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 …

Prediction and projection of heatwaves

DIV Domeisen, EAB Eltahir, EM Fischer… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Heatwaves constitute a major threat to human health and ecosystems. Projected increases
in heatwave frequency and severity thus lead to the need for prediction to enhance …

[HTML][HTML] Indicators of Global Climate Change 2022: annual update of large-scale indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence

PM Forster, CJ Smith, T Walsh, WF Lamb… - Earth System …, 2023 - essd.copernicus.org
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessments are the trusted source of
scientific evidence for climate negotiations taking place under the United Nations …

The unprecedented Pacific northwest heatwave of June 2021

RH White, S Anderson, JF Booth, G Braich… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In late June 2021 a heatwave of unprecedented magnitude impacted the Pacific Northwest
region of Canada and the United States. Many locations broke all-time maximum …

[HTML][HTML] State of wildfires 2023–2024

MW Jones, DI Kelley, CA Burton… - Earth System …, 2024 - essd.copernicus.org
Climate change contributes to the increased frequency and intensity of wildfires globally,
with significant impacts on society and the environment. However, our understanding of the …

The most at-risk regions in the world for high-impact heatwaves

V Thompson, D Mitchell, GC Hegerl, M Collins… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Heatwaves are becoming more frequent under climate change and can lead to thousands of
excess deaths. Adaptation to extreme weather events often occurs in response to an event …

Central and south america

EJ Castellanos, MF Lemos, L Astigarraga, N Chacón… - 2022 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
Central and South America (CSA) is a highly diverse region, both culturally and biologically.
It has one of the highest levels of biodiversity on the planet (Hoorn et al., 2010; Zador et al …

Global drought trends and future projections

SM Vicente-Serrano… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Drought is one of the most difficult natural hazards to quantify and is divided into categories
(meteorological, agricultural, ecological and hydrological), which makes assessing recent …

A triple increase in global river basins with water scarcity due to future pollution

M Wang, BL Bodirsky, R Rijneveld, F Beier… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Water security is at stake today. While climate changes influence water availability,
urbanization and agricultural activities have led to increasing water demand as well as …

Climate change increased extreme monsoon rainfall, flooding highly vulnerable communities in Pakistan

FEL Otto, M Zachariah, F Saeed, A Siddiqi… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
As a direct consequence of extreme monsoon rainfall throughout the summer 2022 season
Pakistan experienced the worst flooding in its history. We employ a probabilistic event …