"Most Extreme Weather Has Climate Change Link, Study Says"

"Global warming has created a 'new normal,' scientists say, and the old hesitance to attribute extreme weather to climate change is outdated."

"In the wake of major hurricanes, floods and heat waves, scientists are quick to say that no single weather event can be attributed to climate change until careful analysis draws that conclusion. Now, a new study argues that thinking is backwards, that all extreme weather has a link to climate change.

The default position has been holding science back in connecting weather and climate, concludes the authors of a peer-reviewed paper published Monday in Nature Climate Change.

This 'could be a game changer in how these studies are done in [the] future,' lead author Kevin Trenberth said in an email."

Lisa Song reports for InsideClimate News June 23, 2015.

SEE ALSO:

"Study Sees a ‘New Normal’ for How Climate Change Is Affecting Weather Extremes" (Washington Post)

"New Study Links Global Warming To Hurricane Sandy And Other Extreme Weather Events" (Guardian)