Climate Attribution

Unprecedented Winter Rainfall Initiates Large Snow Avalanche and Mass Movement Cycle in New Zealand’s Southern Alps/Kā Tiritiri o te Moana

April 2023
Aubrey D. Miller, Todd A. N. Redpath, Pascal Sirguey, Simon C. Cox, Perry Bartelt, Don Bogie, Jono P. Conway, Nicolas J. Cullen, Yves Bühler
Geophysical Research Letters
This peer-reviewed study documents an extreme hazard sequence triggered by a record-breaking winter rainstorm in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. This storm has implications for anticipated hazard characteristics under future climate scenarios. Read More →

Anthropogenic warming forces extreme annual glacier mass loss

August 2020
Lauren J. Vargo, Brian M. Anderson, Ruzica Dadić, Huw J. Horgan, Andrew N. Mackintosh, Andrew D. King, Andrew M. Lorrey
Nature Climate Change
Glacier mass balance is simulated using temperature and precipitation from multiple climate model ensembles. The authors estimate extreme mass loss was six (2011) and ten (2018) times more likely to occur with anthropogenic forcing than without.Read More →