Extreme global weather is 'the face of climate change' says leading scientist
The extreme heatwaves
and wildfires wreaking havoc around the globe are “the face of climate change”,
one of the world’s leading climate scientists has declared, with the impacts of
global warming now “playing out in real time”. Climate change has
long been predicted to increase extreme weather incidents, and scientists are
now confident these predictions are coming true. Scientists say the global
warming has contributed to on the scorching temperatures that have baked the UK
and northern Europe for weeks.
The hot spell was
made more than twice as likely by climate change, a new analysis
found, demonstrating an “unambiguous” link. Extreme weather has
struck across Europe, from the Arctic
Circle to Greece,
and across the world, from North
America to Japan.
“This is the face of climate change,” said Prof Michael Mann, at Penn State
University, and one the world’s most eminent climate scientists. “We literally
would not have seen these extremes in the absence of climate change.”
“The impacts of
climate change are no longer subtle,” he told the Guardian. “We are seeing them
play out in real time and what is happening this summer is a perfect example of
that.” “We are seeing our
predictions come true,” he said. “As a scientist that is reassuring, but as a
citizen of planet Earth, it is very distressing to see that as it means we have
not taken the necessary action.”.. read more:
