Whether it’s deadly flooding in Nova Scotia, fires across Europe or suffocating heat in the U.S. Southwest, experts say there’s almost no doubt: climate change is the culprit.
Human-induced climate change has played an “absolutely overwhelming” role in the extreme heat waves that have swept across North America, Europe and China this month, according to a study by World Weather Attribution, a global team of scientists that examines the role played by climate change in extreme weather.
“European and North American temperatures would have been virtually impossible without the effects of climate change,” said Izidine Pinto of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, one of the study’s authors, during a briefing with journalists. “In
