Climate extremes threaten human health, economic stability, and the well-being of natural
and built environments (eg, 2003 European heat wave). As the world continues to warm …

Climate change is a serious global issue causing more extreme weather patterns, resulting
in more frequent and severe events like urban flooding. This review explores the connection …

The risk of floods has increased in South Asia due to high vulnerability and exposure. The
August 2022 Pakistan flood shows a glimpse of the enormity and devastation that can further …

Our current 1.1 C warmer world is already affecting natural and human systems in Europe
(very high confidence1). Since AR5, there has been a substantial increase in detected or …

Distortion of the water cycle, particularly of its extremes (droughts and pluvials), will be
among the most conspicuous consequences of climate change. Here we applied a novel …

The intensity of the heaviest extreme precipitation events is known to increase with global
warming. How often such events occur in a warmer world is however less well established …

Increases in extreme rainfall intensities as a result of climate change pose a great risk due to
the possibility of increases in pluvial flooding, particularly in urban and developed areas. But …

Traditional, mainstream definitions of drought describe it as deficit in water‐related variables
or water‐dependent activities (eg, precipitation, soil moisture, surface and groundwater …

Climate change is fundamentally altering marine and coastal ecosystems on a global scale.
While the effects of ocean warming and acidification on ecology and ecosystem functions …

Precipitation extremes have increased across many regions of the United States, with further
increases anticipated in response to additional global warming. Quantifying the impact of …