> I'm not sure what you are getting at with "distance from the equator or
> the season of the year".
The seasons and latitude give an idea of what to expect from 2-3C
temperature difference. What I am asking is whether there's good
evidence that extremes would change in a detrimental manner beyond
what would be expected from what we can observe in differences between
the seasons and in latitude?
I've looked at the TAR summary, and I think all of the points there
are covered by what would be expected from seasonal/latitudinal
precedent.
For example, look at rainfall. I am pretty sure that summer rainfall
is more concentrated in a few heavy precipitation events than winter
rainfall, and likewise, precipitation on the equator is extremely
concentrated into short events. Therefore this change in extremes is
entirely what would be expected either from moving 500 km towards the
equator or a few weeks in time during the year, wouldn't it?
On top of that, it's not necessarily a negative change at all. I
believe that people generally prefer sunshine to rain, and half an
hour of heavy rain a day to keep things lush, and the rest of the day
sunshine, would be preferable to constant drizzle.
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