Projected climate memory and inherited warm-tail risk in accelerated European summer warming
The episode discusses a paper titled "Projected climate memory and inherited warm-tail risk in accelerated European summer warming." The authors found that the Mediterranean's thermal state acts like a battery, carrying heat energy into subsequent summers and increasing the probability of extreme heat events by eight to eleven percentage points. The paper suggests using this memory to identify predisposed regions for extreme heat, while calling for better data resolution.