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SUBMITTER: Kang S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6068174 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kang Suchul S Eltahir Elfatih A B EAB
Nature communications 20180731 1
North China Plain is the heartland of modern China. This fertile plain has experienced vast expansion of irrigated agriculture which cools surface temperature and moistens surface air, but boosts integrated measures of temperature and humidity, and hence enhances intensity of heatwaves. Here, we project based on an ensemble of high-resolution regional climate model simulations that climate change would add significantly to the anthropogenic effects of irrigation, increasing the risk from heatwav ...[more]