Hottest summers the new normal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15549037 |
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| Authors | Suzana J Camargo (0000-0002-0802-5160, Columbia University, corresponding author), Anji Seth (University of Connecticut) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 081001-081001 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/11/8/081001 |
| OpenAlex | W2482786807 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
With the rise in temperature due to anthropogenic climate change, the occurrence of hot summers, temperature extremes and heat waves is increasing globally. Projections for the coming decades to century indicate increases in the occurrence, magnitude and duration of these events. In a recent paper, Mueller et al (2016 Environ. Res. Lett. 11 044011 ) showed that half of summers are expected to be ‘hot’ (warmer than the warmest on record) across much of the world in one or two decades. While these results are consistent with earlier work, what is new here includes (i) an earlier timing of emergence of the hot summer signal and (ii) additional confidence due to the rigorous statistical examination of the observations and the analyses of the latest improved suite of model experiments. The potential impacts of these projections on society are extremely serious
Atmospheric sciences · Climate change · Climate extremes · Climate model · Climatology · Duration (music · Geography · Heat wave · Magnitude (astronomy · Meteorology · Physics · Precipitation · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Climate variability and models · Environmental Science · Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations · Geology · Oceanography
More Intense, More Frequent, and Longer Lasting Heat Waves in the 21st Century
Human contribution to the European heatwave of 2003
Evidence linking Arctic amplification to extreme weather in mid‐latitudes
Historical Warnings of Future Food Insecurity with Unprecedented Seasonal Heat
Large wildfire trends in the western United States, 1984–2011
Evidence for a wavier jet stream in response to rapid Arctic warming
Changes in observed climate extremes in global urban areas
Historically hottest summers projected to be the norm for more than half of the world’s population within 20 years
The impact of Arctic warming on the midlatitude jet‐stream
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