Climate change and weather extremes in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East

G Zittis, M Almazroui, P Alpert, P Ciais… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Observation‐based and modeling studies have identified the Eastern Mediterranean and
Middle East (EMME) region as a prominent climate change hotspot. While several initiatives …

Scattering and absorbing aerosols in the climate system

J Li, BE Carlson, YL Yung, D Lv, J Hansen… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Tropospheric anthropogenic aerosols contribute the second-largest forcing to climate
change, but with high uncertainty owing to their spatio-temporal variability and complicated …

[HTML][HTML] Extreme weather impacts of climate change: an attribution perspective

B Clarke, F Otto, R Stuart-Smith… - Environmental Research …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Extreme event attribution aims to elucidate the link between global climate change, extreme
weather events, and the harms experienced on the ground by people, property, and nature …

Observed increases in extreme fire weather driven by atmospheric humidity and temperature

P Jain, D Castellanos-Acuna, SCP Coogan… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Recent increases in regional wildfire activity have been linked to climate change. Here, we
analyse trends in observed global extreme fire weather and their meteorological drivers from …

Increasing global precipitation whiplash due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions

X Tan, X Wu, Z Huang, J Fu, X Tan, S Deng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Precipitation whiplash, including abrupt shifts between wet and dry extremes, can cause
large adverse impacts on human and natural systems. Here we quantify observed and …

Climate change increases risk of extreme rainfall following wildfire in the western United States

D Touma, S Stevenson, DL Swain, D Singh… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Post-wildfire extreme rainfall events can have destructive impacts in the western United
States. Using two climate model large ensembles, we assess the future risk of extreme fire …

[PDF][PDF] Reimagine fire science for the anthropocene

JK Shuman, JK Balch, RT Barnes, PE Higuera… - PNAS …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Fire is an integral component of ecosystems globally and a tool that humans have
harnessed for millennia. Altered fire regimes are a fundamental cause and consequence of …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics and influencing factors of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons emitted from open burning and stove burning of biomass: A brief review

H Zhang, X Zhang, Y Wang, P Bai, K Hayakawa… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
To mitigate global warming and achieve carbon neutrality, biomass has become a widely
used carbon-neutral energy source due to its low cost and easy availability. However, the …

Global burned area increasingly explained by climate change

C Burton, S Lampe, DI Kelley, W Thiery… - Nature Climate …, 2024 - nature.com
Fire behaviour is changing in many regions worldwide. However, nonlinear interactions
between fire weather, fuel, land use, management and ignitions have impeded formal …

Europe faces up to tenfold increase in extreme fires in a warming climate

S El Garroussi, F Di Giuseppe, C Barnard… - npj Climate and …, 2024 - nature.com
This study quantifies how changes in temperature and precipitation would influence the
intensity and duration of extreme fires across Europe. The analysis explores the impact of a …