Summer weather extremes more persistent in warming world, says study
Scott Sutherland
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We are already seeing summer extremes unlike ever before due to climate change, with spiking temperatures, as well as both extreme dry weather and extreme wet weather events. A new study is showing that these extremes are likely to cluster together as the world continues to warm, causing more persistent episodes of extreme summer weather.
"Our study found that if the world warms to 2°C above preindustrial levels, we could see a significant shift in summer weather conditions from the patterns we know today," study lead author Peter Pfleiderer, from Climate Analytics and Humboldt University, said in a press release on Monday. "Extreme weather would become more persistent - hot and dry periods, as well as consecutive days of heavy rain would all get longer."