Compound weather and climate events in 2024: Climate chronicles

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Contributors

  • Jakob Zscheischler - , Chair of Data Analytics in Hydro Sciences, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Author)
  • Colin Raymond - , University of California at Los Angeles (Author)
  • Yang Chen - , Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (Author)
  • Natacha Le Grix - , University of Liverpool (UOL) (Author)
  • Renata Libonati - , Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, University of Lisbon (Author)
  • Cassandra D.W. Rogers - , Bureau of Meteorology Australia (Author)
  • Christopher J. White - , University of Strathclyde (Author)
  • Piotr Wolski - , University of Cape Town (Author)

Abstract

2024 saw multiple high-impact compound events. Record-breaking global temperatures combined with regional weather variability to create compound floods, spatially compounding droughts and heatwaves, and hazard sequences with often devastating impacts.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)240-242
Number of pages3
JournalNature Reviews Earth and Environment
Volume6
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2025
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0001-6045-1629/work/197321853

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