Debate heating up over changes in climate variability
Heatwaves have profound socio-economic impacts. Increases in temperature variability would exacerbate these impacts but debate rages in the literature about whether the climate has or will become more variable. There is currently no firm evidence that temperature variability has or will increase bec...
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| description | Heatwaves have profound socio-economic impacts. Increases in temperature variability would exacerbate these impacts but debate rages in the literature about whether the climate has or will become more variable. There is currently no firm evidence that temperature variability has or will increase because questions have been raised about the methods used to reach this conclusion. However, irrespective of changing temperature variability, the impact from increases in the frequency and intensity of heatwaves will be a major problem for the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d849cb3016ed46209cf5ca7da0ba20cb2023-08-09T14:40:43ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Letters1748-93262013-01-018404100110.1088/1748-9326/8/4/041001Debate heating up over changes in climate variabilityLisa Alexander0Sarah Perkins1Climate Change Research Centre and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Systems Science, University of New South Wales , Sydney, AustraliaClimate Change Research Centre and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Systems Science, University of New South Wales , Sydney, AustraliaHeatwaves have profound socio-economic impacts. Increases in temperature variability would exacerbate these impacts but debate rages in the literature about whether the climate has or will become more variable. There is currently no firm evidence that temperature variability has or will increase because questions have been raised about the methods used to reach this conclusion. However, irrespective of changing temperature variability, the impact from increases in the frequency and intensity of heatwaves will be a major problem for the future.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/041001 |
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| title | Debate heating up over changes in climate variability |
| title_full | Debate heating up over changes in climate variability |
| title_fullStr | Debate heating up over changes in climate variability |
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