Science Tightens Climate Change-Extreme Weather Link
Scientists are tying more and more extreme events to a changing climate
Chelsea Harvey, December 15, 2016 (Washington Post)
“…[C]limate change already has a hand in our worst weather…[A] variety of extreme weather events in 2015 that were likely influenced by global warming, from heat waves in Australia to heavy rain in China to raging wildfires in Alaska [according to new research examining two dozen weather events]…In recent years, researchers have become increasingly confident about their ability to separate the effects of natural influences, like El Niño, from human ones. And their studies are helping both scientists and policymakers better predict the likelihood that such extreme events will occur in different regions in the future — and how severe they might be.” click here for more
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