TY  - JOUR
TI  - Emerging signals of climate change from the equator to the poles: new insights into a warming world
SN  - 2813-6330
Y1  - 2024/10/01/
AV  - public
N2  - The reality of human-induced climate change is unequivocal and exerts an ever-increasing global impact. Access to the latest scientific information on current climate change and projection of future trends is important for planning adaptation measures and for informing international efforts to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Identification of hazards and risks may be used to assess vulnerability, determine limits to adaptation, and enhance resilience to climate change. This article highlights how recent research programs are continuing to elucidate current processes and advance projections across major climate systems and identifies remaining knowledge gaps. Key findings include projected future increases in monsoon rainfall, resulting from a changing balance between the rainfall-reducing effect of aerosols and rainfall-increasing GHGs; a strengthening of the storm track in the North Atlantic; an increase in the fraction of precipitation that falls as rain at both poles; an increase in the frequency and severity of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events, along with changes in ENSO teleconnections to North America and Europe; and an increase in the frequency of hazardous hot-humid extremes. These changes have the potential to increase risks to both human and natural systems. Nevertheless, these risks may be reduced via urgent, science-led adaptation and resilience measures and by reductions in GHGs.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3389/fsci.2024.1340323
ID  - discovery10198209
N1  - © 2024 Collins, Beverley, Bracegirdle, Catto, McCrystall, Dittus, Freychet, Grist, Hegerl, Holland, Holmes, Josey, Joshi, Hawkins, Lo, Lord, Mitchell, Monerie, Priestley, Scaife, Screen, Senior, Sexton, Shuckburgh, Siegert, Simpson, Stephenson, Sutton, Thompson, Wilcox and Woollings. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
VL  - 2
KW  - climate change
KW  -  climate adaptation
KW  -  greenhouse gas emissions
KW  -  monsoon
KW  -  ENSO
KW  -  storms
KW  -  climate extremes
KW  -  Shared Socioeconomic Pathways
A1  - Collins, Matthew
A1  - Beverley, Jonathan D
A1  - Bracegirdle, Thomas J
A1  - Catto, Jennifer
A1  - McCrystall, Michelle
A1  - Dittus, Andrea
A1  - Freychet, Nicolas
A1  - Grist, Jeremy
A1  - Hegerl, Gabriele C
A1  - Holland, Paul R
A1  - Holmes, Caroline
A1  - Josey, Simon A
A1  - Joshi, Manoj
A1  - Hawkins, Ed
A1  - Lo, Eunice
A1  - Lord, Natalie
A1  - Mitchell, Dann
A1  - Monerie, Paul-Arthur
A1  - Priestley, Matthew DK
A1  - Scaife, Adam
A1  - Screen, James
A1  - Senior, Natasha
A1  - Sexton, David
A1  - Shuckburgh, Emily
A1  - Siegert, Stefan
A1  - Simpson, Charles
A1  - Stephenson, David B
A1  - Sutton, Rowan
A1  - Thompson, Vikki
A1  - Wilcox, Laura J
A1  - Woollings, Tim
PB  - Frontiers Media SA
JF  - Frontiers in Science
ER  -