Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Increasing trends in regional heatwaves

  • S. E. Perkins-Kirkpatrick,
  • S. C. Lewis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16970-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Heatwaves are expected to become more frequent and more intense under global warming, but how these trends differ on a regional scale is not well known. Here, the authors provide a comprehensive assessment of regional changes and show that most heat indicaters have increased since the 1950s.