My background
I received a PhD in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Peking University, supervised by Professor Zhengyu Liu.
My Research
I study climate feedbacks on a broad range of timescales, with a particular focus on the ocean-atmosphere feedbacks (El Niño–Southern Oscillation) and terrestrial ecosystem-atmosphere feedbacks, with the application of Earth system model, climate model and dynamic vegetation model simulations. My research concerns how global change alters structure and functions of terrestrial ecosystems, and how terrestrial ecosystems regulate climate change; my research also contributes to the understanding of El Niño–Southern Oscillation evolution in the past and the future.
Publications
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Orbital Controls on North Pacific Dust Flux During the Late Quaternary
Yi Zhong, Yanguang Liu, Hu Yang, Qiuzhen Yin, David J. Wilson, et al.
(2024) Geophysical Research Letters, 51
Journal articleModeling Atmospheric Transport of Cosmogenic Radionuclide 10Be Using GEOS-Chem 14.1.1 and ECHAM6.3-HAM2.3 : Implications for Solar and Geomagnetic Reconstructions
Minjie Zheng, Florian Adolphi, Sylvaine Ferrachat, Florian Mekhaldi, Zhengyao Lu, et al.
(2024) Geophysical Research Letters, 51
Journal articleGigantic solar farms of the future might impact how much solar power can be generated on the other side of the world
Zhengyao Lu, Long Jingchao
(2024) The Conversation
Journal articleSahara's surface transformation forced an abrupt hydroclimate decline and Neolithic culture transition in northern China
Yandong Hou, Hao Long, Sumiko Tsukamoto, Zhengyao Lu, Jie Chen, et al.
(2024) Innovation, 5
Journal articleLarge-scale photovoltaic solar farms in the Sahara affect solar power generation potential globally
Jingchao Long, Zhengyao Lu, Paul A. Miller, Julia Pongratz, Dabo Guan, et al.
(2024) Communications Earth and Environment, 5
Journal articleSimulating dust emissions and secondary organic aerosol formation over northern Africa during the mid-Holocene Green Sahara period
Putian Zhou, Zhengyao Lu, Jukka Pekka Keskinen, Qiong Zhang, Juha Lento, et al.
(2023) Climate of the Past, 19 p.2445-2462
Journal articleQuaternary rainfall variability is governed by insolation in northern China and ice-sheet forcing in the South
Debo Zhao, Zhengyao Lu, Shiming Wan, Hai Cheng, Xuefa Shi, et al.
(2023) Communications Earth and Environment, 4
Journal articleA contracting Intertropical Convergence Zone during the Early Heinrich Stadial 1
Yiping Yang, Lanlan Zhang, Liang Yi, Fuchang Zhong, Zhengyao Lu, et al.
(2023) Nature Communications, 14
Journal articleSimulations of7Be and10Be with the GEOS-Chem global model v14.0.2 using state-of-The-Art production rates
Minjie Zheng, Hongyu Liu, Florian Adolphi, Raimund Muscheler, Zhengyao Lu, et al.
(2023) Geoscientific Model Development, 16 p.7037-7057
Journal articleImpacts of large-scale Saharan solar farms on the global terrestrial carbon cycle
Katherine Power, Zhengyao Lu, Qiong Zhang
(2023) Environmental Research Letters, 18
Journal articleENSO-like evolution of the tropical Pacific climate mean state and its potential causes since 300ka
Yang Zhang, Jishang Xu, Guangxue Li, Zhengyao Lu, Zhaoxia Jiang, et al.
(2023) Quaternary Science Reviews, 315
Journal articleSolar, Atmospheric, and Volcanic Impacts on 10Be Depositions in Greenland and Antarctica During the Last 100 Years
Minjie Zheng, Florian Adolphi, Chiara Paleari, Qin Tao, Tobias Erhardt, et al.
(2023) Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128
Journal articleLast interglacial seasonal hydroclimate in the North Sea–Baltic Sea region
S. Ni, Z. Lu, Q. Zhang, J. Groeneveld, Karen Luise Knudsen, et al.
(2023) Quaternary Science Reviews, 312
Journal articlePaleoclimate evolution of the North Pacific Ocean during the late Quaternary : Progress and challenges
Yi Zhong, Zhengyao Lu, David J. Wilson, Debo Zhao, Yanguang Liu, et al.
(2023) Geosystems and Geoenvironment, 2
Journal article reviewNatural decadal variability of global vegetation growth in relation to major decadal climate modes
Zhengyao Lu, Deliang Chen, Klaus Wyser, Ramón Fuentes-Franco, Stefan Olin, et al.
(2023) Environmental Research Letters, 18
Journal articleSoil Moisture Assimilation Improves Terrestrial Biosphere Model GPP Responses to Sub-Annual Drought at Continental Scale
Xiuli Xing, Mousong Wu, Marko Scholze, Thomas Kaminski, Michael Vossbeck, et al.
(2023) Remote Sensing, 15
Journal articleAsymmetric changes in temperature in the Arctic during the Holocene based on a transient run with the Community Earth System Model (CESM)
Hongyue Zhang, Jesper Sjolte, Zhengyao Lu, Jian Liu, Weiyi Sun, et al.
(2023) Climate of the Past, 19 p.665-680
Journal articleIntensified aridity over the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool controlled by ice-sheet expansion during the Last Glacial Maximum
Zhifang Xiong, Bin Zhai, Thomas J. Algeo, Zhengyao Lu, Tiegang Li, et al.
(2022) Global and Planetary Change, 217
Journal articleThe Contribution of Vegetation-Climate Feedback and Resultant Sea Ice Loss to Amplified Arctic Warming During the Mid-Holocene
Jie Chen, Qiong Zhang, Erik Kjellström, Zhengyao Lu, Fahu Chen
(2022) Geophysical Research Letters, 49
Journal articlePhytolith and simulation evidence for precipitation-modulated vegetation dynamics along the East Asian monsoon margin
Nannan Li, Lina Song, Dorothy Sack, Zhengyao Lu, Fengling Yu, et al.
(2022) Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 590
Journal articleHumidification of Central Asia and equatorward shifts of westerly winds since the late Pliocene
Yi Zhong, Xuefa Shi, Hu Yang, David J. Wilson, James R. Hein, et al.
(2022) Communications Earth and Environment, 3
Journal articleMilankovitch theory and monsoon
Hai Cheng, Hanying Li, Lijuan Sha, Ashish Sinha, Zhengguo Shi, et al.
(2022) The Innovation, 3
Journal article reviewMulti-centennial Holocene climate variability in proxy records and transient model simulations
Thomas Gravgaard Askjær, Qiong Zhang, Frederik Schenk, Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist, Zhengyao Lu, et al.
(2022) Quaternary Science Reviews, 296
Journal articleCoupled Impacts of Atmospheric Circulation and Sea-Ice on Late Pleistocene Terrigenous Sediment Dynamics in the Subarctic Pacific Ocean
Yi Zhong, Yanguang Liu, Xun Gong, David J. Wilson, Zhengyao Lu, et al.
(2021) Geophysical Research Letters, 48
Journal articleNorthwestward shift of the northern boundary of the East Asian summer monsoon during the mid-Holocene caused by orbital forcing and vegetation feedbacks
Jie Chen, Qiong Zhang, Wei Huang, Zhengyao Lu, Zhiping Zhang, et al.
(2021) Quaternary Science Reviews, 268
Journal articleThe resilience of Amazon tree cover to past and present drying
Tyler Kukla, Anders Ahlström, S. Yoshi Maezumi, Manuel Chevalier, Zhengyao Lu, et al.
(2021) Global and Planetary Change, 202
Journal articleMillennial-scale interaction between the East Asian winter monsoon and El Niño-related tropical Pacific precipitation in the Holocene
Jiang Dong, Anchun Li, Zhengyao Lu, Xiting Liu, Shiming Wan, et al.
(2021) Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 573
Journal articleDelayed Collapse of the North Pacific Intermediate Water After the Glacial Termination
Debo Zhao, Shiming Wan, Zhengyao Lu, Lina Zhai, Xuguang Feng, et al.
(2021) Geophysical Research Letters, 48
Journal articleSolar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy but damage the global climate – here’s why
Zhengyao Lu, Benjamin Smith
(2021) The Conversation
Journal articleSimulating the mid-holocene, last interglacial and mid-pliocene climate with ec-earth3-lr
Qiong Zhang, Ellen Berntell, Josefine Axelsson, Jie Chen, Zixuan Han, et al.
(2021) Geoscientific Model Development, 14 p.1147-1169
Journal articleImpacts of Large-Scale Sahara Solar Farms on Global Climate and Vegetation Cover
Zhengyao Lu, Qiong Zhang, Paul A. Miller, Qiang Zhang, Ellen Berntell, et al.
(2021) Geophysical Research Letters, 48
Journal articleReconstructing Past Global Vegetation With Random Forest Machine Learning, Sacrificing the Dynamic Response for Robust Results
Amelie Lindgren, Zhengyao Lu, Qiong Zhang, Gustaf Hugelius
(2021) Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 13
Journal articleResponse of heterogeneous rainfall variability in East Asia to Hadley circulation reorganization during the late Quaternary
Debo Zhao, Shiming Wan, Zhengyao Lu, Lina Zhai, Xuguang Feng, et al.
(2020) Quaternary Science Reviews, 247
Journal articleThe changes in ENSO-induced tropical Pacific precipitation variability in the past warm and cold climates from the EC-Earth simulations
Zixuan Han, Qiong Zhang, Qin Wen, Zhengyao Lu, Guolin Feng, et al.
(2020) Climate Dynamics, 55 p.503-519
Journal articleInvestigating the role of the tibetan plateau in ENSO variability
Qin Wen, Kristofer Döös, Zhengyao Lu, Zixuan Han, Haijun Yang
(2020) Journal of Climate, 33 p.4835-4852
Journal articleDynamic effect of last glacial maximum ice sheet topography on the east asian summer monsoon
Yu Gao, Zhengyu Liu, Zhengyao Lu
(2020) Journal of Climate, 33 p.6929-6944
Journal articleControls of Spring Persistence Barrier Strength in Different ENSO Regimes and Implications for 21st Century Changes
Yishuai Jin, Zhengyao Lu, Zhengyu Liu
(2020) Geophysical Research Letters, 47
Journal articleSeasonal Cycle of Background in the Tropical Pacific as a Cause of ENSO Spring Persistence Barrier
Yishuai Jin, Zhengyu Liu, Zhengyao Lu, Chengfei He
(2019) Geophysical Research Letters, 46 p.13371-13378
Journal articleProminent precession‐band variance in ENSO intensity over the last 300,000 years
Zhengyao Lu, Zhengyu Liu, Guanshan Chen, Jian Guan
(2019) Geophysical Research Letters, 46 p.9786-9795
Journal articleHolocene quantitative pollen-based vegetation reconstructions in Europe for climate modelling: LandClim II
Esther Githumbi, Ralph M. Fyfe, Erik Kjellström, Johan Lindström, Zhengyao Lu, et al.
(2019)
Conference paper: abstractVegetation Pattern and Terrestrial Carbon Variation in Past Warm and Cold Climates
Zhengyao Lu, Paul Miller, Qiong Zhang, David Wårlind, Lars Nieradzik, et al.
(2019) Geophysical Research Letters, 46 p.8133-8143
Journal articleOrbital modulation of ENSO seasonal phase locking
Zhengyao Lu, Zhengyu Liu
(2019) Climate Dynamics, 52 p.4329-4350
Journal articleDynamic Vegetation Simulations of the Mid-Holocene Green Sahara
Lu Zhengyao, Paul Miller, Qiong Zhang, Qiang Zhang, David Wårlind, et al.
(2018) Geophysical Research Letters, 45 p.8294-8303
Journal articleA review of paleo El Niño-Southern Oscillation
Zhengyao Lu, Zhengyu Liu, Jiang Zhu, Kim M. Cobb
(2018) Atmosphere, 9
Journal article reviewExamining El Niño in the Holocene : Implications and challenges
Zhengyao Lu, Zhengyu Liu
(2018) National Science Review, 5 p.807-809
Journal articleEvolution and forcing mechanisms of El Niño over the past 21,000 years
Zhengyu Liu, Zhengyao Lu, Xinyu Wen, B. L. Otto-Bliesner, A. Timmermann, et al.
(2014) Nature, 515 p.550-553
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