We investigate the reasons for the opposite climate change signals in precipitation between the regional climate model REMO and its driving earth system model MPI-ESM over the greater Congo region. Three REMO simulations following three RCP scenarios (RCP 2.6, RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5) are conducted, and it is found that the opposite signals, with REMO showing a decrease and MPI-ESM an increase in t...

This study aims to quantitatively assess the impact of extreme precipitation events under current and future climate scenarios on landslides. Rainfall-triggered landslides are analyzed primarily using extreme precipitation estimates, derived using the so-called stationary assumption (i.e., statistics of extreme events will not vary significantly over a long period of time). However, extreme pre...

The relationship between winter climate extremes across the northeasternUnited States and adjacent parts of Canada and some important modes of climate variability are examined to determine how these circulation patterns are related to extreme events. Linear correlations between 15 extreme climate indices related to winter daily precipitation, maximum and minimum temperature, and three dominant ...

temperature is one of the essential elements of forming a climate and plays a crucial role in the lives of flora, fauna and human activities. the extreme temperature is one of the thermal indexes in meteorological and climatological studies. the extreme temperature is divided into two types: the extreme warm and extreme cold. the extreme warm includes the temperatures much above the normal valu...

The Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released in 2014 states that warming of the climate system is “unequivocal,” and it is “extremely likely” that human influence has been the dominant cause. However, public perceptions of anthropogenic climate change have varied widely, and indeed may have been significantly influenced by a disproportionate...

Stresses on Antarctic ecosystems result from global climate change, including extreme climatic events, and from other human impacts. Consequently, Antarctic ecosystems are changing, some at a rapid pace while others are relatively stable. A cascade of responses from molecular through organismic to the community level are expected as a result of these stresses during the ongoing era of climate c...