Thread by @loyndsview

"It’s too soon to say whether #climatechange is directly to blame for causing severe #heatwaves in these four powerhouse economies — which also happen to be the top emitters of heat-trapping gases — at roughly the same time, just days into summer."

nytimes.com/2022/06/24/cli…

1/ "While #globalwarming is making extreme heat more common worldwide, deeper analysis is required to tell scientists whether specific weather events were made more likely or more intense because of human-induced warming."

2/ "(A team of researchers who studied this spring’s devastating heat in #India found that climate change had made it 30 times as likely to occur.)"

3/ "With global warming, he said, 'we’re definitely getting more heat.' But climate change may also be affecting the way this heat is distributed around the world by globe-circling air currents, he said."

4/ "Soon, the world’s most devastating #heatwaves may simply have no historical analogue from the time shortly before humans starting pumping #greenhousegases into the atmosphere, some scientists argue, rendering obsolete the question of whether climate change is a main driver."

5/ "These 'dramatic' increases came as a surprise, said Deepti Singh, a climate scientist at Washington State University and an author of the study."

6/ "Scientists are working to pin down how the meandering of the #jetstream, which has long shaped weather patterns for billions of people, might be changing in this #warming era. One factor is the rapid warming of the #Arctic...."

7/ “'The longer a #heatwave lasts, the more you push natural and societal systems to the edge,' Dr. Kornhuber said."