Heatwaves impose disastrous impacts over human, natural and industrial systems across
the globe. Over a relatively short period of time, there has been considerable advancement …

Abstract The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) first attempted a global
assessment of long-term changes in temperature and precipitation extremes in its Third …

Despite their adverse impacts, definitions and measurements of heat waves are ambiguous
and inconsistent, generally being endemic to only the group affected, or the respective study …

One of the major concerns with a potential change in climate is that an increase in extreme
events will occur. Results of observational studies suggest that in many areas that have …

This report is the first complete assessment of the science of climate change since Working
Group I (WGI) of the IPCC produced its second report Climate Change 1995: The Science of …

Variations and trends in extreme climate events have only recently received much attention.
Exponentially increasing economic losses, coupled with an increase in deaths due to these …

There has been much attention given to the spatial and temporal characteristics of changes
in mean and extreme rainfall over Australia during the past century. As Australia is the …

Ecosystem responses to increased variability in rainfall, a prediction of general circulation
models, were assessed in native grassland by reducing storm frequency and increasing …

Despite their relative importance in terms of human mortality, extreme heat events have not
attracted the same level of study compared with other natural hazards in regards to …

Hydrological extremes, in the form of droughts and floods, have impacts on a wide range of
sectors including water availability, food security, and energy production. Given continuing …