[MCN] SCIENCE ADVANCES 8 Nov 2024 Global record-breaking recurrence rates "provide further evidence for extremely hot years becoming more common and widespread."

[Lance Olsen]

SCIENCE ADVANCES 8 Nov 2024
Global record-breaking recurrence rates indicate more widespread and intense surface air temperature and precipitation extremes
RASMUS E. BENESTAD <https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado3712#con1> , CRISTIAN LUSSANA <https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado3712#con2> AND ANDREAS DOBLER <https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado3712#con3>

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado3712 <https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ado3712>
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Abstract
We analyzed the evolution of extreme annual surface air temperature and rainfall on Earth, based on the recurrence rate of record-breaking events, and found the highest recurrence rates for record-high annual temperatures in the tropics, as opposed to the polar regions with the fastest warming. Both recurrence rates and the global surface area fraction with daily mean surface air temperatures exceeding 30° and 40°C provide further evidence for extremely hot years becoming more common and widespread. A similar analysis for precipitation highlighted some regions with more record-high annual total precipitation and others with record-low annual precipitation typically associated with drought. A multimodel ensemble of 306 runs with global climate models [Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 6 (CMIP) Shared Socioeconomic Pathways 2-45 (SSP2-45)] reproduced the statistics of record-breaking high temperatures, but there were some differences for the reanalysis precipitation record-breaking recurrence rates. The global climate model simulations suggested a slightly altered geographical pattern for record-breaking annual precipitation recurrence rates.





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