Approximately 10 years ago, convection‐permitting regional climate models (CPRCMs)
emerged as a promising computationally affordable tool to produce fine resolution (1–4 km) …

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 …

Heat waves (HWs) are among the most damaging climate extremes to human society.
Climate models consistently project that HW frequency, severity, and duration will increase …

Under the background of rapid urban development and continuous climate change, frequent
floods around the world have caused serious economic losses and social problems, which …

Although severe thunderstorms are one of the primary causes of catastrophic loss in the
United States, their response to elevated greenhouse forcing has remained a prominent …

Background In many regions globally, buildings designed for harnessing heat during the
cold exacerbate thermal exposures during heat waves (HWs) by maintaining elevated …

Study region Mahanadi reservoir project complex (MRP), Chhattisgarh, India Study focus
This study assesses and compares the performance of the Coupled Model Intercomparison …

The objective of this paper is to review statistical methods, dynamics, modeling efforts, and
trends related to temperature extremes, with a focus upon extreme events of short duration …

Hurricane Harvey made landfall in August 2017 as the first land-falling category 4 hurricane
to hit the state of Texas since Hurricane Carla in September 1961. While its intensity at …

In the summer of 2017, heavy ozone pollution swamped most of the North China Plain
(NCP), with the maximum regional average of daily maximum 8 h ozone concentration …