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Report: Science Can Now Link Climate Change To (Some) Extreme Weather (phys.org)

mdsolar writes: 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 March 11. "In the past, many scientists have been cautious of attributing specific extreme weather events to climate change. People frequently ask questions such as, 'Did climate change cause Hurricane Sandy?' Science can't answer that because there are so many relevant factors for hurricanes. What this report is saying is that we can attribute an increased magnitude or frequency of some extreme weather events to climate change,' said David Titley, professor of practice in Penn State's Department of Meteorology and founding director of Penn State's Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk, who chaired the committee that wrote the report.

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  1. Re:Climate change is a fake by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The devil also sends demons like Sanders or Clinton. Both are from hell, sent to us to force the world to follow the dark cult of THE FALLEN ANGEL.

  2. Re:Climate change is a fake by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You speak so truly -- They are demons indeed. I hope that Trump becomes president, he will please GOD.

  3. The Committee on Extreme Weather Events and Climat by rioki · · Score: 4, Funny

    "The Committee on Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change Attribution" writes the report "Attribution of Extreme Weather Events in the Context of Climate Change"...

    Without claiming their findings are invalid, it appears that they put the cart in front of the horse. They create a committee to find something and that committee finds it. It is really hard not to immediately start looking for confirmation bias.