In one recently published study, six international research teams led by scientists from NOAA and a number of countries investigated seven different 2011 extreme weather and climate events.
First, in recent years, we've seen a surge in climate and extreme weather events, along with analysis and other evidence that the world is on an unsustainable course.
We must understand and adapt to a changing climate, including more frequent extreme weather events such as heat waves, drought and floods, and continued sea level rise.
Such data is expected eventually to have wide application, informing climate studies, weather forecasts and warnings of extreme events, such as flooding.
On paper, making the connection between specific extreme weather events like Hurricane Sandy and climate change is seen as a communications strategy.
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The frequency, duration and intensity of extreme weather events are expected to rise with climate change, increasing the need for risk management.
The recent heat wave that has fried much of the country, ruined crops and led to heat-related deaths has again raised the question of whether this and other extreme weather events can be attributed to human-induced climate change.
The devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy has focused minds on the urgency of improving the climate resiliency of coastal cities exposed to the fury of extreme weather events and rising seas.
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MS. CLAUSSEN: There are many reasons to put a price on carbon, the most important being that climate change is already costing society (through extreme weather events), and we need to take action to limit those costs.
Climate change is the natural rule, not the exception, and extreme weather events are part of the deal.
The combined impacts of projected climate change and socio-economic development is set to see the damage costs of extreme weather events continue to increase.
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