The projected increase in warm extremes associated with climate change
is a major concern for society and represents a threat
to humans and ecosystems. This study shows
that heat wave impacts could be attenuated locally by increasing
surface albedo
through no-till
farming. This is due to an identified asymmetric impact of surface
albedo change
on summer temperature distribution
resulting in a much stronger influence on hot extremes than on mean
temperatures. This
finding has important implications for the
development of sustainable land management strategies and for the
design of climate-engineering
measures acting upon high-impact climate
extremes.
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