The Impact of Global Warming on Record-Breaking Temperatures

Noting that "almost every summer, there is a heat wave somewhere in the United States that garners popular media attention," the authors say that "a natural question arises: is global warming the cause of such heat waves or are they merely statistical fluctuations?" Adding that it is only "natural to be concerned that global warming is playing a role when there is a proliferation of record-breaking temperature events," they go on to analyze the subject in significant mathematical detail.