Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Large-scale emergence of regional changes in year-to-year temperature variability by the end of the 21st century

  • Dirk Olonscheck,
  • Andrew P. Schurer,
  • Lucie Lücke,
  • Gabriele C. Hegerl

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27515-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Climate change does not only increase mean temperatures, but also the magnitude of year-to-year temperature variability. Here, the authors use large model ensembles to show that these changes can be statistically distinguished from the baseline variability in most regions of the world during the 21st century.