Responses of extreme climates in South Asia under a G6sulfur scenario of climate engineering
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Under global warming scenarios, extreme climate events in South Asia will occur more frequently which will seriously threaten the safety of local residents. South Asia faces dual pressures of the obligation of carbon emissions reduction globally and the demand for a better life for huge populations. Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI) climate engineering provides a potential solution to this dilemma. We compared the evolution of 12 climate extreme indices under historical scenarios, two future scenarios (SSP245, SSP585) and an implementation scenario of SAI climate engineering (G6sulfur). We showed that the intensity and frequency of extreme climates under a G6sulfur scenario would be significantly higher than those under historical scenarios, and that the difference in extreme climates under three scenarios (SSP245, SSP585, and G6sulfur) would be widely varying, with some indices being considerably mitigated while others would reflect a worse set of circumstances than would be the case without SAI climate engineering. Therefore, SAI climate engineering is not an effective tool to mitigate future climate extremes in South Asia under global warming scenarios.Citation
Wang J, Zhang Z, Crabbe MJC, Das LC (2023) 'Responses of extreme climates in South Asia under a G6sulfur scenario of climate engineering', Atmosphere, 14 (10), 1490Publisher
MDPIJournal
AtmosphereAdditional Links
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/14/10/1490Type
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enISSN
2073-4433Sponsors
The European Commission Horizon 2020 Framework Program No. 861584 and the Taishan Distinguished Professor Fund No. 20190910.ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.3390/atmos14101490
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