Iraq’s archaeological treasures face looming threat of climate change [Arab News, 2022]

Title:

Iraq’s archaeological treasures face looming threat of climate change

 

Author:

Rebecca Anne Proctor

 

Published:

Arab News, 31 July 2022

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2132221/middle-east

 

From the article:

* Dust storms, rising temperatures and salinity are damaging artifacts and excavation sites, undermining conservation efforts 

 

* Extreme weather events are harming the country’s natural heritage, including the once verdant southern marshland

Operational extreme weather event attribution can quantify climate change loss and damages [Scholarly article - PLOS Climate, 2022]

Title:

Operational extreme weather event attribution can quantify climate change loss and damages

 

Authors:

Michael F. Wehner

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

& 

Kevin A. Reed

School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Published:

PLOS Climate, 1 February 2022

https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000013

 

Abstract:

“It is now well established that the influence of anthropogenic climate change on certain individual extreme weather events can be quantified by event attribution techniques. It is time that these activities move from the research community to the operational centers. Such routine evaluation of the human influence on extreme weather increases our scientific understanding and informs the public of climate change impacts. Furthermore, quantification of the human influence on extreme weather can be used to fairly evaluate climate change induced loss and damages”.