Global hotspots for the occurrence of compound events

Nina N. Ridder; Andy J. Pitman; Seth Westra; Anna Ukkola; Hong X. Do; Margot Bador; Annette L. Hirsch; Jason P. Evans; Alejandro Di Luca; Jakob Zscheischler

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19639-3

Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Global hotspots for the occurrence of compound events

Nina N. Ridder,
Andy J. Pitman,
Seth Westra,
Anna Ukkola,
Hong X. Do,
Margot Bador,
Annette L. Hirsch,
Jason P. Evans,
Alejandro Di Luca,
Jakob Zscheischler

Affiliations

Nina N. Ridder: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, University of New South Wales
Andy J. Pitman: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, University of New South Wales
Seth Westra: School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of Adelaide
Anna Ukkola: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, Australian National University
Hong X. Do: School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
Margot Bador: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, University of New South Wales
Annette L. Hirsch: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, University of New South Wales
Jason P. Evans: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, University of New South Wales
Alejandro Di Luca: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, University of New South Wales
Jakob Zscheischler: Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19639-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Compound climate events such as floods and droughts together can cause severe socio-economic impacts. Here, the authors analyse global hazard pairs from 1980–2014 and find global hotspots for the occurrence of compound events.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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