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Global hotspots for the occurrence of compound events

Authors :
Nina N. Ridder
Andy J. Pitman
Seth Westra
Anna Ukkola
Hong X. Do
Margot Bador
Annette L. Hirsch
Jason P. Evans
Alejandro Di Luca
Jakob Zscheischler
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2020.

Abstract

Compound climate events such as floods and droughts together can cause severe socio-economic impacts. Here, the authors analyse global hazard pairs from 1980–2014 and find global hotspots for the occurrence of compound events.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
11
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.0a324fc8b2884304b9fdc538c8826436
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19639-3