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No pause in the increase of hot temperature extremes

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  • Sonia I. Seneviratne

    (the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich)

  • Markus G. Donat

    (Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales
    ARC Centre of Excellence in Climate System Science, University of New South Wales)

  • Brigitte Mueller

    (the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich
    Environment Canada)

  • Lisa V. Alexander

    (Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales
    ARC Centre of Excellence in Climate System Science, University of New South Wales)

Abstract

Observational data show a continued increase of hot extremes over land during the so-called global warming hiatus. This tendency is greater for the most extreme events and thus more relevant for impacts than changes in global mean temperature.

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  • Sonia I. Seneviratne & Markus G. Donat & Brigitte Mueller & Lisa V. Alexander, 2014. "No pause in the increase of hot temperature extremes," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 4(3), pages 161-163, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:4:y:2014:i:3:d:10.1038_nclimate2145
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2145
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