The attribution of extreme events to human-induced climate change—what is termed anthropogenic climate change—has been a burgeoning scientific frontier as scientists grapple to understand how our activities are altering the earth system. This past week at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) and the American Meteorological Society (AMS) announced the release of the most recent in a series of annual, special editions of the Bulletin of the American Metrological Society (BAMS), “Explaining Extreme Events From A Climate Perspective 2015”
The report focuses on 26 peer-reviewed research papers from 116 scientists in 18 counties that highlight extreme weather events across five continents and two oceans from 2015. Using combinations of historical data, trend analysis, and models, this collection of papers seek to determine how each event was […]
Merry Christmas Stephan,
Whatever is happening now will pass, as all things do. However, I am trying to place that spiritual ‘truth’ alongside this CBC report that has left me dumbfounded. Now I know Americans only think in Fahrenheit degrees. Canada changed over to Celsius in the early 1970’s so here’s a conversion: 30° C = 86° F
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/arctic-temperatures-warmth-1.3910765
If this keeps up, the timeline will vanish, as it did thousands of years ago and we may all be sunk. No pardon for the pun.
John
What about the recent snow in Saudi Arabia?