ApocaDocs: Most Extreme Weather Has Climate Change Link, Study Says

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Posted Mon Jun 29 2015: from InsideClimate News:


	Most Extreme Weather Has Climate Change Link, Study Says http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1435593780 In the wake of major hurricanes, floods and heat waves, scientists are quick to say that no single weather event can be attributed to climate change until careful analysis draws that conclusion. Now, a new study argues that thinking is backwards, that all extreme weather has a link to climate change... Trenberth's paper instead suggests focusing on thermodynamic changes caused by global warming, such as increased sea surface temperatures, humidity and sea level rise. ... "Because global warming is real and present, it is not a question as to whether it is playing a role, but what that role is," the authors wrote.

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