The physical understanding and timely prediction of extreme weather events are of
enormous importance to society due to their associated impacts. In this article, we highlight …

Abstract The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) first attempted a global
assessment of long-term changes in temperature and precipitation extremes in its Third …

Biological responses to climate change have been widely documented across taxa and
regions, but it remains unclear whether species are maintaining a good match between …

Increases in the frequency, severity and duration of temperature extremes are anticipated in
the near future. Although recent work suggests that changes in temperature variation will …

Indices for climate variability and extremes have been used for a long time, often by
assessing days with temperature or precipitation observations above or below specific …

The ecosystem approach to ecology treats organisms and the physical elements of their
environment as components of a single, integrated system. This comprehensive textbook …

Mediterranean areas of both southern Europe and North Africa are subject to dramatic
changes that will affect the sustainability, quantity, quality, and management of water …

We present the Met Office Hadley Centre's sea ice and sea surface temperature (SST) data
set, HadISST1, and the nighttime marine air temperature (NMAT) data set, HadMAT1 …

A suite of climate change indices derived from daily temperature and precipitation data, with
a primary focus on extreme events, were computed and analyzed. By setting an exact …

There is near unanimous scientific consensus that greenhouse gas emissions generated by
human activity will change Earth's climate. The recent (globally averaged) warming by 0· 5° …