Advances in understanding large‐scale responses of the water cycle to climate change

RP Allan, M Barlow, MP Byrne… - Annals of the New …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Globally, thermodynamics explains an increase in atmospheric water vapor with warming of
around 7%/° C near to the surface. In contrast, global precipitation and evaporation are …

Climate change and rainfall intensity–duration–frequency curves: Overview of science and guidelines for adaptation

JL Martel, FP Brissette, P Lucas-Picher… - Journal of Hydrologic …, 2021‏ - ascelibrary.org
One of the most important impacts of a future warmer climate is the projected increase in the
frequency and intensity of extreme rainfall events. This increasing trend in extreme rainfall is …

The economic commitment of climate change

M Kotz, A Levermann, L Wenz - Nature, 2024‏ - nature.com
Global projections of macroeconomic climate-change damages typically consider impacts
from average annual and national temperatures over long time horizons,,,,–. Here we use …

Weather and climate extreme events in a changing climate

SI Seneviratne, X Zhang, M Adnan, W Badi… - 2021‏ - centaur.reading.ac.uk
Caption: Table A. 11. 2. Synthesis table summarising assessments presented in Tables 11.4-
11.21 for hot extremes (HOT EXT.), heavy precipitation (HEAVY PRECIP.), agriculture and …

Spatial and temporal expansion of global wildland fire activity in response to climate change

M Senande-Rivera, D Insua-Costa… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Global warming is expected to alter wildfire potential and fire season severity, but the
magnitude and location of change is still unclear. Here, we show that climate largely …

The effect of rainfall changes on economic production

M Kotz, A Levermann, L Wenz - Nature, 2022‏ - nature.com
Macro-economic assessments of climate impacts lack an analysis of the distribution of daily
rainfall, which can resolve both complex societal impact channels and anthropogenically …

Climate change impact on flood and extreme precipitation increases with water availability

H Tabari - Scientific reports, 2020‏ - nature.com
The hydrological cycle is expected to intensify with global warming, which likely increases
the intensity of extreme precipitation events and the risk of flooding. The changes, however …

Anthropogenic amplification of precipitation variability over the past century

W Zhang, T Zhou, P Wu - Science, 2024‏ - science.org
As the climate warms, the consequent moistening of the atmosphere increases extreme
precipitation. Precipitation variability should also increase, producing larger wet-dry swings …

Constraining the increased frequency of global precipitation extremes under warming

CW Thackeray, A Hall, J Norris, D Chen - Nature Climate Change, 2022‏ - nature.com
A key indicator of climate change is the greater frequency and intensity of precipitation
extremes across much of the globe. In fact, several studies have already documented …

[HTML][HTML] Global rainfall erosivity projections for 2050 and 2070

P Panagos, P Borrelli, F Matthews, L Liakos, N Bezak… - Journal of …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The erosive force of rainfall (rainfall erosivity) is a major driver of soil, nutrient losses
worldwide and an important input for soil erosion assessments models. Here, we present a …