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”.

For The First Time, A 'Space Hurricane' Has Been Detected Over The North Pole [Science Alert, 3 March 2021]

Title:

For The First Time, A 'Space Hurricane' Has Been Detected Over The North Pole

 

Author:

Michelle Starr

 

Published:

Science Alert, 3 March 2021

https://www.sciencealert.com/for-the-first-time-a-plasma-hurricane-has-been-detected-in-space

 

From the article:

For the first time, a hurricane has been detected in Earth's upper atmosphere. In 2014, satellites recorded a huge flowing swirl of plasma extending high into the magnetosphere that lasted for hours before dispersing.