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DOI | 10.1038/NCLIMATE3296 |
Australian climate extremes at 1.5 degrees C and 2 degrees C of global warming | |
King, Andrew D.; Karoly, David J.; Henley, Benjamin J. | |
2017-06-01 | |
发表期刊 | NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE |
ISSN | 1758-678X |
EISSN | 1758-6798 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 7期号:6 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Australia |
英文摘要 | To avoid more severe impacts from climate change, there is international agreement to strive to limit warming to below 1.5 degrees C. However, there is a lack of literature assessing climate change at 1.5 degrees C and the potential benefits in terms of reduced frequency of extreme events(1-3). Here, we demonstrate that existing model simulations provide a basis for rapid and rigorous analysis of the effects of different levels ofwarming on large-scale climate extremes, using Australia as a case study. We showthat limitingwarming to 1.5 degrees C, relative to 2 degrees C, would perceptibly reduce the frequency of extreme heat events in Australia. The Australian continent experiences a variety of high-impact climate extremes that result in loss of life, and economic and environmental damage. Events similar to the record-hot summer of 2012-2013 and warm seas associated with bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef in 2016 would be substantially less likely, by about 25% in both cases, ifwarming is kept to lower levels. The benefits of limiting warming on hydrometeorological extremes are less clear. This study provides a framework for analysing climate extremes at 1.5 degrees C global warming. |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000402461300013 |
WOS关键词 | IMPACTS ; EVENTS |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/33354 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | Univ Melbourne, Sch Earth Sci, ARC Ctr Excellence Climate Syst Sci, Melbourne, Vic 3010, Australia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | King, Andrew D.,Karoly, David J.,Henley, Benjamin J.. Australian climate extremes at 1.5 degrees C and 2 degrees C of global warming[J]. NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE,2017,7(6). |
APA | King, Andrew D.,Karoly, David J.,&Henley, Benjamin J..(2017).Australian climate extremes at 1.5 degrees C and 2 degrees C of global warming.NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE,7(6). |
MLA | King, Andrew D.,et al."Australian climate extremes at 1.5 degrees C and 2 degrees C of global warming".NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE 7.6(2017). |
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