'We can characterise an extreme event as one occurring less than ten per cent of the time when looking in the historical archives. We can say with confidence that extremes are becoming more frequent in many parts of the world.' The consensus among forecasters is equally emphatic. In 2006,...
Francis, Meehl and some other meteorologists say the jet stream is in a rut, not moving nasty weather along. The high-speed, constantly shifting river of air 30,000 feet above Earth normally guides storms around the globe, but sometimes splits and comes back together somewhere else. A stuck...
Inventories of extreme weather events and impacts: Implications for loss and damage from and adaptation to climate extremes. Clim. Risk Manag. 32, 100285 (2021). Article Google Scholar Frame, D. et al. Climate change attribution and the economic costs of extreme weather events: a study on ...
By focusing on the deviation in the average temperature, the IAMs fail to capture changes in extremes, plausibly the most important current impact of climate change. Nordhaus acknowledges that DICE, and other IAMs, generally omit the impacts of extreme weather (as well as biodiversity, ocean ...
The extremes of floods and fires are not going away, but adaptation can lessen their impact. Some adaptation is fairly easily set in place. Systems for warning Germans of coming floods will surely now improve. But other problems require much larger public ...
"In locating some background research on weather extremes for the midterm tomorrow, I came across this excellent article from Macleans.ca that thoroughly explained weather extremes happening around the world.".'c Extreme Weather getting worse , WTGR replies "Thanks Brenda, yes, this is a very...
[03:41.04]In Argentina, the Parana, South America's second-longest river, [03:48.92]fell to its lowest level since 1944. [03:54.96]Around the world, heatwaves are happening more often [03:59.92]and are becoming more s...
Meteorological agencies around the world employ sophisticated technologies and models to forecast weather conditions, providing valuable information to decision-makers and the public. However, despite advancements in weather forecasting, the inherent complexity of the atmosphere makes it im...
Next to natural disasters fires cause some of the greatest losses to property and human life around the world. Arson, the deliberate setting of a fire to d... PML Sandercock - 《Forensic Science International》 被引量: 92发表: 2008年 The Opening of the Arctic Ocean time, sea floor spread...
Climate change will bring greater extremes in weather, the Government's chief scientific adviser warned as he called for action to deal with global warming. Professor Sir John Beddington says the effects of climate change on the weather are already being felt in the UK. "In a sense we have ...