Heat waves: Physical understanding and scientific challenges

D Barriopedro, R García‐Herrera… - Reviews of …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Heat waves (HWs) can cause large socioeconomic and environmental impacts. The
observed increases in their frequency, intensity and duration are projected to continue with …

A review of recent advances in research on extreme heat events

RM Horton, JS Mankin, C Lesk, E Coffel… - Current Climate Change …, 2016‏ - Springer
Reviewing recent literature, we report that changes in extreme heat event characteristics
such as magnitude, frequency, and duration are highly sensitive to changes in mean global …

Future global climate: scenario-based projections and near-term information

JY Lee, J Marotzke, G Bala, L Cao, S Corti, JP Dunne… - 2021‏ - ora.ox.ac.uk
This chapter assesses simulations of future global climate change, spanning time horizons
from the near term (2021–2040), mid-term (2041–2060), and long term (2081–2100) out to …

[HTML][HTML] Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with non-optimal ambient temperatures from 2000 to 2019: a three-stage modelling study

Q Zhao, Y Guo, T Ye, A Gasparrini, S Tong… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2021‏ - thelancet.com
Background Exposure to cold or hot temperatures is associated with premature deaths. We
aimed to evaluate the global, regional, and national mortality burden associated with non …

[HTML][HTML] Climate model projections from the scenario model intercomparison project (ScenarioMIP) of CMIP6

C Tebaldi, K Debeire, V Eyring, E Fischer… - Earth System …, 2021‏ - esd.copernicus.org
Abstract The Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) defines and
coordinates the main set of future climate projections, based on concentration-driven …

[HTML][HTML] Ubiquity of human-induced changes in climate variability

KB Rodgers, SS Lee, N Rosenbloom… - Earth System …, 2021‏ - esd.copernicus.org
While climate change mitigation targets necessarily concern maximum mean state changes,
understanding impacts and develo** adaptation strategies will be largely contingent on …

Longer and more frequent marine heatwaves over the past century

ECJ Oliver, MG Donat, MT Burrows, PJ Moore… - Nature …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Heatwaves are important climatic extremes in atmospheric and oceanic systems that can
have devastating and long-term impacts on ecosystems, with subsequent socioeconomic …

Climate models predict increasing temperature variability in poor countries

S Bathiany, V Dakos, M Scheffer, TM Lenton - Science advances, 2018‏ - science.org
Extreme events such as heat waves are among the most challenging aspects of climate
change for societies. We show that climate models consistently project increases in …

[HTML][HTML] The social cost of carbon dioxide under climate-economy feedbacks and temperature variability

JS Kikstra, P Waidelich, J Rising… - Environmental …, 2021‏ - iopscience.iop.org
A key statistic describing climate change impacts is the'social cost of carbon dioxide'(SCCO
2), the projected cost to society of releasing an additional tonne of CO 2. Cost-benefit …

Precipitation variability increases in a warmer climate

AG Pendergrass, R Knutti, F Lehner, C Deser… - Scientific reports, 2017‏ - nature.com
Understanding changes in precipitation variability is essential for a complete explanation of
the hydrologic cycle's response to warming and its impacts. While changes in mean and …