Uploaded March 2018 | Updated September 2026, 42 minutes ago

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We all remember the chorus around this year’s disastrous hurricane season: “Don’t politicize this! We don’t know if it’s climate change!” Well, thanks to a new field of scientific study, we actually do know if an extreme weather event was made possible by climate change. Get to know … extreme weather attribution!



Sources:

National Academy of Sciences Extreme Weather Attribution Report:
goo.gl/8XxDhx

American Meteorological Society special report:
goo.gl/jNDgaK

Environmental Research Letters Hurricane Harvey study:
goo.gl/fDsjUd

Nature Climate Change study:
goo.gl/DwVm4T

NASA Climate Data:
goo.gl/QvKG6b

Hurricane Harvey Drone Footage:
youtube.com/watch?v=kzqqVoDKY8c