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

Posted by timothy on from the confidence-levels dept.

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. They were going to regardless... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's fascinating that the omniscient "science" can't link one or two events to global warming directly

    But MANY!

    Why that's PROOF!

    So 0 + 0 + 0 = 1...

  2. How much is it going to cost me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why is it that climate change discussions always ends up in the same place: the government needs to take my money and give it to poor people in my own country, or Africa. It's almost as if the whole thing is about wealth redistribution, not climate.

  3. Liability by mdsolar · · Score: 0, Troll

    With attribution comes liability. One party which had foreknowledge of the consequences of carbon pollution and attempted to hide it was Exxon. http://insideclimatenews.org/n... Their liability may extend to triple damages.

  4. TIMOTHY HAS GOT TO GO... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    FFS Timothy, whoever you are, enough with this $H!T.