Selected Publications

Li, H., Ilyina, T., Dunkl, I., Brune, S., Müller, W.A., et al., 2026: Multi-model reconstructions and predictions of the CO2 fluxes and atmospheric CO2 variations. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 107(6), E1352-E1369, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-25-0139.1

Hu, Z., Mathis, M., Li, H. et al. 2026: Polar and subpolar shelf seas dominate enhanced coastal CO₂ uptake during marine heatwaves. Nat. Commun., 17, 9346, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-77165-0

Friedlingstein, P., Le Quéré, C., O’Sullivan, M., Hauck, J., Peter Landschützer, P., Ingrid T. Luijkx, I., Li, H., et al., 2026. Emerging climate impact on carbon sinks in a consolidated carbon budget. Nature 649, 98–103. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09802-5

Li, H., Ilyina, T., Loughran, T., Spring, A., and Pongratz, J., 2023: Reconstructions and predictions of the global carbon budget with an emission-driven Earth system model, Earth Syst. Dynam., 14, 101–119, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-14-101-2023.

Jiang, J., Zhou, T., Qian, Y., Li, C., Song, F., Li, H., Chen, X., Zhang, W., Chen, Z., 2023: Precipitation regime changes in high mountain Asia driven by cleaner air. Nature, 623, 544–549. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06619-y.

Ilyina, T., Li, H., Spring, A., Müller, W., Bopp, L., Chikamoto, M., Danabasoglu, G., Dobrynin, M., et al. 2021: Predictable variations of the carbon sinks and atmospheric CO2 growth in a multi-model framework. Geophys. Res. Lett., 48: e2020GL090695. doi:10.1029/2020GL090695.

Li, H., T. Ilyina, W.A. Müller, and P. Landschützer, 2019: Predicting the variable ocean carbon sink. Science Advances, 5: eaav6471. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aav6471.

Li, H. and T. Ilyina, 2018: Current and future decadal trends in the oceanic carbon uptake are dominated by internal variability, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 916-925, doi: 10.1002/2017GL075370.

Li, H., T. Ilyina, W.A. Müller, and F. Sienz, 2016: Decadal predictions of the North Atlantic CO2 uptake. Nature Communications, 7, 11076, doi: 10.1038/ncomms11076.

Li, H., and J.-S. von Storch, 2013: On the fluctuating buoyancy fluxes simulated in a 1/10∘ OGCM, J. Phys. Oceanogr. 43, 1270-1287. doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-080.1

Li, H., A. Dai, T. Zhou, and J. Lu, 2010: Responses of East Asian Summer Monsoon to Historical SST and Atmospheric Forcing during 1950-2000. Climate Dynamics, 34, 501-514. doi:10.1007/s00382-008-0482-7