr, S., Beaufort, L., Tu, H., Lu, Z., ... & Wan, S. (2025). Onset of extensive human fire use 50,000 y ago. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(27), e2500042122.
Lu, F., Lu, H., Gu, Y., Lin, P., Lu, Z., Zhang, Q., ... & Mecking, J. V. (2025). Tipping point-induced abrupt shifts in East Asian hydroclimate since the Last Glacial Maximum. Nature Communications, 16(1), 477.
Zheng, M., Muscheler, R., Adolphi, F., Mekhaldi, F., Lu, Z., Wu, M., ... & Lohmann, U. (2025). Atmospheric transport and deposition of cosmogenic 36Cl using ECHAM6. 3-HAM2. 3 model. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 666, 119494.
Zhong, Y., Liu, Y., Du, X., Shi, X., Xu, X., Lu, Z., ... & Liu, Q. (2025). Pacific Walker Circulation modulated millennial-scale East Asian summer monsoon rainfall variability over the past 40 kyr. Global and Planetary Change, 245, 104676.

2024

J Long*, Z Lu*, et al. (2024). Large-scale photovoltaic solar farms in the Sahara affect solar power generation potential globally. Communications Earth & Environment..5(1), 11.
Li, X., Hu, S., Hu, Y., Cai, W., Jin, Y., Lu, Z., Guo, J., Lan, J., Lin, Q., Yuan, S., Zhang, J., Wei, Q., Liu, Y., Yang, J., & Nie, J. (2024). Persistently active El Niño–Southern Oscillation since the Mesozoic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(45), e2404758121.
Chen, J., Zhang, Q., Lu, Z., Duan, Y., Cao, X., Huang, J., & Chen, F. (2024). Reconciling East Asia's mid-Holocene temperature discrepancy through vegetation-climate feedback. Science Bulletin.
Dong, J., Shi, X.*, Dai, H.*, Lu, Z.*, Liu, X., Astakhov, A. S., ... & Li, A. (2024). Arctic sea ice loss warmed the temperate East Asian winter in the mid-Holocene. Communications Earth & Environment, 5(1), 401.
Sha, L., Dang, H., Wang, Y., Wassenburg, J. A., Baker, J. L., Li, H., ..., Lu, Z. ,..., & Cheng, H. (2024). Triple oxygen isotope reveals insolation-forced tropical moisture cycles. Science Advances, 10(37), eadp7855.
Wu, M., Jiang, F., Scholze, M., Chen, D., Ju, W., Wang, S., Kaminski, T., Lu, Z.,... & Zheng, M. (2024). Regional responses of vegetation productivity to the two phases of ENSO. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(8), e2024GL108176.
Hou, Y., Long, H., Tsukamoto, S., Lu, Z., Chen, J., Ibarra, D. E., ... & Shen, J. (2024). Sahara’s surface transformation forced an abrupt hydroclimate decline and Neolithic culture transition in northern China. The Innovation, 5(1).
Zheng, M., Adolphi, F., Ferrachat, S., Mekhaldi, F., Lu, Z., Nilsson, A., & Lohmann, U. (2024). Modeling atmospheric transport of cosmogenic radionuclide 10Be using GEOS‐Chem 14.1. 1 and ECHAM6. 3‐HAM2. 3: Implications for solar and geomagnetic reconstructions. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(2), e2023GL106642.
Zhong, Y., Liu, Y., Yang, H., Yin, Q., Wilson, D. J., Lu, Z., ... & Liu, Q. (2024). Orbital controls on North Pacific dust flux during the late quaternary. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(4), e2023GL106631.
Tang, X., Yu, Z., Lu, Z., Song, L., Song, Z., Colin, C., ... & Wan, S. (2024). Orbital hydroclimate variability revealed by grain-size evidence in the tropical Pacific Islands since 140 ka. Global and Planetary Change, 236, 104429.
Zhong, Y., Tan, N., Abell, J. T., Sun, C., Kaboth-Bahr, S., Ford, H. L., ... Lu. Z. ...& Liu, Q. (2024). Role of land-ocean interactions in stepwise Northern Hemisphere Glaciation. Nature Communications, 15(1), 6711.
Li, S., Zhang, X., Lu, Z., Ni, J., & Lu, J. (2024). Progress of vegetation modelling and future research prospects. Science China Earth Sciences, 1-21.

2023

Lu, Z. Chen, D., Wyser, K., Fuentes-Franco, R., Olin, S., Zhang, Q., Wu and M., Ahlström, A. (2023). Natural decadal variability of global vegetation growth in relation to major decadal climate modes. Environmental Research Letters. 18 (1), 014033.
Zhao, D.*, Lu, Z.* et al. (2023). Quaternary rainfall variability is governed by insolation in northern China and ice-sheet forcing in the South. Communications Earth & Environment. 4 (1).
Power, K.*, Lu, Z.*, and Zhang, Q. (2023). Impacts of large-scale Saharan solar farms on the global terrestrial carbon cycle. Environmental Research Letters.
Yang, Y., Zhang, L., Yi, L., Zhong, F., Lu, Z., Wan, S., ... and Xiang, R. (2023). A contracting Intertropical Convergence Zone during the Early Heinrich Stadial 1. Nature Communications, 14(1), 4695.
Ni, S., Lu, Z., Zhang, Q., Groeneveld, J., Knudsen, K. L., Seidenkrantz, M. S., & Filipsson, H. L. (2023). Last interglacial seasonal hydroclimate in the North Sea–Baltic Sea region. Quaternary Science Reviews, 312, 108152.
Zhang, H., Sjolte, J., Lu, Z., Liu, J., Sun, W., & Wan, L. (2023). Asymmetric changes in temperature in the Arctic during the Holocene based on a transient run with the Community Earth System Model (CESM). Climate of the Past, 19(3), 665-680.
Zhang, Y., Xu, J., Li, G., Lu, Z., Jiang, Z., Zhang, W., & Liu, Y. (2023). ENSO-like evolution of the tropical Pacific climate mean state and its potential causes since 300ka. Quaternary Science Reviews, 315, 108241.
Xing, X., Wu, M., Scholze, M., Kaminski, T., Vossbeck, M., Lu, Z., Wang, S., He, W., Ju, W. and Jiang, F. (2023). Soil Moisture Assimilation Improves Terrestrial Biosphere Model GPP Responses to Sub-Annual Drought at Continental Scale. Remote Sensing, 15 (3).

2022

Cheng, H., Li, H., Sha, L., Sinha, A., Shi, Z., Yin, Q., Lu, Z., Zhao D. et al. (2022). Milankovitch theory and monsoon. The Innovation. 3(6), 100338.
Zhong, Y., Shi. X., Yang, H., Wilson, D., Hein, J., Kaboth-Bahr, S., Lu, Z., et al. (2022). Humidification of Central Asia and equatorward shifts of westerly winds since the late Pliocene. Communications Earth & Environment. 3 (1), 1-9.
Askjær, T., Zhang, Q., Schenk, F., Ljungqvist, F., Lu, Z. et al. (2022). Multi-centennial Holocene climate variability in proxy records and transient model simulations. Quaternary Science Reviews. 296, 107801.
Chen, J., Zhang, Q., Kjellström, E., Lu, Z. and Chen, F. (2022). The contribution of vegetation‐climate feedback and resultant sea ice loss to amplified Arctic warming during the mid‐Holocene. Geophysical Research Letters, e2022GL098816.
Xiong, Z., Zhai, B., Algeo, T. J., Lu, Z. et al. (2022). Intensified aridity over the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool controlled by ice-sheet expansion during the Last Glacial Maximum. Global and Planetary Change, 103952.
Xiong, Z., Li, T., Hönisch, B., Algeo, T.J., Bradtmiller, L., Cane, M., Laj, C., Wang, F., Lu, Z., Qin, B. and Chang, F. (2022). Monsoon-and ENSO-driven surface-water pCO2 variation in the tropical West Pacific since the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews, 289, 107621.
Zhong, Y., Lu, Z., Wilson, D. J., Zhao, D., Liu, Y., Chen, T. and Liu, Q. (2022). Paleoclimate evolution of the North Pacific Ocean during the late Quaternary: Progress and challenges. Geosystems and Geoenvironment, 100124.
Li, N., Song, L., Sack, D., Lu, Z. et al. (2022). Phytolith and simulation evidence for precipitation-modulated vegetation dynamics along the East Asian monsoon margin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 590, 110842.

2021

Lu, Z., Zhang, Q., Miller, P., Zhang, Q., Berntell, E. and Smith, B. (2021). Impacts of large-scale Sahara solar farms on global climate and vegetation cover. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(2), e2020GL090789.
Lindgren, A.*, Lu, Z.*, Zhang, Q. and Hugelius, G. (2021). Reconstructing past global vegetation with Random Forest Machine Learning, sacrificing the dynamic response for robust results. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Sytems. 13(2), e2020MS002200.
Zhao, D.*, Wan, S., Lu, Z.* et al. (2021). Delayed collapse of the North Pacific Intermediate Water after the glacial termination. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(13), e2021GL092911.
Chen, J., Zhang, Q., Huang, W., Lu, Z., Zhang, Z. and Chen, F. (2021). Northwestward shift of the northern boundary of the East Asian summer monsoon during the mid-Holocene caused by orbital forcing and vegetation feedbacks. Quaternary Science Reviews. 268, 107136.
Zhong, Y., Liu, Y., Gong, X., Wilson, D. Lu, Z. et al. (2021). Coupled impacts of atmospheric circulation and sea-ice on late Pleistocene terrigenous sediment dynamics in the subarctic Pacific Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(19), e2020GF095312.
Zhang, Q., Li, Q., Zhang, Q., Berntell, E., Axelsson J., Chen, J., Han, Z., Nooijer, W., Lu, Z., Wyser, K., Yang, S. (2021). Simulating the mid-Holocene, Last Interglacial and mid-Pliocene climate with EC-Earth3-LR. Geoscientific Model Development. 14, 1147-1169.
Dong, J., Li, A.*, Lu, Z.* et al. (2021). Millennial-scale interaction between East Asian winter monsoon and El Niño-related tropical Pacific precipitation in the Holocene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 573, 110442.
Kukla, T., Ahlström, A., Maezumi, Y., Chevalier, M., Lu, Z., Winnick, M., Chamberlain, P. (2021). Amazon Resilience to Past and Present Drying. Global and Planetary Change. 202, 103520.

2020

Zhao, D., Wan, S., Lu, Z. et al. H(2020). adley Circulation supervised tripole rainfall pattern in East Asia during the late Quaternary. Quaternary Science Reviews. 247, 106562.
Gao, Y., Liu, Z. and Lu, Z. (2020). Dynamic Effect of Last Glacial Maximum Ice Sheet Topography on the East Asian Summer Monsoon. Journal of Climate. 33(16), 6929-6944.
Han, Z., Zhang, Q., Wen, Q., Lu, Z., Li, Q. and Zhang, Q. (2020). The changes in ENSO-induced tropical Pacific precipitation variability in the past warm and cold climates from the EC-Earth simulations. Climate Dynamics. 55, 503-519.
Jin, Y., Lu, Z. and Liu, Z. (2020). Controls of Spring Persistence Barrier strength in different ENSO regimes and implications for 21st century changes. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(11), e2020GL088010.
Wen, Q., Döös, K., Lu, Z. , Han, Z. and Yang, H. (2020). Investigating the Role of the Tibetan Plateau in ENSO Variability. Journal of Climate. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0422.1
Hu, Y., Xia, Y., Liu, Z., Wang, Y., Lu, Z. and Wang, T. (2020). Distorted Pacific-North American Teleconnection at the Last Glacial Maximum. Climate of the Past, 16(1), 199-209.

2019

Lu, Z., Liu, Z., Chen, G. and Guan J. (2019). Prominent precession-band variance in ENSO intensity over the last 300,000 years. Geophysical Research Letters. [https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083410]
Lu, Z., Miller, P., Zhang, Q., Wårlind, D., Nieradzik, L., Sjolte, J., Li, Q. and Smith, B. (2019). Vegetation pattern and terrestrial carbon variation in past warm and cold climates. Geophysical Research Letters. [https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083729]
Jin, Y., Liu, Z., Lu, Z. and He, C. (2019). Seasonal cycle of background in the tropical Pacific as a cause of ENSO Spring Persistence Barrier. Geophysical Research Letters. [https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085205]

2018

Lu, Z., Miller, P., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Q., Wårlind, D., Nieradzik, L., Sjolte, J. and Smith, B. (2018). Dynamic Vegetation Simulations of the Mid-Holocene Green Sahara. Geophysical Research Letters. [https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079195]
Lu, Z. and Liu, Z. (2018). Orbital modulation of ENSO seasonal phase locking. Climate Dynamics. [DOI: 10.1007/s00382-018-4382-1]
Lu, Z. and Liu, Z. (2018). Examining El Niño in the Holocene: Implications and Challenges. National Science Review, 5(6), 807-809.
Lu, Z., Liu, Z., and Zhu, J. and Cobb K. M. (2018). A Review of Paleo El Niño Southern Oscillation. Atmosphere, 9(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9040130
Xiong, Z., Li, T., Chang, F., Algeo, T., Clift, L. Lu, Z., Sauer, P., Wan, S., Zhang, X., Chen, S., Jiang, F. and Huang, J. (2018). Rapid precipitation change in tropical West Pacific linked to North Atlantic climate during the last deglaciation. Quaternary Science Reviews, 197, 288-306.

2017

Pausata, F.S.R., Zhang, Q., Muschitiello, F., Lu, Z., Chafik, L., Niedermeyer. E. M., Stager, C., Cobb K. M. and Liu, Z. (2017). Green Sahara suppressing ENSO variability during the Mid Holocene. Nature Communications, 8, 16020.

2016

Lu, Z., Liu, Z., and Zhu, J. (2016). Abrupt intensification of ENSO forced by deglacial ice-sheet retreat in CCSM3. Climate Dynamics. [DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2681-3]

2014

Liu, Z., Lu, Z., Wen, X., Otto-Bliesner, B. L., Timmermann, A., and Cobb, K. M. (2014). Evolution and forcing mechanisms of El Niño over the past 21,000 years. Nature, 515(7528), 550-553.
Otto-Bliesner, B. L., Russell, J. M., Clark, P. U., Liu, Z., Overpeck, J. T., Konecky, B., and Lu, Z. (2014). Coherent changes of southeastern equatorial and northern African rainfall during the last deglaciation. Science, 346(6214), 1223-1227.

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