Extreme climate events, such as drought, can exacerbate other climate hazards like heat waves — creating cascading and unprecendented outcomes, new research warns.
warns that certain extremes, such as drought, can exacerbate other climate hazards like heat waves.When climate change-related extremes interact, they can create cascading and unprecedented outcomes, per the new research., and these conditions are raising the odds for a hotter, drier summer with high wildfire risks.The study shows that extreme drought in the Southwest during June of 2021 led to record heat throughout the region, and exacerbated the dry conditions.
"We're seeing a climate change signal of earlier springs, faster drying, and early summer warmth feed back on itself, leading to larger impacts than we would predict taking each hazard on its own."The threat of compound, unprecedented events, is one reason scientists have been studying differences in risks associated with different levels of global warming.than preindustrial levels, and is on course for around 3°C of warming through 2100, barring more stringent emissions cuts.
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