The following article about a dual-index assessment of warm-season heat stress has been recently accepted for publication by Environmental Research Communications. Anuta, A., and X. Wang. A dual-index assessment of warm-season heat stress for a small-island province in Atlantic Canada. Environmental Research Communications, accepted on November 2, 2026. More details will come soon once the paper is published.
The following article about the climate change knowledge translation to adaptation action has been recently accepted for publication by Climate. Fenech, A., X. Wang, and W. Gough. Actions From Knowledge (AFK): Knowledge Translation and the Movement from Climate Change Research to Adaptation Action. Climate, accepted on October 29, 2026. More details will come soon once the paper is published.
Title: Thermal-safety-constrained cooling energy optimization for data centers using a physics-informed graph surrogate model Journal: Energy DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2026.142880 Abstract: The rapid growth of data center electricity demand has increased the need for energy-efficient cooling operation while maintaining local thermal safety. However, high-fidelity thermal simulation is computationally expensive, and purely data-driven surrogate models often neglect the physical topology of rack-level heat transfer and air supply paths. To address this issue, this […]
The following article about the cooling energy optimization for data centers has been recently accepted for publication by Energy. Wang, X., W. Peng, Z. Liu, C. Shen, X. Wang, D. Niu, Y. Wang, and J. Guo. Thermal-safety-constrained cooling energy optimization for data centers using a physics-informed graph surrogate model. Energy, accepted on October 21, 2026. More details will come soon once the paper is published.
The following article about the lightning occurrence over PEI has been recently accepted for publication by Atmosphere-Ocean. Fenech, A., X. Wang, and W. Gough. Lightning over Prince Edward Island (2000–2015): Atmospheric Controls, Seasonal Variability, and the Potential Modulating Role of Linear Infrastructure. Atmosphere-Ocean, accepted on October 21, 2026. More details will come soon once the paper is published.
On October 9, 2026, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) published the Volume 2 of the Case Studies on Climate Change in Flood Mapping from the Federal Flood Mapping Guidelines Series. The objective of this document is to help practitioners design and carry out a climate change assessment for flood hazard mapping and to highlight work that has been performed by flood mapping practitioners across the country to incorporate climate change into […]
Title: Stepwise Clustered Ensemble (SCE): An R package for interpretable and robust regression in environmental modeling Journal: Environmental Modelling & Software DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2026.107152 Abstract: We present Stepwise Clustered Ensemble (SCE), an open-source R package for regression and inference designed to address key limitations of traditional random forest models. SCE replaces impurity splitting with a likelihood-based criterion using Wilks’ Λ statistic and adds a node-merging step to prevent superfluous partitions. This […]
The following article about an R software package based on stepwise cluster analysis has been recently accepted for publication by Environmental Modelling & Software. Li, K. L., M. Martin, X. Wang, and F. Hosseinpour. Stepwise Clustered Ensemble (SCE): An R Package for Interpretable and Robust Regression in Environmental Modeling. Environmental Modelling and Software, accepted on August 28, 2026. More details will come soon once the paper is published.
Dr. Wang’s recently published paper “Why are physics-based models taking so long to run?”, was selected by the Perspectives editorial board for featuring on AGU’s social media platforms. The post will be published on AGU’s X, BlueSky, Facebook, and LinkedIn accounts. It is worth to note that fewer than 2% of AGU papers are selected to be featured in this way.
Title: Hindcasting compound coastal-inland flood events caused by post-tropical storms Journal: Journal of Hydrology DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.136049 Abstract: This study presents a hindcasting framework for reconstructing compound coastal-inland flooding in Prince Edward Island (PEI) during post-tropical storms Fiona (2022) and Dorian (2019). Using observed rainfall and high-water marks (HWMs), with a high-resolution terrain model enhanced with hydro-infrastructure, we simulated flood extents at municipal and island-wide scales using HEC-RAS 2D. The hindcasting […]
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