Land use and land cover change, Water cycle, Extreme climate, Aerosol

PhD, 2014-2020, Duke University, USA

MSc, 2012-2013, University of Hong Kong, China

BSc, 2008-2012, Beijing Forestry University, China

2024-, IAP, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Research Associate

2020-2023, Yale University, Postdoc

Tang, T., Ge, J., Shi, H., Cao, J., & Lee, X. (2026). Reforestation increases water inequality under low warming but reduces water availability under high warming. One Earth, 9(8), 101740. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2026.101740

Tang, T., Ge, J., Shi, H., Wang, L., Cao, J., & Lee, X. (2025). Drought frequency, intensity, and exposure have increased due to historical land use and land cover changes. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 398. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02392-0

Tang, T., Ge, J., Cao, J., & Shi, H. (2025). Land water availability altered by historical land use and land cover change. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 8(1), 230. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-025-01111-y

Tang, T., Ge, J., Shi, H., & Cao, J. (2025). Divergent response of aridity index to historical land use and land cover change. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 8(1), 88. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-025-00978-1

Tang, T., Lee, X., & Zhang, K. (2024). Historical land use and land cover change reduced the temperature of cold extremes more than that of hot extremes. The Innovation Geoscience, 2(3), 100079. https://doi.org/10.59717/j.xinn-geo.2024.100079

Tang, T., Lee, X., Zhang, K., Cai, L., Lawrence, D. M., & Shevliakova, E. (2023). Biophysical Impact of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change on Subgrid Temperature in CMIP6 Models. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 24(3), 373-388. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-22-0073.1

Tang, T., Shindell, D., Zhang, Y., Voulgarakis, A., Lamarque, J. F., Myhre, G., Faluvegi, G., Samset, B. H., Andrews, T., Olivié, D., Takemura, T., & Lee, X. (2021). Distinct surface response to black carbon aerosols. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21(18), 13797-13809. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-13797-2021

Tang, T., Shindell, D., Zhang, Y., Voulgarakis, A., Lamarque, J. F., Myhre, G., Stjern, C. W., Faluvegi, G., & Samset, B. H. (2020). Response of surface shortwave cloud radiative effect to greenhouse gases and aerosols and its impact on summer maximum temperature. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20(13), 8251-8266. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8251-2020

Tang, T., Shindell, D., Faluvegi, G., Myhre, G., Olivié, D., Voulgarakis, A., Kasoar, M., Andrews, T., Boucher, O., Forster, P. M., Hodnebrog, Ø., Iversen, T., Kirkevåg, A., Lamarque, J. F., Richardson, T., Samset, B. H., Stjern, C. W., Takemura, T., & Smith, C. (2019). Comparison of Effective Radiative Forcing Calculations Using Multiple Methods, Drivers, and Models. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(8), 4382-4394. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD030188

Tang, T., Shindell, D., Samset, B. H., Boucher, O., Forster, P. M., Hodnebrog, Ø., Myhre, G., Sillmann, J., Voulgarakis, A., Andrews, T., Faluvegi, G., Fläschner, D., Iversen, T., Kasoar, M., Kharin, V., Kirkevåg, A., Lamarque, J. F., Olivié, D., Richardson, T., Stjern, C. W., & Takemura, T. (2018). Dynamical response of Mediterranean precipitation to greenhouse gases and aerosols. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18(11), 8439-8452. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8439-2018