Climate warming amplified the 2020 record-breaking heatwave in the Antarctic Peninsula

Sergi González-Herrero; David Barriopedro; Ricardo M. Trigo; Joan Albert López-Bustins; Marc Oliva

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00450-5

Communications Earth & Environment (May 2022)

Climate warming amplified the 2020 record-breaking heatwave in the Antarctic Peninsula

Sergi González-Herrero,
David Barriopedro,
Ricardo M. Trigo,
Joan Albert López-Bustins,
Marc Oliva

Affiliations

Sergi González-Herrero: Antarctic Group, Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET)
David Barriopedro: Instituto de Geociencias (IGEO), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas – Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Ricardo M. Trigo: Instituto Dom Luiz (IDL), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa
Joan Albert López-Bustins: Department of Geography, Universitat de Barcelona
Marc Oliva: Department of Geography, Universitat de Barcelona

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00450-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Regional climate warming amplified the exceptional heatwave on the Antarctic Peninsula observed in February 2020, suggest analyses of atmospheric flow analogs.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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