

Global warming exacerbated two dozen extreme weather events in 2015, finds a report on extreme events and climate published by the American Meteorological Society Thursday.
American Meteorological Society
The findings, which examined 30 weather events in total, linked man-made climate change to incidents like “sunny day” flooding in Florida, Alaskan wildfires, heavy rains in China and drought in Ethiopia.
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Notably, the report includes the first direct scientific link between human-caused climate change and the record high intensity of west North Pacific typhoons.
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