Insights from Earth system model initial-condition large ensembles and future prospects

C Deser, F Lehner, KB Rodgers, T Ault… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Internal variability in the climate system confounds assessment of human-induced climate
change and imposes irreducible limits on the accuracy of climate change projections …

The COVID-19 lockdowns: a window into the Earth System

NS Diffenbaugh, CB Field, EA Appel… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
Restrictions to reduce human interaction have helped to avoid greater suffering and death
from the COVID-19 pandemic, but have also created socioeconomic hardship. This …

Future global climate: scenario-based projections and near-term information

JY Lee, J Marotzke, G Bala, L Cao, S Corti… - Climate change 2021 …, 2021 - cambridge.org
This chapter assesses simulations of future global climate change, spanning time horizons
from the near term (2021–2040), mid-term (2041–2060), and long term (2081–2100) out to …

Agricultural drought over water-scarce Central Asia aggravated by internal climate variability

J Jiang, T Zhou - Nature Geoscience, 2023 - nature.com
A severe agricultural drought swept Central Asia in 2021, causing mass die-offs of crops and
livestock. The anthropogenic contribution to declines in soil moisture in this region over …

Framing, Context, and Methods (Chapter 1)

D Chen, M Rojas, BH Samset, K Cobb… - 2021 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
Working Group I (WGI) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assesses
the current evidence on the physical science of climate change, evaluating knowledge …

Global warming has increased global economic inequality

NS Diffenbaugh, M Burke - Proceedings of the National …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Understanding the causes of economic inequality is critical for achieving equitable
economic development. To investigate whether global warming has affected the recent …

Changes in annual extremes of daily temperature and precipitation in CMIP6 models

C Li, F Zwiers, X Zhang, G Li, Y Sun… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Changes in Annual Extremes of Daily Temperature and Precipitation in CMIP6 Models in: Journal
of Climate Volume 34 Issue 9 (2021) Jump to Content Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo …

Regional climate downscaling over Europe: perspectives from the EURO-CORDEX community

D Jacob, C Teichmann, S Sobolowski… - Regional environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The European CORDEX (EURO-CORDEX) initiative is a large voluntary effort that
seeks to advance regional climate and Earth system science in Europe. As part of the World …

Impact of anthropogenic climate change on wildfire across western US forests

JT Abatzoglou, AP Williams - Proceedings of the National …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Increased forest fire activity across the western continental United States (US) in recent
decades has likely been enabled by a number of factors, including the legacy of fire …

Climate change and rainfall intensity–duration–frequency curves: Overview of science and guidelines for adaptation

JL Martel, FP Brissette, P Lucas-Picher… - Journal of Hydrologic …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
One of the most important impacts of a future warmer climate is the projected increase in the
frequency and intensity of extreme rainfall events. This increasing trend in extreme rainfall is …