As the UK experiences another summer of extreme heat, Professor Myles Allen. Head of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics and Lead of the ECI’s Climate Programme at the ECI, explores what climate change means for the increasing risk of extreme temperatures – and why it can feel as though the impacts of climate change are accelerating.
The University of Oxford expert comment draws on research across Oxford, including work by ECI's Dr Stuart Jenkins on temperature trends and extreme weather. It also highlights ongoing research using high-resolution weather forecasting systems to better understand the probability of very extreme events.
Read the feature in full on the University of Oxford website: Expert Comment: Are extreme heatwaves the UK’s ‘new normal’?