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Zantout et al. 2025
Zantout, K., J. Balkovic, M. Billing, C. Folberth, S.N. Gosling, T. Hank, S. Hantson, T. Iizumi, A. Ito, , A.K. Jain, N. Khabarov, S. Kou-Giesbrecht, F. Li, M. Li, T.-S. Lin, W. Liu, C. Müller, M. Okada, S. Ostberg, K. Otta, S. Rabin, C.P.O. Reyer, C. Scheer, J.M. Schneider, F. Zabel, K. Frieler, and J. Schewe, 2025: Shifting dominant periods in extreme climate impacts under global warming. Nat. Commun., 16, no. 1, 9746, doi:10.1038/s41467-025-65600-7.
Spatio-temporal patterns of extreme climate events have been extensively studied, yet two questions remain underexplored: Do such events occur regularly, and how do regularity patterns change under global warming? We address these questions by investigating dominant periods in crop failure, heatwave, and wildfire data. Here, we show that under pre-industrial conditions dominant periods emerge in 28% of cropland exposed to crop failure and 10% of wildfire-affected areas, likely related to climatic oscillations such as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, while heatwaves occur irregularly. The number of dominant periods increases by 2-13% during the transition from the pre-industrial era to the anthropocene. In the anthropocene, the occurrence of extreme events shifts towards monotonic growth, replacing previous natural regularity patterns. Linearly de-trended projections reveal an additional shift towards smaller dominant periods due to climate change. These shifts in regularity are crucial for adaptation planning, and our method offers an additional approach for studying extreme events.
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@article{za05100p,
author={Zantout, K. and Balkovic, J. and Billing, M. and Folberth, C. and Gosling, S. N. and Hank, T. and Hantson, S. and Iizumi, T. and Ito, A. and Jägermeyr, J. and Jain, A. K. and Khabarov, N. and Kou-Giesbrecht, S. and Li, F. and Li, M. and Lin, T.-S. and Liu, W. and Müller, C. and Okada, M. and Ostberg, S. and Otta, K. and Rabin, S. and Reyer, C. P. O. and Scheer, C. and Schneider, J. M. and Zabel, F. and Frieler, K. and Schewe, J.},
title={Shifting dominant periods in extreme climate impacts under global warming},
year={2025},
journal={Nature Communication},
volume={16},
number={1},
pages={9746},
doi={10.1038/s41467-025-65600-7},
}
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TY - JOUR ID - za05100p AU - Zantout, K. AU - Balkovic, J. AU - Billing, M. AU - Folberth, C. AU - Gosling, S. N. AU - Hank, T. AU - Hantson, S. AU - Iizumi, T. AU - Ito, A. AU - Jägermeyr, J. AU - Jain, A. K. AU - Khabarov, N. AU - Kou-Giesbrecht, S. AU - Li, F. AU - Li, M. AU - Lin, T.-S. AU - Liu, W. AU - Müller, C. AU - Okada, M. AU - Ostberg, S. AU - Otta, K. AU - Rabin, S. AU - Reyer, C. P. O. AU - Scheer, C. AU - Schneider, J. M. AU - Zabel, F. AU - Frieler, K. AU - Schewe, J. PY - 2025 TI - Shifting dominant periods in extreme climate impacts under global warming JA - Nat. Commun. JO - Nature Communication VL - 16 IS - 1 SP - 9746 DO - 10.1038/s41467-025-65600-7 ER -
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