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Warming’s role in extreme weather quantified

Human-driven climate change increases likelihood of heat spikes, heavy downpours

dried up swimming hole in Australia

WARMING WORLD  Extremely hot weather — like the drought that dried up this swimming hole in Australia — and pounding rainfall are on the rise thanks in large part to human-caused climate change.

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By Beth Mole

- More than 2 years ago

Scientists have long suspected that some surges in extreme weather — from devastating droughts to thrashing superstorms — are caused by global warming.