Anthropogenic forcing intensified internally driven concurrent heatwaves in August 2022 across the Northern Hemisphere

Abstract In August 2022, unprecedented and long-lasting extreme heatwaves attacked the Northern Hemisphere, with simultaneous record-breaking surface air temperature (SAT) in Eastern Europe (EE), Southern China (SC), and Western North America (WNA). However, the underlying physical mechanisms of the...

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Main Authors: Kangjie Ma, Hainan Gong, Lin Wang, Bo Liu, Yulan Li, Huanhuan Ran, Wen Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-11-01
Series:npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-00828-6