Concurrent 2018 Hot Extremes Across Northern Hemisphere Due to Human-Induced Climate Change.

ABSTRACT: Extremely high temperatures pose an immediate threat to humans and ecosystems. In recent years, many regions on land and in the ocean experienced heat waves with devastating impacts that would have been highly unlikely without human-induced climate change. Impacts are particularly severe when heat waves occur in regions with high exposure of people or crops. The recent 2018 spring-to-summer season was characterized by several major heat and dry extremes. On daily average between May and July 2018 about 22% of the populated and agricultural areas north of 30° latitude experienced concurrent hot temperature extremes. Events of this type were unprecedented prior to 2010, while similar conditions were experienced in the 2010 and 2012 boreal summers. Earth System Model simulations of present-da

SUBMITTER: Vogel MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6774312 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature