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Is it now possible to blame extreme weather on global warming?
July 4, 2012
Is it now possible to blame extreme weather on global warming?
Whenever an episode of extreme weather ? heatwave, flood, drought, etc ? hits the headlines, someone somewhere is sure to point the finger of blame at human-induced climate change.
So, can we now say, or not, that specific extreme weather events are caused, or at least exacerbated, by global warming? Has anything changed in climate scientists' understanding of the attribution - or "anthropogenic fingerprint" - of such events? Are they now more confident about making such links?
Join the discussion on the Guardian.
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