Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Strong scientific evidence links climate change with
increasing heat waves, coastal flooding, and other extreme weather
events

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Extreme Weather and Climate Change
- What's the connection between global warming and extreme
weather? When it comes to heat waves and coastal flooding, the
scientific evidence is clear: Human-caused climate change is
increasing these extreme weather events.
- Other forms of severe weather are also closely linked to climate
change, including a rise in extreme precipitation events in some
regions and increasingly severe droughts in others.
- The effect of climate change on tornadoes and hurricanes is an
active area of research. Scientific confidence with observed data is
currently low, though the underlying mechanisms of climate change
are expected to play a role.
The Science Behind the Infographic
The Extreme Weather & Climate Change infographic is based on an
evaluation of the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme
Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX),
the latest authoritative assessment (2012) by the
Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC).
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