Sep 1, 2013
Explaining Extreme Events of 2012 from a Climate Perspective
by
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American Meteorological Society
- Examines the causes of 12 extreme events that occurred on five continents and in the Arctic during 2012
- Shows that the effects of natural weather and climate fluctuations played a key role in the intensity and evolution of the 2012 extreme events
- Analyses for some events revealed compelling evidence that human-caused climate change, through the emission of heat-trapping gases, also contributed to the extreme event
- Finds climate-change related increases in sea level have nearly doubled today’s annual probability of a Sandy-level flood recurrence as compared to 1950