World Weather Attribution

Climate change is driving 2022 extreme heat and flooding

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Extreme climate occasions – from scorching heatwaves to unusually heavy downpours – have triggered widespread upheaval throughout the globe this 12 months, with hundreds of individuals killed and thousands and thousands extra displaced.  In the final three months, monsoon rains unleashed disastrous flooding in Bangladesh and brutal heatwaves seared elements of South Asia and Europe. … Read more

‘So many dimensions’: A drought study underlines the complexity of climate

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Back-to-back years of little precipitation in the Indian Ocean nation of Madagascar have ruined harvests and induced tons of of 1000’s of individuals to face uncertainty about their subsequent meals. Aid teams say the scenario there may be nearing a humanitarian disaster. But human-induced climate change doesn’t seem like the driving trigger, a group of … Read more