The impact of anthropogenic land use and land cover change on regional climate extremes

Land use and land cover change has led to more frequent hot, dry summers in parts of the mid-latitudes. Here the authors use an Earth system model to show that regions converted to crops and pastures experience hot, dry summers 2 to 4 times more frequently than they would if native forests had remai...

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Main Authors: Kirsten L. Findell, Alexis Berg, Pierre Gentine, John P. Krasting, Benjamin R. Lintner, Sergey Malyshev, Joseph A. Santanello, Elena Shevliakova
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/09feec7ab013485c97ea71849ac5bb30
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Summary:Land use and land cover change has led to more frequent hot, dry summers in parts of the mid-latitudes. Here the authors use an Earth system model to show that regions converted to crops and pastures experience hot, dry summers 2 to 4 times more frequently than they would if native forests had remained.