Future Changes in Indicators of Climate Hazard and Resource in the UK
Nigel Arnell,
Stephen Dorling,
Hayley Fowler
et al.
Abstract:The UK Climate Resilience Programme (UKCR) funded several projects that have calculated how climate change is likely to affect climate hazards and resources across the UK, using the latest UK Climate Projections (UKCP18).
Under a high emissions scenario, heatwaves and high temperature extremes become more frequent across the UK, leading to an increase in human mortality, animal heat stress, potato blight, wildfire danger and damage to road and rail infrastructure. … Show more
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