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 …

Framing, Context, and Methods (Chapter 1)

D Chen, M Rojas, BH Samset, K Cobb… - 2021 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
Working Group I (WGI) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assesses
the current evidence on the physical science of climate change, evaluating knowledge …

Projected changes in climate extremes using CMIP6 simulations over SREX regions

M Almazroui, F Saeed, S Saeed, M Ismail… - Earth Systems and …, 2021 - Springer
This paper presents projected changes in extreme temperature and precipitation events by
using Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 6 (CMIP6) data for mid-century (2036 …

Comparison of CMIP6 and CMIP5 models in simulating mean and extreme precipitation over East Africa

B Ayugi, J Zhihong, H Zhu, H Ngoma… - International Journal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines the improvement in Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase Six
(CMIP6) models against the predecessor CMIP5 in simulating mean and extreme …

Increased high-temperature extremes and associated population exposure in Africa by the mid-21st century

V Iyakaremye, G Zeng, X Yang, G Zhang, I Ullah… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Previous studies warned that heat extremes are likely to intensify and frequently occur in the
future due to climate change. Apart from changing climate, the population's size and …

Northern Hemisphere drought risk in a warming climate

DF Balting, A AghaKouchak, G Lohmann… - NPJ Climate and …, 2021 - nature.com
Drought frequency and severity are projected to increase in the future, but the changes are
expected to be unevenly distributed across the globe. Based on multi-model simulations …

Quantifying the uncertainty sources of future climate projections and narrowing uncertainties with bias correction techniques

Y Wu, C Miao, X Fan, J Gou, Q Zhang, H Zheng - Earth's Future, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Decomposing the uncertainty of global climate models is highly instructive in understanding
climate change. However, it remains unclear whether sources of uncertainty have changed …

The pace of change of summertime temperature extremes

KA McKinnon, IR Simpson, AP Williams - Proceedings of the National …, 2024 - pnas.org
Summer temperature extremes can have large impacts on humans and the biosphere, and
an increase in heat extremes is one of the most visible symptoms of climate change. Multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of extreme precipitation climate indices and their projected changes for Brazil: From CMIP3 to CMIP6

FJ de Medeiros, CP de Oliveira, A Avila-Diaz - Weather and Climate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Extreme events usually cause numerous economic and social losses, especially in
vulnerable countries, such as Brazil. Understanding whether the evolution of Earth System …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change risks pushing one-third of global food production outside the safe climatic space

M Kummu, M Heino, M Taka, O Varis, D Viviroli - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
Food production on our planet is dominantly based on agricultural practices developed
during stable Holocene climatic conditions. Although it is widely accepted that climate …