Concurrent hot and dry summers more common in future
In a new study published in Science Advances, Jakob Zscheischler and Sonia Seneviratne assess the risk for concurrent hot and dry summers.
by
Urs Beyerle
Their results highlight that this risk is underestimated if statistics for dry and hot summers are considered separately, as is generally done in climate science. This study is one of the first highlighting the need for a better investigation and understanding of compound events.
Futher information
- ETH News: Concurrent hot and dry summers more common in future
- Science Advances: external pageDependence of drivers affects risks associated with compound eventscall_made
- Deutschlandflunk (in German): external pageHitze und Dürre werden zunehmencall_made
- Norddeutscher Rundfunk (in German): external pageDürren und Hitzwellen nehmen zucall_made
- Personal webpages of Dr. Jakob Zscheischler
- Personal webpages of Prof. Dr. Sonia Seneviratne