Science can now link climate change with some extreme weather events

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/ps-scn031116.php

Public Release: 11-Mar-2016
Science can now link climate change with some extreme weather events
Penn State

Extreme weather events like floods, heat waves and droughts can devastate communities and populations worldwide. Recent scientific advances have enabled researchers to confidently say that the increased intensity and frequency of some, but not all, of these extreme weather events is influenced by human-induced climate change, according to an international National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine report released today (March 11).

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The committee found that scientists can now confidently attribute some heat waves and cold events, and to a lesser degree droughts and extreme rainfall, to human-caused climate change.

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tags: extreme weather