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SUBMITTER: Wang J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7012878 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Jun J Chen Yang Y Tett Simon F B SFB Yan Zhongwei Z Zhai Panmao P Feng Jinming J Xia Jiangjiang J
Nature communications 20200211 1
Compared to individual hot days/nights, compound hot extremes that combine daytime and nighttime heat are more impactful. However, past and future changes in compound hot extremes as well as their underlying drivers and societal impacts remain poorly understood. Here we show that during 1960-2012, significant increases in Northern Hemisphere average frequency (~1.03 days decade<sup>-1</sup>) and intensity (~0.28 °C decade<sup>-1</sup>) of summertime compound hot extremes arise primarily from sum ...[more]