Climate change is often associated with an increase in the frequency of extreme weather events, such as heat waves or intense precipitation. Here, however, downscaled climate model simulations have been used to show that the frequency of North Atlantic polar lows — intense storms that are considerably smaller than the weather-dominating synoptic depressions — is projected to decrease by the end of the twenty-first century.
- Matthias Zahn
- Hans von Storch
