Global projections of the economic impacts of climate change have usually focused on rising average temperatures. Now, two studies depict more complex and gloomier scenarios by incorporating variability in temperature and precipitation.
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Coronese, M. Going beyond averages. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02003-4
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