極端天氣(英語:Extreme weather)指非正常、嚴重、季節性,或超出歷史平均數值的天氣[1]。通常極端天氣以當地過往天氣數字為基礎,並被訂為是基數中最不常見的百分之十[2]。近年人為的全球暖化、洋流變化、氣壓變化等被認為是造成極端天氣的成因[3][4][5]。亦有研究顯示未來的極端天氣現象將增加。[6][7]
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- ^ NOAA. Extreme Events. [2016-01-25]. (原始内容存档于2021-09-20).
- ^ Scientists attribute extreme weather to man-made climate change (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆).
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- ^ Extremely Bad Weather: (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) Studies start linking climate change to current events November 17, 2012; Vol.182 #10 Science News
- ^ Study Indicates a Greater Threat of Extreme Weather (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) April 26, 2012
- ^ Hansen, J.; Sato, M.; Ruedy, R. PNAS Plus: Perception of climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2012, 109 (37): E2415. Bibcode:2012PNAS..109E2415H. doi:10.1073/pnas.1205276109.