Future population exposure to US heat extremes

Bryan Jones (), Brian C. O’Neill, Larry McDaniel, Seth McGinnis, Linda O. Mearns and Claudia Tebaldi
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Bryan Jones: CUNY Institute for Demographic Research, Baruch College School of Public Affairs
Brian C. O’Neill: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Larry McDaniel: Computational & Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Seth McGinnis: Computational & Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Linda O. Mearns: Computational & Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Claudia Tebaldi: National Center for Atmospheric Research

Nature Climate Change, 2015, vol. 5, issue 7, 652-655

Abstract: US population exposure to extreme heat is set to increase four- to sixfold from the late twentieth century. Changes in population are as important as changes in climate in driving this outcome.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2631

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