Friday, 19 May 2023

Italy Feels the Heat?

Extreme weather events, with associated loss of life, are now hitting Italy. The Emilia-Romagna region recently received its annual average rainfall in 36 hours. There have also been landslides on Ischia and flash floods in Marche (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/18/italy-disasters-floods-europe-climate-crisis). it's, of course, too soon to carry out a proper attribution study. It seems, however, extremely likely that these particular extreme (in both intensity and frequency) weather events are strongly linked to climate change. The consequences of 'greenhouse gas' emissions are being felt across Europe.

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