Desert flooding highlights a critical gap in climate change adaptation

Ji-Xi Gao, Hai-Dong Li, Li-Jun Zhao, Dilinuer Tuoliewubieke, Ying-Kui Li, Ya-Mei Shao

Open source

DOI: 10.1126/science.aek8173
Published: 2026-08-27
Container: Science
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Open access: unknown

Credibility signals

uncertain Score 64/100 under policy 1.0.0. This is a metadata assessment, not a judgment of the paper's conclusions.

Show all credibility signals

supportingDOI registered: A matching record was returned by Crossref. Source: Crossref; license: CC0 metadata
supportingDOI resolves: A matching record was returned by Crossref. Source: Crossref; license: CC0 metadata
not scoredDirectory of Open Access Journals: No matching DOAJ record was present in this response. No allow-list match; this is not evidence of low credibility. Source: DOAJ; license: CC0
not scoredMEDLINE indexed: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredOpenAlex core source: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredKnown publisher allow-list: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredROR affiliation: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredRetraction Watch retraction: No retraction notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredRetraction Watch expression of concern: No expression of concern notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredRetraction Watch correction: No correction notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredRetraction Watch reinstatement: No reinstatement notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredOpen access status: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredPublication license: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredPublication version: A publication version was supplied but is not scored. Source: Normalized work metadata; license: Caller-provided; provenance license not supplied to scorer
supportingMetadata completeness: All 6 scored descriptive metadata groups are present. Source: Normalized work metadata; license: Caller-provided; provenance license not supplied to scorer

Cite this work

BibTeX

@article{allodium:10.1126/science.aek8173,
  title = {Desert flooding highlights a critical gap in climate change adaptation},
  author = {Ji-Xi Gao and Hai-Dong Li and Li-Jun Zhao and Dilinuer Tuoliewubieke and Ying-Kui Li and Ya-Mei Shao},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Science},
  doi = {10.1126/science.aek8173},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aek8173}
}

RIS

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Desert flooding highlights a critical gap in climate change adaptation
AU  - Ji-Xi Gao
AU  - Hai-Dong Li
AU  - Li-Jun Zhao
AU  - Dilinuer Tuoliewubieke
AU  - Ying-Kui Li
AU  - Ya-Mei Shao
PY  - 2026
JO  - Science
DO  - 10.1126/science.aek8173
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aek8173
ER  -

APA

Gao, J., Li, H., Zhao, L., Tuoliewubieke, D., Li, Y., & Shao, Y. (2026). Desert flooding highlights a critical gap in climate change adaptation. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aek8173

Source records

crossref · retrieved 2026-09-25T15:26:43.141Z