Work

Testing extreme warming and geographical heterogeneity

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Extreme climate events represent a critical climate risk and a global challenge. Understanding the heterogeneity in worldwide temperatures is crucial for predicting future climate change dynamics and guiding effective policy responses. This paper addresses both issues by analyzing the presence of trends in the tail decay of the realized distribution of annual temperatures for eight regions spanning the globe over the period 1960 to 2022. Our empirical findings reveal that extreme warming exhibits heterogeneity across regions and seasons, with a pronounced distinction between the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Importantly, extreme warming predominantly occurs in both hemispheres during the period from June to September.

Source: Communications in Statistics Case Studies Data Analysis and Applications

DOI: 10.1080/23737484.2025.2509978

Authors: María Dolores Gadea Rivas, Jesus Gonzalo, Jose Olmo

Institutions: Universidad de Zaragoza, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, University of Southampton

Language: English

Topic: Climate variability and models

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Climate action

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4411093942

FWCI:

Cites: 58

Cited by:

Related to: 10