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Top ten European heatwaves since 1950 and their occurrence in the coming decades by Russo, Simone, Sillmann, Jana, Fischer, Erich M

“…The Russian heatwave in 2010 killed tens of thousands of people, and was by far the worst event in Europe since at least 1950, according to recent studies and…”
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Will Half a Degree Make a Difference? Robust Projections of Indices of Mean and Extreme Climate in Europe Under 1.5°C, 2°C, and 3°C Global Warming by Dosio, Alessandro, Fischer, Erich M.

“…Based on high‐resolution models, we investigate the change in climate extremes and impact‐relevant indicators over Europe under different levels of global…”
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Climate change now detectable from any single day of weather at global scale by Sippel, Sebastian, Meinshausen, Nicolai, Fischer, Erich M., Székely, Enikő, Knutti, Reto

“…For generations, climate scientists have educated the public that ‘weather is not climate’, and climate change has been framed as the change in the…”
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Marine heatwaves under global warming by Frölicher, Thomas L., Fischer, Erich M., Gruber, Nicolas

“…Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are periods of extreme warm sea surface temperature that persist for days to months 1 and can extend up to thousands of kilometres 2 …”
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Extreme heat waves under 1.5 °C and 2 °C global warming by Dosio, Alessandro, Mentaschi, Lorenzo, Fischer, Erich M, Wyser, Klaus

“…Severe, extreme, and exceptional heat waves, such as those that occurred over the Balkans (2007), France (2003), or Russia (2010), are associated with…”
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Reconciling controversies about the ‘global warming hiatus’ by Medhaug, Iselin, Stolpe, Martin B., Fischer, Erich M., Knutti, Reto

“…Between about 1998 and 2012, a time that coincided with political negotiations for preventing climate change, the surface of Earth seemed hardly to warm. This…”
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Detection of a Climate Change Signal in Extreme Heat, Heat Stress, and Cold in Europe From Observations by Lorenz, Ruth, Stalhandske, Zélie, Fischer, Erich M.

“…In the last two decades Europe experienced a series of high‐impact heat extremes. We here assess observed trends in temperature extremes at ECA&D stations in…”
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A scientific critique of the two-degree climate change target by Knutti, Reto, Rogelj, Joeri, Sedláček, Jan, Fischer, Erich M.

“…Many governments agreed to limit global mean temperature change to below 2 °C, yet this level has not been assessed scientifically. A synthesis of the…”
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Variability conceals emerging trend in 100yr projections of UK local hourly rainfall extremes by Kendon, Elizabeth J., Fischer, Erich M., Short, Chris J.

“…Extreme precipitation is projected to intensify with warming, but how this will manifest locally through time is uncertain. Here, we exploit an ensemble of…”
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A climate model projection weighting scheme accounting for performance and interdependence by Knutti, Reto, Sedláček, Jan, Sanderson, Benjamin M., Lorenz, Ruth, Fischer, Erich M., Eyring, Veronika

“…Uncertainties of climate projections are routinely assessed by considering simulations from different models. Observations are used to evaluate models, yet…”
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The Hot Summer of 2010: Redrawing the Temperature Record Map of Europe by Barriopedro, David, Fischer, Erich M., Luterbacher, Jürg, Trigo, Ricardo M., García-Herrera, Ricardo

“…The summer of 2010 was exceptionally warm in eastern Europe and large parts of Russia. We provide evidence that the anomalous 2010 warmth that caused adverse…”
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Science and policy characteristics of the Paris Agreement temperature goal by Schleussner, Carl-Friedrich, Rogelj, Joeri, Schaeffer, Michiel, Lissner, Tabea, Licker, Rachel, Fischer, Erich M., Knutti, Reto, Levermann, Anders, Frieler, Katja, Hare, William

“…There are discernible differences in climate impacts between 1.5 °C and 2 °C of warming. The extent of countries' near-term mitigation ambition will determine…”
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Very Rare Heat Extremes: Quantifying and Understanding Using Ensemble Reinitialization by Gessner, Claudia, Fischer, Erich M., Beyerle, Urs, Knutti, Reto

“…Heat waves such as the one in Europe 2003 have severe consequences for the economy, society, and ecosystems. It is unclear whether temperatures could have…”
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Future changes in daily summer temperature variability: driving processes and role for temperature extremes by Fischer, Erich M, Schär, Christoph

“…Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are expected to lead to more frequent and intense summer temperature extremes, not only due to the mean warming itself,…”
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Global forestation and deforestation affect remote climate via adjusted atmosphere and ocean circulation by Portmann, Raphael, Beyerle, Urs, Davin, Edouard, Fischer, Erich M., De Hertog, Steven, Schemm, Sebastian

“…Forests can store large amounts of carbon and provide essential ecosystem services. Massive tree planting is thus sometimes portrayed as a panacea to mitigate…”
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Past warming trend constrains future warming in CMIP6 models by Tokarska, Katarzyna B, Stolpe, Martin B, Sippel, Sebastian, Fischer, Erich M, Smith, Christopher J, Lehner, Flavio, Knutti, Reto

“…Future global warming estimates have been similar across past assessments, but several climate models of the latest Sixth Coupled Model Intercomparison Project…”
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Warming of hot extremes alleviated by expanding irrigation by Thiery, Wim, Visser, Auke J., Fischer, Erich M., Hauser, Mathias, Hirsch, Annette L., Lawrence, David M., Lejeune, Quentin, Davin, Edouard L., Seneviratne, Sonia I.

“…Irrigation affects climate conditions – and especially hot extremes – in various regions across the globe. Yet how these climatic effects compare to other…”
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Emergent Constraints in Climate Projections: A Case Study of Changes in High-Latitude Temperature Variability by Borodina, Aleksandra, Fischer, Erich M., Knutti, Reto

“…Climate projections from phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) ensemble show a decrease in interannual surface temperature variability…”
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Partitioning climate projection uncertainty with multiple large ensembles and CMIP5/6 by Lehner, Flavio, Deser, Clara, Maher, Nicola, Marotzke, Jochem, Fischer, Erich M, Brunner, Lukas, Knutti, Reto, Hawkins, Ed

“…Partitioning uncertainty in projections of future climate change into contributions from internal variability, model response uncertainty and emissions…”
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Models are likely to underestimate increase in heavy rainfall in the extratropical regions with high rainfall intensity by Borodina, Aleksandra, Fischer, Erich M., Knutti, Reto

“…Model projections of regional changes in heavy rainfall are uncertain. On timescales of few decades, internal variability plays an important role and therefore…”
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