Climate extremes threaten human health, economic stability, and the well-being of natural
and built environments (eg, 2003 European heat wave). As the world continues to warm …

Hydroclimatic extremes such as intense rainfall, floods, droughts, heatwaves, and wind or
storms have devastating effects each year. One of the key challenges for society is …

Environmental phenomena are often observed first, and then explained quantitatively. The
complexity of processes, the range of scales involved, and the lack of first principles make it …

Evidence that extreme rainfall intensity is increasing at the global scale has strengthened
considerably in recent years. Research now indicates that the greatest increases are likely …

Temperature scaling studies suggest that hourly rainfall magnitudes might increase beyond
thermodynamic expectations with global warming,–; that is, above the Clausius–Clapeyron …

Observed changes and impacts Ongoing climate trends have exacerbated many extreme
events (very high confidence). The Australian trends include further warming and sea level …

Editors note: For easy download the posted pdf of the Explaining Extreme Events of 2016 is
a very low-resolution file. A high-resolution copy of the report is available by clicking. Please …

Bates, BC, ZW Kundzewicz, S. Wu, and JP Palutikof, Eds., 2008: Climate change and water.
IPCC Tech. Paper 6, 210 pp.[Available online at http://www. ipcc. ch/pdf/technical …

Climate and weather variables such as rainfall, temperature, and pressure are indicators for
hazards such as tropical cyclones, floods, and fires. The impact of these events can be due …

Despite the expectation that increases in rainfall with climatic change will result in increases
in pluvial flooding, there is more historical evidence for decreases in flood magnitude. In …