Publications

2026

  1. Luo, Q., Park, E., Latrubesse, E.M. et al. Global alluvial channel patterns. Nat Commun 17, 1950 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-68569-z
  2. Wong, M., and Wang, X., 2026. The relative impacts of tropical Pacific teleconnections and local insolation on mid-Holocene precipitation over tropical South America. Climate of the Past, 22, 1-16.  https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-22-1-2026
  3. Wang, J., Wang, X., Sun, S., Wen, Y., Pathak, R., Dong, L., Park, E., and Hoteit, I., 2026. Key drivers and predictability of the unprecedented 2024 United Arab Emirates flood. Environmental Research Letters, 21, 014030. DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ae3096.
  4. Chen M., Kayee, J., Sorooshian, A., Betito, G., Bañaga, P.A., Braun, R.A., Cambaliza, M.O., Cruz, M.T., MacDonald, A.B., Simpas, J.B., Stahl, C., Ray, I., Das, R., Wang, Z., and Wang, X., 2026. Lead sources detected in Manila's air after the phase-out of leaded gasoline. Atmospheric Environment, 367,121727. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2025.121727
  5. Lin, K., Chen, M., Wang, J., Shu, C., Chen, Y.-G., and Wang, X., 2025. Coral records indicate six-decade rise and fall of atmospheric lead emission in China. Communications Earth & Environment 6, 376. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02363-5
  6. Gu Y., Fang T., Xu Y., Duan X., Lee S.H.J.T., Zhu W., Zeng Y., Yim S.H.L. (2026). Air quality, health, and economic impacts of land-use and land cover changes in Southeast Asia in the twenty-first century: a modelling study. Lancet Planetary Health (Accepted).
  7. Hu J, Fang T., Yim S.H.L. (2026). Apportioning the ozone-related health impact to precursor emissions and formulating health-oriented ozone control strategies in Southeast Asia. Journal of Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.128780
  8. Chan F.H.F., Koh R.W.S., Yim S.H.L., Horton B.P., Griva K. (2026). Communicating the health implications of global environmental change: a mixed methods systematic review of health framing in environmental messaging. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaag002

2025

  1. Choo E.L.W., Ma P., Chow J.Y., Yim S.H.L., Brady O., Dickens B.L., Lim J.T. (2025). Projecting long-term excess risks of major infectious diseases associated with future extreme weather events in Thailand. Accepted in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013896
  2. Li J., Wang J., Dong L., Pathak R., Yim S.H.L., Lu C., Chen J., Wu S., Lin P., Yang K. (2025). Rising Heavy Precipitation Amid Decreasing Typhoon Contribution in Southeast Asia. Accepted in Environmental Research Letters. 
  3. Quantifying deforestation in Singapore and its impact on urban temperatures. Accepted in Urban Sciences (Jingyu Wang)
  4. Fang T., Gu Y., Li J., Sung J.J.Y., Yim S.H.L. (2025). Effects of climate change on PM2.5 formation chemistry, and the associated human health impacts and economic costs in Southeast Asia. Environment International, 205, 109835. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2025.109835
  5. Sun N., Huang T., Wang J., Park E., Yim S.H.L. (2025). Aerosols Shape the Vertical Structure of Convective Overshooting in Southeast Asia Through Microphysical Processes. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(19), e2025GL116841. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL116841
  6. Wong C.H., Li Z., Yim S.H.L., Chang T.Y., Man C.L., Cheng C.H., Kwok T.C.Y., Ho K.F. (2025). The comparison between multiple linear regression and random forest model in predicting environmental noise and its frequency components level in Hong Kong using a land-use regression approach. Environmental Research, 286 (2), 122919.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2025.122919
  7. Huang T., Li Y., Li J., Sung J.J.Y., Yim S.H.L. (2025). PM2.5‐Associated Premature Mortality Attributable to Hot‐And‐Polluted Episodes and the Inequality Between the Global North and the Global South. GeoHealth 9 (5), e2024GH001290. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GH001290
  8. Hu J., Horton B.P., Yeo T.W., Sung J.J.Y, Yim S.H.L. (2025). Mosquito and global dengue cases in a warming world. BMJ Public Health, 10 (5), e014688. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014688
  9. Huang, T., Li, Y., Li, J., Sung, J. J. Y., &Yim, S. H. L. (2025). PM2.5‐associated premature mortality attributable to hot‐and‐polluted episodes and the inequality between the Global North and the Global South. GeoHealth,9, e2024GH001290. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GH001290
  10. Hong, T., Yim, S. H., & Heo, Y. (2025). Interpreting complex relationships between urban and meteorological factors and street-level urban heat islands: Application of random forest and SHAP method. Sustainable Cities and Society, 106353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2025.106353
  11. Fang, T., Hu, J., Gu, Y., Sung, J., & Yim, S. H. L. (2025b). Response of ozone to current and future emission scenarios and the resultant human health impact in Southeast Asia. Environment International, 109333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2025.109333
  12. Hong, T., Yim, S. H., & Heo, Y. (2025). Interpreting complex relationships between urban and meteorological factors and street-level urban heat islands: Application of random forest and SHAP method. Sustainable Cities and Society, 106353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2025.106353