Extreme weather and climate events with ecological relevance: a review

CC Ummenhofer, GA Meehl - … Transactions of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Robust evidence exists that certain extreme weather and climate events, especially daily
temperature and precipitation extremes, have changed in regard to intensity and frequency …

Climatic changes and their role in emergence and re-emergence of diseases

A El-Sayed, M Kamel - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020 - Springer
Global warming and the associated climate changes are predictable. They are enhanced by
burning of fossil fuels and the emission of huge amounts of CO 2 gas which resulted in …

[PDF][PDF] Land–climate interactions

ÉL Davin - 2022 - boris.unibe.ch
Executive summary Land and climate interact in complex ways through changes in forcing
and multiple biophysical and biogeochemical feedbacks across different spatial and …

Flood risk and climate change: global and regional perspectives

ZW Kundzewicz, S Kanae, SI Seneviratne… - Hydrological …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
A holistic perspective on changing rainfall-driven flood risk is provided for the late 20th and
early 21st centuries. Economic losses from floods have greatly increased, principally driven …

Drought losses in China might double between the 1.5 C and 2.0 C warming

B Su, J Huang, T Fischer, Y Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
We project drought losses in China under global temperature increase of 1.5° C and 2.0° C,
based on the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) and the Palmer …

Precipitation extremes under climate change

PA O'Gorman - Current climate change reports, 2015 - Springer
The response of precipitation extremes to climate change is considered using results from
theory, modeling, and observations, with a focus on the physical factors that control the …

Climate change: challenges and opportunities for global health

JA Patz, H Frumkin, T Holloway, DJ Vimont, A Haines - Jama, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Health is inextricably linked to climate change. It is important for clinicians to
understand this relationship in order to discuss associated health risks with their patients …

[PDF][PDF] IPCC Fifth Assessment Report: Chapter 24 Asia

Y Hijioka, E Lin, JJ Pereira… - … : Part B: Regional …, 2014 - nagasaki-u.repo.nii.ac.jp
Warming trends and increasing temperature extremes have been observed across most of
the Asian region over the past century (high confidence).{24.3} Increasing numbers of warm …

Conservation implications of ecological responses to extreme weather and climate events

SL Maxwell, N Butt, M Maron… - Diversity and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Many conservation efforts now focus on mitigating biodiversity loss due to climate
change. While a focus on impacts from mean, long‐term changes in climate is warranted …

Projected drought risk in 1.5 C and 2 C warmer climates

F Lehner, S Coats, TF Stocker… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The large socioeconomic costs of droughts make them a crucial target for impact
assessments of climate change scenarios. Using multiple drought metrics and a set of …