Human society and ecosystems are impacted by climate extremes more than by climate
averages. In contrast with climate extremes that are driven by individual climatic variables …

Under global warming, a novel category of extreme events has become increasingly
apparent, where flood and hot extremes occur in rapid succession, causing significant …

Amidst the escalating impacts of global warming, the occurrence and severity of compound
extreme weather events have risen significantly, presenting substantial threats to both lives …

Urban heat island (UHI) effects and heat waves (HWs) increase, posing a threat to human
health and urban ecological systems. However, the synergistic mechanisms of UHI and HWs …

While the changes of extreme weather and climate events have been well investigated, the
change of compound events (ie, combinations of multiple weather/climate extremes and/or …

Owing to amplified impacts on human society and ecosystems, compound events (or
extremes) have attracted ample attention in recent decades. China is particularly vulnerable …

Compound extremes, whose socioeconomic and ecological impacts are severer than that
caused by each event occurring in isolation, have evolved into a hot topic in Earth Science …

The potential compounding behaviour of heatwaves and extreme rainfall have important
implications for a range of hazards, including wildfires and flooding, yet remain poorly …

The consecutive occurrence of meteorological dry and wet extremes has been receiving
increasing attention due to potentially larger social and environmental impacts than single …