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Rickshaws struggle through the flooded streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Q&A: The evolving science of ‘extreme weather attribution’

As global temperatures rise, extreme weather events are becoming more intense and more frequent all around the world.  Over the past two deca... Read More

Attribution | Nov 18. 2024.

Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world

In the early 2000s, a new field of climate-science research emerged that began to explore the human fingerprint on extreme weather, such as floods, h... Read More

Attribution | Nov 18. 2024.
Rescuers cross a river in Kerala state, India after a landslide on 31 July 2024.

Climate change made ‘monsoon downpour’ behind Kerala landslides 10% more intense

The “monsoon downpour” that triggered deadly landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad district last month was made 10% heavier by human-caused climate ch... Read More

Attribution | Aug 14. 2024.
A firefighter working to put out a fire in the Pantanal in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil on 7 July 2024.

Climate change made the ‘supercharged’ 2024 Pantanal wildfires 40% more intense

Human-caused climate change made the “unprecedented” wildfires that spread across Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands in June 2024 between four and five... Read More

Attribution | Aug 8. 2024.
Flood damage in northern Afghanistan.

Afghanistan’s ‘deadly’ early spring rainfall made twice as likely by El Niño

The extreme rainfall that hit Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran in April and May this year was made twice as likely by El Niño, a new rapid attribution... Read More

Attribution | Jun 13. 2024.
Red cargo ship transits through Gatun Locks, Panama Canal.

Drought behind Panama Canal’s 2023 shipping disruption ‘unlikely’ without El Niño

A lengthy drought that caused widespread disruption to commercial ships passing through the Panama Canal in 2023 would have been “unlikely” witho... Read More

Attribution | May 1. 2024.
Young man works on a construction site in Nigeria on 6 February 2024.

Climate change made west Africa’s ‘dangerous humid heatwave’ 10 times more likely

The “dangerous humid heat” that engulfed western Africa in mid-February was made 10 times more likely by human-caused climate change, a new rapid... Read More

Attribution | Mar 21. 2024.
A person standing among the rubble from the Chilean “megafires”.

No ‘statistically significant’ link between climate change and Chile’s wildfires

Climate change did not have a statistically significant impact on the wildfires that hit Chile earlier this month, according to a new rapid attributi... Read More

Attribution | Feb 22. 2024.
A fisherman walks across a dry patch of land after drought in the marshes of southern Iraq, Dhi Qar province. Image ID: 2M9TRTP.

Climate change: Intensity of ongoing drought in Syria, Iraq and Iran ‘not rare anymore’

.shadeBg{ background: rgba(0,0,0,0.18); } High temperatures caused by climate change are driving an ongoing drought in the Middle East, accordin... Read More

Attribution | Nov 8. 2023.
A forest protection officer walks through an area of burned forest in Quebec, Canada, on 5 July 2023.

Eastern Canada wildfires: Climate change doubled likelihood of ‘extreme fire weather’

The unusually hot and dry weather that drove record-breaking wildfires in eastern Canada was made at least two times more likely by human-caused clim... Read More

Attribution | Aug 22. 2023.
People take shelter from the heat in Spain, on 12 July 2023.

Record-breaking 2023 heat events are ‘not rare anymore’ due to climate change

The intense heatwaves that have been engulfing the US, China and southern Europe in July 2023 are “not rare anymore” in our current climate, a ne... Read More

Attribution | Jul 25. 2023.
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