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2021 Vermont Climate Assessment

January 2021
The University of Vermont, The Nature Conservatory
The University of Vermont, The Nature Conservatory
This assessment provides a framework for understanding climate change impacts in Vermont.Read More →

Human influence has intensified extreme precipitation in North America

June 2020
Megan C. Kirchmeier-Young, Xuebin Zhang
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
This study finds robust results for anthropogenic influence on extreme precipitation at continental scales.Read More →

Scientists See Fingerprints of Climate Change All Over California’s Wildfires

August 2018
Kurtis Alexander
San Francisco Chronicle
This article discusses how climate change is influenced the jet stream that drives California's wildfires.Read More →

Quantitative Attribution of Climate Effects on Hurricane Harvey’s Extreme Rainfall in Texas

April 2018
S-Y Simon Wang, Lin Zhao, Jin-Ho Yoon, Phil Klotzbach, Robert R Gillies
Environmental Research Letters
This study suggests that post-1980 climate warming could have contributed to the extreme precipitation of Hurricane Harvey. Read More →

Attribution of Extreme Rainfall from Hurricane Harvey

January 2018
Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Karin van der Wiel, Antonia Sebastian, Roop Singh, Julie Arrighi, Friederike Otto, Karsten Haustein, Sihan Li, Gabriel Vecchi, Heidi Cullen
Environmental Research Letters
This report explores Hurricane Harvey, a positive trend in the intensity of extreme precipitation, global warming, and flood protection in Houston. Read More →

Anthropogenic Forcings and Attributed Changes in Fire Risk in Western North America and Australia During 2015/16

January 2018
Simon F. B. Tett, Alexander Falk, Megan Rogers, Fiona Spuler, Calum Turner, Joshua Wainwright, Oscar Dimdore-Miles, Sam Knight, Nicolas Freychet, Michael J. Mineter, Caroline E. R. Lehmann
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
This study finds that for 2015/16 that human influences quintupled the risk of extreme vapor pressure deficits (VPD) for western North America and increased the risk for extratropical Australia. Read More →

Attributable Human-Induced Changes in the Likelihood and Magnitude of the Observed Extreme Precipitation During Hurricane Harvey

December 2017
Mark Risser, Michael Wehner
Geophysical Research Letters
This report analyzes observed precipitation to find that human-induced climate change likely increased the chances of the observed precipitation accumulations during Hurricane Harvey in the most affected areas of Houston. Read More →

2017 Hurricane Season Was Most Expensive in U.S. History

November 2017
Willie Drye
National Geographic
This article highlights the economic impacts of the United States' 2017 hurricane season. Read More →

Diagnosing Conditional Anthropogenic Contributions to Heavy Colorado Rainfall in September 2013

September 2017
Pardeep Palla, Christina M. Patricola, Michael F. Wehner, Dáithí A. Stone, Christopher J. Paciorek, William D. Collins
Weather and Climate Extremes
This study investigates the possible role of anthropogenic climate change in the Colorado floods of September 2013. Read More →

2017 Montana Climate Assessment

September 2017
Cathy Whitlock, Wyatt F. Cross, Bruce Maxwell, Nick Silverman, and Alisa A. Wade
Montana Climate Assessment
This assessment reports on climate trends and their consequences for three of Montana’s vital sectors: water, forests, and agriculture.Read More →

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