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Weather extremes caused by climate change?
Read a recent article on climate extremes and climate change; a concluding paragraph struck me as particularly useful in responding to the commonly asked question posed in the subject line, and I thought I'd share it:
Many climate scientists (including ourselves) routinely answer media calls after extreme events with the phrase that a particular event cannot be directly attributed…Continue
Added by Jesse Schomberg on March 28, 2012 at 2:05pm — No Comments
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