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SUBMITTER: Diffenbaugh NS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5812734 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Diffenbaugh Noah S NS Singh Deepti D Mankin Justin S JS
Science advances 20180214 2
The United Nations Paris Agreement creates a specific need to compare consequences of cumulative emissions for pledged national commitments and aspirational targets of 1.5° to 2°C global warming. We find that humans have already increased the probability of historically unprecedented hot, warm, wet, and dry extremes, including over 50 to 90% of North America, Europe, and East Asia. Emissions consistent with national commitments are likely to cause substantial and widespread additional increases, ...[more]