Climate Attribution

Attribution of the Heavy Rainfall Events Leading to Severe Flooding in Western Europe during July 2021

June 2023
Jordis S. Tradowsky, Sjoukje Y. Philip, Frank Kreienkamp, Sarah F. Kew, Philip Lorenz, Julie Arrighi, Thomas Bettmann, Steven Caluwaerts, Steven C. Chan, Lesley De Cruz, Hylke de Vries, Norbert Demuth, Andrew Ferrone, Erich M. Fischer, Hayley J. Fowler, Klaus Goergen, Dorothy Heinrich, Yvonne Henrichs, Frank Kaspar, Geert Lenderink, Enno Nilson, Friederike E. L. Otto, Francesco Ragone, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Roop K. Singh, Amalie Skålevåg, Piet Termonia, Lisa Thalheimer, Maarten van Aalst, Joris Van den Bergh, Hans Van de Vyver, Stéphane Vannitsem, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Bert Van Schaeybroeck, Robert Vautard, Demi Vonk, Niko Wanders
Springer Nature, published in Climatic Change
This study provides analysis of the severe flooding caused by extreme rainfall across Western Europe in July 2021. The study quantifies the increase in probability and intensity of such events due to anthropogenic climate change.Read More →

Climate Change Made 2022 Northern Hemisphere Droughts More Likely

October 2022
Dominik L. Schumacher, Mariam Zachariah, Friederike Otto, Clair Barnes, Sjoukje Philip, Sarah Kew, Maja Vahlberg, Roop Singh, Dorothy Heinrich, Julie Arrighi, Maarten van Aalst, Mathias Hauser, Martin Hirschi, Lukas Gudmundsson, Hiroko K. Beaudoing, Matthew Rodell, Sihan Li, Wenchang Yang, Gabriel A. Vecchi, Robert Vautard, Luke J. Harrington, Sonia I. Seneviratne
Worldwide Weather Attribution
This event attribution study analyzes the impact of climate change on droughts across the non-tropical Northern Hemisphere, with a particular focus on West-Central Europe. Read More →

Exceptional warming over the Barents area

June 2022
Ketil Isaksen, Øyvind Nordli, Boris Ivanov, Morten A. Ø. Køltzow, Signe Aaboe, Herdis M. Gjelten, Abdelkader Mezghani, Steinar Eastwood, Eirik Førland, Rasmus E. Benestad, Inger Hanssen-Bauer, Ragnar Brækkan, Pavel Sviashchennikov, Valery Demin, Anastasiia Revina & Tatiana Karandasheva
Scientific Reports
This study identifies statistically significant record-high annual warming over the Barents area.Read More →

European State of the Climate 2021

April 2022
Copernicus Climate Change Service, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, European Commission
European Commission
This report summarizes Europe's climatic conditions in 2021, including a focus on the Arctic. Read More →

Warming temperatures drive at least half of the magnitude of long-term trait changes in European birds

March 2022
Nina McLean, Loeske E. B. Kruuk, Henk P. van der Jeugd, David Leech, Chris A. M. van Turnhout, and Martijn van de Pol
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
This study shows that in European birds global warming was likely the single most important contributor to temporal trends in laying date, body condition, and offspring number.Read More →

Air Quality Life Index Annual Update

September 2021
Ken Lee and Michael Greenstone
Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago
Assessing the health impacts of air pollution, with a section on how climate change is exacerbating air pollution.Read More →