Peer-reviewed Study Archives - Page 46 of 51

Climate Justice and the Application of Probabilistic Event Attribution to Summer Heat Extremes in the California Central Valley

Published:August 2015

Author(s):Roberto Mera, Neil Massey, David E. Rupp, Philip Mote, Myles Allen, Peter C. Frumhoff

Publisher:SpringerLink

This study applies probabilistic event attribution (PEA) to explore the climate attribution of recent extreme heat events in California's Central Valley. Read More →

Crucial Role of Black Sea Warming in Amplifying the 2012 Krymsk Precipitation Extreme

Published:July 2015

Author(s):Edmund P. Meredith, Vladimir A. Semenov, Douglas Maraun, Wonsun Park, Alexander V. Chernokulsky

Publisher:Nature Geoscience

This study examines the effect of sea surface temperature (SST) increase on convective extremes within the region, taking the Krymsk event as a showcase example. Read More →

Attribution of Extreme Climate Events

Published:July 2015

Author(s):Kevin Trenberth, John Fasullo, Ted Shepherd

This article proposes a mechanistic or "storyline" approach to extreme event attribution and evaluates several case studies (extreme snow, flooding, and storm events) using this approach.Read More →

Attribution of the Record High Central England Temperature of 2014 to Anthropogenic Influences

Published:May 2015

Author(s):Andrew D King, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, David J Karoly, Sophie C Lewis, Heidi Cullen

Publisher:Environmental Research Letters

This study points to a large influence of human activities on extreme warm years despite the small region of study and the variable climate of Central England, demonstrating that climate change is clearly visible on the local-scale in this case.Read More →

Accelerating extinction risk from climate change

Published:May 2015

Author(s):Mark C. Urban

Publisher:Science

This study synthesized published studies in order to estimate a global mean extinction rate and determine which factors contribute the greatest uncertainty to climate change–induced extinction risks.Read More →

Anthropogenic Warming Has Increased Drought Risk in California

Published:March 2015

Author(s):Noah S. Diffenbaugh, Daniel L. Swain, Danielle Touma

Publisher:Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences of the United States of America

This study finds that precipitation deficits in California were more than twice as likely to yield drought years if they occurred when conditions were warm. Read More →

Projected increase in lightning strikes in the United States due to global warming

Published:November 2014

Author(s):David M. Romps, Jacob T. Seeley, David Vollaro, John Molinari

Publisher:Science

This study proposes that the lightning flash rate is proportional to the convective available potential energy (CAPE) times the precipitation rate. Read More →

The Extraordinary California Drought of 2013-2014: Character, Context, and the Role of Climate Change

Published:September 2014

Author(s):Daniel L. Swain, Michael Tsiang, Matz Haugen, Deepti Singh, Allison Charland, Bala Rajaratnam, Noah S. Diffenbaugh

Publisher:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

California’s driest 12-month period on record occurred during 2013/14, and while global warming likely increased the probability of certain large-scale atmospheric conditions, implications for very low precipitation in California remain uncertain. Read More →

Examining the Contribution of the Observed Global Warming Trend to the California Droughts of 2012/13 and 2013/14

Published:September 2014

Author(s):Christopher C. Funk, Andrew Hoell, Daithi Stone

Publisher:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Long-term SST warming trends did not contribute substantially to the 2012/13 and 2013/14 California droughts. North Pacific SSTs were exceptionally warm, however; and coupled models indicate more frequent extreme precipitation.Read More →

Causes of the Extreme Dry Conditions Over California During Early 2013

Published:September 2014

Author(s):Hailan Wang, Siegfried Schubert

Publisher:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

The 2013 SST anomalies produced a predilection for California drought, whereas the longterm warming trend appears to make no appreciable contribution because of the counteraction between its dynamical and thermodynamic effects. Read More →