The role of increasing temperature variability in European summer heatwaves

By Christoph M. Schär, P. Vidale, D. Lüthi, C. Frei, C. Häberli, Markus Liniger, C. Appenzeller. Nature, 2004

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Are we in deep water? Water scarcity and its limits to economic growth (2017, background): “One recent example that has been attributed to global warming was the 2003 heat-wave in Europe (Schar et al., 2004) contributing to annual precipitation deficits of up to 300 mm and an estimated 30% drop in gross primary production of terrestrial ecosystems (Ciais et al., 2005).”
Effects of drought on avian community structure (2009, background): “beyond the ‘normal’ range of variability are experienced, as been suggested in the case in Europe in 2003 (Schar et al., 2004), avian communities may respond with considerably larger shifts in abundance and richness.”
Extreme climatic events: impacts of drought and high temperature on physiological processes in agronomically important plants (2014, background): “REVIEW ARTICLE published: 06 October 2014 doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2014.00039 Extreme climatic events: impacts of drought and high temperature on physiological processes in agronomically important plants”
Climate model dependence and the replicate Earth paradigm (2013, background): “(Indeed, the study of Schär et al. (2004) suggests that the 452 variance of the CPDF of European summertime temperatures will increase with increasing CO2 453 concentrations.)”
Evaluation of the convection‐resolving climate modeling approach on continental scales (2017, background): “For climate change studies, not only changes in the mean but also changes in variability are of great concern [Schär et al., 2004], specially for changes in temperature extremes (e.”
The ecological role of climate extremes: current understanding and future prospects (2011, background): “There is mounting evidence that the frequency and severity of climate extremes have already increased in many regions (Karl, Knight & Plummer 1995; Schar et al. 2004), and hence, there is a pressing need to understand the immediate and future consequences of climate extremes for ecological systems.”
The impact and implications of climate change for bats (2013, background): “However, Scheel et al. (1996) modelled the effects of climate change on bat species richness in Texas, USA, and suggested that the distribution of tree-roosting generalist species may shift in response to climate change and that cave-roosting species may be impacted as vegetation around caves change”
Persistence and production of perennial grasses under water deficits and extreme temperatures: importance of intraspecific vs. interspecific variability (2012, background): “In addition, extreme events and severe heat waves may become more frequent in a changing climate (Schar et al., 2004).”
Effects of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle: concepts, processes and potential future impacts (2015, background): “Keywords: carbon cycle, climate change, climate extremes, climate variability, disturbance, terrestrial ecosystems Received 6 September 2013 and accepted 24 January 2015 2861© 2015 The Authors.”
Response of plant species richness and primary productivity in shrublands along a north–south gradient in Europe to seven years of experimental warming and drought: reductions in primary productivity in the heat and drought year of 2003 (2007, background): “Since severe regional heat waves such as the one that occurred in 2003 may become more frequent in a changing climate (Meehl & Tebaldi, 2004; Schär et al., 2004), the expected future enhancement of plant growth and carbon sequestration resulting from climate warming in temperate ecosystems may not…”