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Local noise and global confidence

Analyses of changes in climate extremes at the local scale are affected by large uncertainties related to climate variability. Now research finds that integration over larger areas reveals consistent intensification of heat and precipitation extremes in projections of the near future.

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Figure 1: Significant extreme temperature and precipitation events that occurred in 2012.

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Donat, M. Local noise and global confidence. Nature Clim Change 3, 1018–1019 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2061

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