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Upstream Evaporation is the Key to Extreme Summertime Heat Stress in North China
Humidity plays a critical role in amplifying temperature impact, leading to reduced heat dissipation efficiency and severe heat stress in humans. In...
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Recent tendencies of extreme heat events in Italy
Over the last 20 years, several record-breaking events linked to high air temperatures have enhanced the attention over extreme heat phenomena,...
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Emerging extreme heat conditions as part of the new climate normal
As a result of global warming, extreme heat conditions have become more frequent and severe. This will likely continue or accelerate in the future,...
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Extreme heat in New Zealand: a synthesis
Extreme heatwaves are among the fastest-changing meteorological hazards in a warming world. While likely also true for New Zealand, significant...
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Understanding and Attribution of Extreme Heat and Drought Events in 2022: Current Situation and Future Challenges
Extreme weather events and their consequential impacts have been a key feature of the climate in recent years in many parts of the world, with many...
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Thermodynamic characteristics of extreme heat waves over the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Basin
In August 2022, an exceptionally long-lasting heat wave (HW) affected the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River basin. This study uses the...
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The most extreme heat waves in Amazonia happened under extreme dryness
Heat waves in Amazonia have become more frequent, longer, and more intense according to observational records. Climate change and deforestation are...
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Linkage of the Decadal Variability of Extreme Summer Heat in North China with the IPOD since 1981
Extreme summer heat can have serious socioeconomic impacts in North China. Here, we explore the decadal variability of the number of extreme heat...
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The synergistic effect of the summer NAO and northwest pacific SST on extreme heat events in the central–eastern China
Extreme heat events happen frequently in East Asia, and may cause great damage to the ecosystem and society. The synergistic effect of the summer...
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Anthropogenic heat release due to energy consumption exacerbates European summer extreme high temperature
Anthropogenic heat release (AHR) is the release of heat generated by anthropogenic energy consumption. The global mean flux of AHR is 0.03 W m −2 ,...
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Compound heat and moisture extreme impacts on global crop yields under climate change
Extreme heat, drought and moisture excess are increasingly co-occurring within a single growing season, impacting crop yields in global breadbasket...
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Collaborative role of warm pool edge and ocean heat content in El Niño development: implications for the 1982/83 extreme El Niño
El Niño can cause global-scale climatic and socioeconomic impacts, but its forecast remains challenging. Ocean heat content (OHC) and warm pool...
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The dominant factor in extreme dust events over the Gobi Desert is shifting from extreme winds to extreme droughts
Gobi Desert (GD) is one of the major global dust sources, where dust events are frequent. Based on satellite observations, we compiled extreme dust...
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Urban Vulnerability to Extreme Heat Events and Climate Change
Urbanization and global climate change trends are most crucial to current policy-making and development programs. More people live in cities, which...
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Statistical Analysis of Intra- and Interannual Variability of Extreme Values of Sensible and Latent Heat Fluxes in the North Atlantic in 1979–2021
AbstractStatistical regularities of the intra- and interannual variability of sensible and latent heat fluxes in the North Atlantic, including those...
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Comparing public and scientific extreme event attribution to climate change
Extreme event attribution is an active area of scientific research, but public attribution of extreme events to climate change is not well understood...
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Three-Dimensional Urban Thermal Effect across a Large City Cluster during an Extreme Heat Wave: Observational Analysis
Given extensive and rapid urbanization globally, assessing regional urban thermal effects (UTE) in both canopy and boundary layers under extreme...
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Extreme climatic events alter the aquatic insect community in a pristine German stream
As a result of ongoing climate change, extreme climatic events (ECEs) are expected to become more frequent and severe. The high biodiversity of...
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Extreme precipitation trends in Northeast China based on a non-stationary generalized extreme value model
Northeast China is the main food production base of China. Extreme precipitation (EP) events can seriously impact agricultural production and...
