Tree ring and global changes

Global and Planetary Change, Outstanding Reviewer 2015

• Principal Investigator, CAS Pioneer Hundred Talents Program, 2016-2017
• Principal Investigator, Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China, Tree ring oxygen isotopes variations during the last 300 years in Yunnan and Myanmar and Southwest monsoon variability, 2017-2020

2025

1. Huang, R., Xu, C.X.*, An, W.L., Zhao, Q.Y., Zhao, Y.R., Liu, Y.C., Grießinger, J., Meier, W.J-H., Guo, Z.T. (2025) Asian Continental Isoscapes of Tree-Ring δ¹⁸O: Implications for Paleoclimate and Paleoenvironment. National Science Review, 12, nwaf481.
2. Wang, J.C., Li, Q., Liu, Y., Linderholm, H.W., Xu, C.X., Xu, Y., Jia, Z.C., Li, H.Y., Zhao, J.Y., Song, H.M., Sun, C.F., Li, S.H., Guo, W., Ren, M., Cai, Q.F., Pang, W.X., Wu, Y.F., Cheng, H. (2025) Reservoirperturbation to Natural River in Beijing, China, as recorded by tree-ring δ¹⁸O. Water Resources Research, 61, e2025WR041592.
3. 谭宁, 郭正堂, 许晨曦, 胡彬, 张仲石. (2025) 上新世-更新世转型期格陵兰冰盖演化周期研究. 中国科学:地球科学, https://doi.org/10.1360/SSTe-2025-0172.
4. 赵亚茹, 许晨曦*, 陈实, Miyake, F., 黄茹, 徐子琪, 张卓亚, 邵雪梅, 许冰, 郭正堂. (2025) 一种快速的树木年轮AMS-¹⁴C前处理方法. 第四纪研究, 45(6), 1446-1453.
5. Zhao, Q.Y., Xu, C.X.*, Zhang, Q.*, Wu, W., Zhao, P., Guo, Z.T. (2025) Dating and provenance tracing of historical timbers in the Forbidden City using oxygen isotope dendrochronology. npj Heritage Science, 13, 602.
6. Wang, S.J., Xu, C.X.*, Li, Y.Q., Shen, J.Y., Tang, T., Yuan, S. (2025) Decoupling of the relationship between canopy and stem growth in broadleaf trees under humid conditions. Global and Planetary Change, 105233.
7. Cai, Z.Y., Li, R., Tian, L.D., Xu, C.X., Bowen, G.J. (2025) Phase shifts in precipitation isotope seasonality across East Asia track monsoon dynamics. Global and Planetary Change, 257, 105212.
8. Zhao, Q.Y., Xu, C.X.*, An, W.L., Liu, Y.C., Guo, Z.T. (2025) Large-scale atmospheric circulation controls intra-annual tree-ring oxygen isotope in the lower Yangtze River basin. Dendrochronologia, 94, 126430.
9. Ren, J.B., Lyu, S.Y., Xu, C.X.*, Schubert, B.A., Zhong, H., Guo, Z.T. (2025) Oxygen Isotope Bias Arising from the Drying Process of Nanocellulose: Implications for Studies Using Subfossil Wood. Analytical Chemistry, 97(40), 21997-22003.
10. Wang, S.J., Liu, H.Y., Yuan, S., Xu, C.X.*. (2025) Combining different climate datasets better reflects the response of warm-temperate forests to climate: a case study from Mt. Dongling, Beijing. Journal of Forestry Research, 36, 130.
11. Liu, Y.C., An, W.L.*, Wu, Z.P., Xu, C.X.*, Guo, Z.T. (2025) Summer hydroclimate variations in Northeast China during the period of 1568-2021. Science China Earth Sciences, 68(9), 2814-2826.
12. Zhao, X.E. Xu, C.X., Chen, F., Boucher, É., Hadad, M., Roig, F.A., Xu, J.F., Hu, M., Wang, S.J., Zhang, H.L., Chen, Y.P., Yue, W.P., Cao, H.H., (2025) Anthropogenic forcing has impacted precipitation variability in the North China Monsoon Marginal Region. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 667, 113180.
13. Ren, J.B., Xu, C.X.*, Schubert, B.A., Zhong, H., Jin, F.M., Wang, C.C., Guo, Z.T. (2025) No oxygen isotope fractionation for subfossil cellulose during diagenesis. Chemical Geology, 691, 122945.

2024

1. 安文玲, 许晨曦*. (2024) 藏东南地区树木生长对大气和土壤湿度的响应差异. 第四纪研究, 44(4), 976-986.
2. 任军博, 许晨曦*. (2024) 新生代埋藏木稳定同位素研究进展. 第四纪研究, 44(4), 1062-1078.
3. Xu, C.X.*, Huang, R., An, W.L., Zhao, Q.Y., Zhao, Y.R., Ren, J.B., Liu, Y.C., Guo, Z.T. (2024) Tree ring oxygen isotope in Asia. Global and Planetary Change, 232, 104348.
4. Xu, C.X.*, Zhao, Y.R., An, W.L., Zhao, Q.Y., Liu, Y.C., Sano, M., Nakatsuka, T. (2024) Method to measure tree-ring width, density, elemental composition, and stable carbon and oxygen isotopes using one sample. Journal of Forestry Research, 35, 56.

2023

1. Liu, S.N., Xu, C.X.*, Fontana, C., An, W.L., Tomazello-Filho, M., Zhao, Q.Y., Zhao, Y.R., Liu, Y.C., Guo, Z.T. (2023) Monthly precipitation reconstruction in subtropical South America using seasonal treering oxygen isotopes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128, e2023JG007490.
2. Huang, R.*, Xu, C.X., Grießinger, J., Feng, X.Y., Zhu, H.F., Bräuning, A. (2023) Rising utilization of stable isotopes in tree rings for climate change and forest ecology. Journal of Forestry Research, 35(13), 1-14.
3. Wang, X.N., Xu, T.R., Xu, C.X., Liu, H.Y., Chen, Z.J., Li, Z.S., Li, X.M., Wu, X.C.* (2023) Enhanced growth resistance but no decline in growth resilience under long-term extreme droughts. Global Change Biology, 30, e17038.
4. Li, Y.Q., Huang, Y.M., Li, X.Y., Huo, X.X., Li, X.M., Xu, C.X., Li, Z.S., Xu, C.Y., Xi, B.Y., Wu, X.C.* (2023) Variations of deep water uptake and water use efficiency indicated divergence in tree growth stability. Forest Ecology and Management, 544, 121131.
5. Zhao, Y.R., Xu, C.X.*, Liu, Y.C., An, W.L., Guo, Z.T. (2023) Irrawaddy River experienced more frequent hydrological drought events with global warming: Evidence from a 400-year tree ring oxygen isotope record. CATENA, 232, 107455.
6. An, W.L., Xu, C.X.*, Marković, S.B., Sun, S.L., Sun, Y., Gavrilov, M.B., Govedar, Z., Hao, Q.Z., Guo, Z.T. (2023) Anthropogenic warming has exacerbated droughts in southern Europe since the 1850s. Communications Earth & Environment, 4, 232.
7. Zhao, Q.Y., Xu, C.X.*, An, W.L., Liu, Y.C., Xiao, G.Q., Huang, C.J. (2023) Increasing tree growth in subalpine forests of central China due to earlier onset of the thermal growing season. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 333, 109391.
8. Xu, C.X.*, Wang, S.Y.S., Borhara, K., Buckley, B., Tan, N., Zhao, Y.R, An, W.L., Sano, M., Nakatsuka, T., Guo, Z.T. (2023) Asian-Australian summer monsoons linkage to ENSO strengthened by global warming. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 6, 8.
9. Ren, J.B.*, Schubert, B.A., Lukens, W.E.*, Xu, C.X. (2023) The oxygen isotope value of whole wood, α-cellulose, and holocellulose in modern and fossil wood. Chemical Geology, 623, 121405.
10. Li, Y.Q., Xu, C.X., Huang, Y.M., Huo, X.X., Shi, F.Z., Pan, Y.P., Ren, L., Wu, X.C. (2023) Tree growth and intrinsic water use efficiency of Chinese pine plantations along a precipitation gradient in northern China. Forest Ecology and Management, 528, 120609.

2022

1. Liu, Y.C., An, W.L., Wang, X.C., Xu, C.X.* (2022) Moisture history in the Northeast China since 1750s reconstructed from tree-ring cellulose oxygen isotope. Quaternary International, 625, 49-59.
2. Jin, Y.T., Li, J.X., Zhao, Y., Xu, C.X., Chen, Z.J., Li, F., Chen, J.Y., Zhang, J.Y., Hou, S., Xin, Z.A. (2022) Cambial evidence of the “Millennium Eruption” of Changbaishan volcano (c. 946 CE) and century-scale climatic change in the Middle Ages. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 595, 110971.
3. Huang, R., Zhu, H.F., Liang, E.Y., Brauning, A., Zhong, L.H., Xu, C.X., Feng, X.Y., Asad, F., Sigdel, S.R., Li, L.C., Grießinger, J. (2022) Contribution of winter precipitation to tree growth persists until the late growing season in the Karakoram of northern Pakistan. Journal of Hydrology, 607, 127513.
4. Zhao, Q.Y., Xu, C.X.*, An, W.L., Liu, Y.C., Guo, Z.T. (2022) Increased extreme drought events in south–central China since the last century: Evidence from oxygen isotope signatures preserved in tree ring cellulose. Dendrochronologia, 74, 125973.
5. An, W.L., Li, J.J., Wang, S., Xu, C.X.*, Shao, X.M., Qin, N.S.*, Guo, Z.T. (2022) Hydrological Extremes in the Upper Yangtze River Over the Past 700 yr Inferred from a Tree Ring δ¹⁸O Record. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127(10), e2021JD036109.
6. Li, Y.Q., Xu, C.X., Huang, Y.M., Huo, X.X., Shi, F.Z., Pan, Y.P., Ren, L., Wu, X.C. (2023) Tree growth and intrinsic water use efficiency of Chinese pine plantations along a precipitation gradient in northern China. Forest Ecology and Management, 528, 120609.
7. Nguyen, H.T., Galelli, S., Xu, C.X., Buckley, B.M. (2022) Droughts, Pluvials, and Wet Season Timing Across the Chao Phraya River Basin: A 254‐Year Monthly Reconstruction from Tree Ring Widths and δ¹⁸O. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(17), e2022GL100442.
8. Li, Q., Liu, Y., Sinha, A., Kathayat, G., Duan, X.Y., Liu, R.S., Xu, C.X., Song, H.M., Fang, C.X., Siddiqui, M.F., Cheng, H.R. (2022) Indian summer monsoon and winter Total Solar Irradiance signals in the tree-ring δ¹⁸O from foothills of High Asia, northern Pakistan. International Journal of Climatology, 43, 1610-1620. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7936.
9. Bing, X.J., Fang, K.Y., Gong, X.Y., Wang, W.Z., Xu, C.X., Li, M.H., Ruan, C.Y., Ma, W.T., Li, Y.J., Zhou, F.F. (2022) The intra-annual intrinsic water use efficiency dynamics based on an improved model. Climatic Change, 172(1), 1-19.
10. Shi, F., Goosse, H., Li, J.P., Yin, Q.Z., Ljungqvist, F.C., Lian, T., Sun, C., Wang, L., Wu, Z.W., Li, J., Zhao, S., Xu, C.X., Liu, W., Liu, T., Nakatsuka, T., Guo, Z.T. (2022) Interdecadal to multidecadal variability of East Asian summer monsoon over the past half millennium. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127(20), e2022JD037260.

2021

1. Xu, C.X.*, Zhao, Q.Y., An, W.L., Wang, S.Y.S., Tan, N., Sano, M., Nakatsuka, T., Borhara, K., Guo, Z.T. (2021) Tree-ring oxygen isotope across monsoon Asia: Common signal and local influence. Quaternary Science Reviews, 269, 107156.
2. Xu, C.X.*, Buckley, B.M., Wang, S.Y.S., An, W.L., Li, Z., Nakatsuka, T., Guo, Z.T. (2021) Oxygen isotopes in tree rings from Greenland: a new proxy of NAO. Atmosphere, 12(1), 39.
3. Xu, C.X.*, Zhu, H.F., Wang, S.Y.S., Shi, F., An, W.L., Li, Z., Sano, M., Nakatsuka, T., Guo, Z.T. (2021) Onset and maturation of Asian summer monsoon precipitation reconstructed from intra-annual tree-ring oxygen isotopes from the southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary Research, 103, 139-147.
4. Nguyen, H.T., Galelli, S., Xu, C.X., Buckley, B.M. (2021) Multi-Proxy, Multi-Season Streamflow Reconstruction with Mass Balance Adjustment. Water Resources Research, 57(8), e2020WR029394.
5. Shi, F., Lu, H.Y., Guo, Z.T., Yin, Q.Z., Wu, H.B., Xu, C.X., Zhang, E.L., Shi, J.F., Cheng, J., Xiao, X.Y., Zhao, C. (2021) The position of the Current Warm Period in the context of the past 22,000 years of summer climate in China. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(5), e2020GL091940.
6. Wang, X., Xie, F., Zhang, Z., Liess, S., Fang, K.Y., Xu, C.X., Shi, F. (2021) Complex network of synchronous climate events in East Asian tree-ring data. Climatic Change, 165(3), 1-14.
7. Zhou, X., Zhan, T., Tu, L.Y., Smol, J.P., Jiang, S.W., Liu, X.Y., Xu, C.X., Guo, Z.T. (2021) Monthly insolation linked to the time-transgressive nature of the Holocene East Asian monsoon precipitation maximum. Geology, 50(3), 33-335.

2020

1. Shi, S.Y., Shi, J.F., Xu, C.X., Leavitt, S.W., Wright, W.E., Cai, Z.Y., Zhang, H.Y., Sun, X.G., Zhao, Y.S., Ma, X.Q., Zhang, W.J., Lu, H.Y. (2020) Tree-ring δ¹⁸O from Southeast China reveals monsoon precipitation and ENSO variability. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 558, 109954.
2. Nakatsuka, T., Sano, M., Li, Z., Xu, C.X., Tsushima, A., Shigeoka, Y., Sho, K., Ohnishi, K., Sakamoto, M., Ozaki, H., Higami, N., Nakao, N., Yokoyama, M., Mitsutani, T. (2020) A 2600-year summer climate reconstruction in central Japan by integrating tree-ring stable oxygen and hydrogen isotopes. Climate of the Past, 16(6), 2153-2172.
3. Zaw, Z., Fan, Z.X., Bräuning, A., Xu, C.X., Liu, W.J., Gaire, N.P., Panthi, S., Than, K.Z. (2020) Drought Reconstruction Over the Past Two Centuries in Southern Myanmar Using Teak Tree-Rings: Linkages to the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(10), e2020GL087627.
4. Fan, J.W., Wei, X.T., Shi, W., Guo, Q.Q., Zhang, S.Q., Xu, H.Y., Song, H.M., Xu, C.X., An, W.L., Jiang, H.C. (2020) Response of tree rings to earthquakes during the past 350 years at Jiuzhaigou in the eastern Tibet. Science of The Total Environment, 731, 138714.

2019

1. Xu, C.X., Buckley, B.M., Promchote, P., Wang, S.Y.S., Pumijumnong, N., An, W., Sano, M., Nakatsuka, T., Guo, Z.T. (2019) Increased variability of Thailand's Chao Phraya River peak season flow and its association with ENSO variability: Evidence from tree ring δ¹⁸O. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 4863-4872.
2. Xu, C.X., Zhu, H.F., Nakatsuka, T., Sano, M., Li, Z., Shi, F., Liang, E.Y., Guo, Z.T. (2019) Sampling strategy and climatic implication of tree-ring cellulose oxygen isotopes of Hippophae tibetana and Abies georgei on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau. International Journal of Biometeorology, 63, 697-686.
3. Xu, C.X., Shi, J.F., Zhao, Y.S., Nakatsuka, T., Sano, M., Shi, S.Y., Guo, Z.T. (2019) Early summer precipitation in the lower Yangtze River basin for AD 1845-2011 based on tree-ring cellulose oxygen isotopes. Climate Dynamics, 52, 1583-1594.
4. Xu, C.X., An, W.L., Wang, S.Y.S., Yi, L., Ge, J.Y., Nakatsuka, T., Sano, M., Guo, Z.T. (2019) Increased drought events in southwest China revealed by tree ring oxygen isotopes and potential role of Indian Ocean Dipole. Science of the Total Environment, 661, 645-653.
5. An, W.L., Xu, C.X., Liu, X.H., Tan, N., Sano, M., Li, M.Q., Shao, X.M., Nakatsuka, T., Guo, Z.T. (2019) Specific response of earlywood and latewood δ¹⁸O from the east and west of Mt. Qomolangma to the Indian summer monsoon. Science of the Total Environment, 689, 99-108.
6. Gavrilov, M.B., An, W.L., Xu, C.X., Radakovic, M.G., Hao, Q.Z., Yang, F., Guo, Z.T., Peric, Z., Gavrilov, G., Markovic, S.B. (2019) Independent Aridity and Drought Pieces of Evidence Based on Meteorological Data and Tree Ring Data in Southeast Banat, Vojvodina, Serbia. Atmosphere, 10, 586. doi:10.3390/atmos10100586

2018

1. Xu, C.X., Pumijumnong, N., Nakatsuka, T., Sano, M., Guo, Z.T. (2018) Inter-annual and multi-decadal variability of monsoon season rainfall in central Thailand during the period 1804–1999, as inferred from tree ring oxygen isotopes. International Journal of Climatology, 38, 5766-5776.
2. Xu, C.X., Sano, M., Dimri, A., Ramesh, R., Nakatsuka, T., Shi, F., Guo, Z.T. (2018) Decreasing Indian summer monsoon on the northern Indian sub-continent during the last 180 years: evidence from five tree-ring cellulose oxygen isotope chronologies, Climate of the Past, 14, 653–664.

2017

1. Xu, C.X., Shao, X.M., An, W.L., Nakatsuka, T., Zhang, Y., Sano, M., Guo, Z.T. (2017) Negligible local-factor influences on tree ring cellulose δ¹⁸O of Qilian juniper in the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 69(1), 1391663.
2. Sano, M., Dimri, A., Ramesh, R., Li, Z., Xu, C.X., Nakatsuka, T. (2017) Moisture source signals preserved in a 242-year tree-ring δ¹⁸O chronology in the western Himalaya, Global and Planetary Change, 157, 73-82.
3. PAGES2k Consortium. (2017) A global multiproxy database for temperature reconstructions of the Common Era. Scientific Data, 4, 170088. doi:10.1038/sdata.2017.88
4. Li, D., Fang, K.Y., Li, Y., Chen, D., Liu, X., Dong, Z., Zhou, F., Guo, G., Shi, F., Xu, C.X., Li, Y. (2017) Climate, intrinsic water-use efficiency and tree growth over the past 150 years in humid subtropical China. PLoS ONE, 12(2), e0172045. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172045

2016

1. Xu, C.X., Ge, J.Y., Nakatsuka, T., Yi, L., Zheng, H.Z., Sano, M. (2016) Potential utility of tree ring δ¹⁸O series for reconstructing precipitation records from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, southeast China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 3954–3968. doi:10.1002/2015JD023610
2. Xu, C.X., Zheng, H., Nakatsuka, T., Sano, M., Li, Z. (2016) Inter- and intra-annual tree-ring cellulose oxygen isotope variability in response to precipitation in Southeast China. Trees, 30, 785-794. doi: 10.1007/s00468-015-1320-2
3. Shi, F., Fang, K.Y., Xu, C.X., Guo, Z.T., Borgaonkar, H.P. (2016) Interannual to centennial variability of the south asian summer monsoon over the pastmillennium. Climate Dynamics, 49, 2803-2814.

2015

1. Xu, C.X., Pumijumnong, N., Nakatsuka, T., Sano, M., Li, Z. (2015) A tree-ring cellulose δ¹⁸O-based July–October precipitation reconstruction since AD 1828, northwest Thailand. Journal of Hydrology, 529, 433-441. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.02.037
2. Shi, F., Ge, Q.S., Yang, B., Li, J.P., Yang, F.M., Ljungqvist, F.C., Solomina, O., Nakatsuka, T., Wang, N.L., Zhao, S., Xu, C.X., Fang, K.Y., Sano, M., Chu, G.Q., Fan, Z.X., Gaire, N.P., Zafar, M.U. (2015) A multi-proxy reconstruction of spatial and temporal variations in Asian summer temperatures over the last millennium. Climate change, 131, 663-676. doi: 10.1007/s10584-015-1413-3

2014

1. Xu, C.X., Sano, M., Yoshimura, K., Nakatsuka, T. (2014) Oxygen isotopes as a valuable tool for measuring annual growth in tropical trees that lack distinct annual rings. Geochemical Journal, 48, 371-378. doi.org/10.2343/geochemj.2.0312

2013

1. Xu, C.X., Zheng, H., Nakatsuka, T., Sano, M. (2013) Oxygen isotope signatures preserved in tree-ring cellulose as a proxy for rainy season precipitation in southeast China. Journal of Geophysical Research, 118, 1-11. doi:10.1002/2013JD019803
2. Xu, C.X., Sano, M., Nakatsuka, T. (2013) A 400-year hydroclimate variability and local ENSO history in northern Southeast Asia inferred from tree-ring δ¹⁸O. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 386, 588-598.
3. Sano, M., Tshering, P., Komori, J., Fujita, K., Xu, C.X., Nakatsuka, T. (2013) Summer precipitation for the Bhutan Himalaya since 1743 CE as reconstructed from oxygen isotope ratios in tree ring cellulose. Journal of Geophysical Research, 118, 8399-8410. doi:10.1002/jgrd.50664

2012

1. Sano, M., Xu, C.X., Nakatsuka, T. (2012) A 300-year Vietnam hydroclimate and ENSO variability record reconstructed from tree ring δ¹⁸O. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, D12115, 1-11.
2. Sano, M., Xu, C.X., Nakatsuka, T. (2012) Monsoon reconstruction in subtropical Asia from oxygen isotope ratios of tree-ring cellulose. PAGES newsletter, 20(2), 72-73.
3. Cook, E.R., Krusic, P.J., Anchukaitis, K.J., Buckley, B.M., Nakatsuka, T., Sano, M., PAGES Asia2k Members (Ahmed, M., Borgaonkar, H., Xu, C.X., Chu, G.Q., Fan, Z.X., Gaire, N., Ge, Q.S., Kimura, K., Palmer, J., Papina, T., Schwikowski, M., Shao, X.M., Shi, F., Solomina, O., Usama, Z., Yasue, K., Zaiki, M., Zhao, K., Zheng, J.Y.) (2012) Tree-ring reconstructed summer temperature anomalies for temperate East Asia since 800 C.E. Climate Dynamics, 41, 2957-2972.

2011

1. Xu, C.X., Sano, M., Nakatsuka, T. (2011) Tree-ring cellulose δ¹⁸O of Fokienia hodginsii in Northern Laos: a promising proxy to reconstruct ENSO. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, D24109, 1-12.
2. 许晨曦, 郝青振, 杨石岭, 赵淑君, 周鑫, 葛俊逸, 肖国桥. (2011) 黄土高原东南部黄土记录的全新世东亚季风变化. 地质力学学报, 17(2), 175-184.