Heat extremes in the soil are underestimated, according to new study

For a long time, little attention was paid to soil temperatures. In contrast to air temperatures near the surface, hardly any reliable data was available because of the considerably more complex measurement. A research team leaded by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) has now found not only that soil and air temperatures can differ, but also that climate change has a much greater impact on the intensity and frequency of heat extremes in the soil than in the air.