Attributing European Record temperatures of 2014
Posted on 6th September 2016
2014 broke the record for the warmest yearly average temperature in Europe. Attributing how much this was due to anthropogenic (man-made) climate change and how much it was due to natural variability is a challenging question, but one that is important to address. A new study which compares four different attribution methods including weather@home, indicates that […]
Paris floods made almost twice as likely due to climate change
Posted on 10th June 2016
The World Weather Attribution team have analysed the role of climate change in the recent floods in France. Using multiple models (including weather@home) and observational analysis, their findings estimate the event to be almost twice as likely due to climate change (80% more likely in the Seine valley and 90% in the Loire valley). All […]