Extreme Measures

While attending the World Climate Research Programme Open Science Conference last week, I spoke with several prominent climate scientists about the various efforts devoted to detecting heatwaves, tornadoes, drought, and hurricanes and linking the extreme events to global warming.

This year's rash of severe weather has scientists scrambling to understand the connection between increasing emissions and natural disasters. My article for the Daily Climate focuses on the push to attribute and predict extreme events, which should better inform policymakers: http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2011/11/weather-extremes