Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Constrained CMIP6 projections indicate less warming and a slower increase in water availability across Asia

  • Yuanfang Chai,
  • Yao Yue,
  • Louise J. Slater,
  • Jiabo Yin,
  • Alistair G. L. Borthwick,
  • Tiexi Chen,
  • Guojie Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31782-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Reduction of uncertainty in climate projections is a key issue for climate change adaptation. Here the authors show that an applying an emergent constraint effectively reduces projection uncertainty across Asia, and reveals less warming and a slower increase in water availability than previously estimated.