Extreme weather of last decade part of larger pattern linked to global warming
Sunday, March 25, 2012 - 19:30
in Earth & Climate
The past decade has been one of unprecedented weather extremes. Scientists now argue that the high incidence of extremes is not merely accidental. From the many single events a pattern emerges. At least for extreme rainfall and heat waves the link with human-caused global warming is clear, the scientists show in a new analysis of scientific evidence.