Extreme temperatures in Southeast Asia caused by El Niño and worsened by global warming

Record temperatures in mainland Southeast Asia in April 2016 had severe impacts on the population. Thirumalaiet al. show that all April extremes occur after El Niño years, and that global warming has increased the likelihood of such extremes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kaustubh Thirumalai, Pedro N. DiNezio, Yuko Okumura, Clara Deser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15531