Climate forecasters are predicting that the recent heatwave in the United Kingdom and North America will become a normal summer occurrence by 2050.
The researchers identified the three atmospheric circulation patterns—the North Pacific pattern, Arctic-Pacific Canada pattern, and the North America pattern—that coincided to produce the 2021 heatwave.
“From the CMIP6 models, we found that it is likely that global warming associated with greenhouse gases influences these three atmospheric circulation pattern variabilities, which, in turn, led to a more extreme heatwave event,” Wang said.
“If appropriate measures are not taken, the occurrence probability of extreme heatwaves will increase and further impact the ecological balance, as well as sustainable social and economic development,” he concluded.
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