World Weather Attribution
@wwattribution.bsky.social
Rapid attribution to uncover the influence of climate change on heatwaves, drought, wildfire, storms and floods.
As long as we continue to burn fossil fuels, the science tells us that these events will grow worse.
Full report and data here: 🔗 www.worldweatherattribution.org/la-nina-clim... (4/4)
Full report and data here: 🔗 www.worldweatherattribution.org/la-nina-clim... (4/4)
La Niña, Climate change, high exposure and vulnerability combined led to devastating floods in parts of Southern Africa – World Weather Attribution
www.worldweatherattribution.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:18 AM
As long as we continue to burn fossil fuels, the science tells us that these events will grow worse.
Full report and data here: 🔗 www.worldweatherattribution.org/la-nina-clim... (4/4)
Full report and data here: 🔗 www.worldweatherattribution.org/la-nina-clim... (4/4)
The impact is a "textbook case of climate injustice."
90% of homes in some impacted areas are made of sun-dried earth - structures that simply cannot withstand rainfall of this intensity.
Vulnerable communities are paying the price for a crisis they didn't cause. (3/4)
90% of homes in some impacted areas are made of sun-dried earth - structures that simply cannot withstand rainfall of this intensity.
Vulnerable communities are paying the price for a crisis they didn't cause. (3/4)
January 29, 2026 at 10:18 AM
The impact is a "textbook case of climate injustice."
90% of homes in some impacted areas are made of sun-dried earth - structures that simply cannot withstand rainfall of this intensity.
Vulnerable communities are paying the price for a crisis they didn't cause. (3/4)
90% of homes in some impacted areas are made of sun-dried earth - structures that simply cannot withstand rainfall of this intensity.
Vulnerable communities are paying the price for a crisis they didn't cause. (3/4)
The current weak La Niña phase naturally brings wetter conditions to the region, but it is now operating in a much warmer, moisture-rich world.
While still a rare 1-in-50 year event, climate change acted as a "force multiplier," turning a heavy rain event into a more deadly deluge. (2/4)
While still a rare 1-in-50 year event, climate change acted as a "force multiplier," turning a heavy rain event into a more deadly deluge. (2/4)
January 29, 2026 at 10:18 AM
The current weak La Niña phase naturally brings wetter conditions to the region, but it is now operating in a much warmer, moisture-rich world.
While still a rare 1-in-50 year event, climate change acted as a "force multiplier," turning a heavy rain event into a more deadly deluge. (2/4)
While still a rare 1-in-50 year event, climate change acted as a "force multiplier," turning a heavy rain event into a more deadly deluge. (2/4)
💡New Study: Southern Africa was hit by intense rainfall this month. Our analysis has found that downpours in the region are now 40% more intense than they were in pre-industrial times.
The resulting floods across Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Eswatini have been catastrophic. 🧵 (1/4)
The resulting floods across Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Eswatini have been catastrophic. 🧵 (1/4)
January 29, 2026 at 10:18 AM
💡New Study: Southern Africa was hit by intense rainfall this month. Our analysis has found that downpours in the region are now 40% more intense than they were in pre-industrial times.
The resulting floods across Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Eswatini have been catastrophic. 🧵 (1/4)
The resulting floods across Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Eswatini have been catastrophic. 🧵 (1/4)
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While Australian heatwaves were some of the very first extreme events attributed to climate change, people still underestimate how much worse they got - killing more people than all other natural hazards combined. New @wwattribution.bsky.social study. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
January 22, 2026 at 1:56 PM
While Australian heatwaves were some of the very first extreme events attributed to climate change, people still underestimate how much worse they got - killing more people than all other natural hazards combined. New @wwattribution.bsky.social study. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
The full study is now available here: www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan... 6/6
Climate change eclipses La Niña cooling in Australia to drive extreme heatwave and heightened fire risk – World Weather Attribution
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January 22, 2026 at 1:03 PM
The full study is now available here: www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan... 6/6
Those with access to cooling relied heavily on solar - which met 60% of the peak demand during the heatwave - a major contrast from the fossil-fuel heavy responses to previous heatwaves. 5/6
January 22, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Those with access to cooling relied heavily on solar - which met 60% of the peak demand during the heatwave - a major contrast from the fossil-fuel heavy responses to previous heatwaves. 5/6
That has a human cost: Melbourne’s airport saw temperatures top out at 44.4°C on Jan 9 and one hospital reported a 25% spike in emergency admissions. Heatwaves kill more Australians than all other natural hazards combined. 4/6
January 22, 2026 at 1:03 PM
That has a human cost: Melbourne’s airport saw temperatures top out at 44.4°C on Jan 9 and one hospital reported a 25% spike in emergency admissions. Heatwaves kill more Australians than all other natural hazards combined. 4/6
Yet the world continues to heat with 2.6°C of warming expected by the end of the century under current global policies. This would turn a once rare event into a normal part of the Australian summer. 3/6
January 22, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Yet the world continues to heat with 2.6°C of warming expected by the end of the century under current global policies. This would turn a once rare event into a normal part of the Australian summer. 3/6
Even with a weak La Niña - which typically brings cooler weather - fossil fuel emissions "far outweighed" natural cooling. This heatwave was 1.6°C hotter than it would have been in a world without human-caused warming. 2/6
January 22, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Even with a weak La Niña - which typically brings cooler weather - fossil fuel emissions "far outweighed" natural cooling. This heatwave was 1.6°C hotter than it would have been in a world without human-caused warming. 2/6
🚨 NEW STUDY: As Australia prepares for another heatwave, our latest study found the early January heatwave which hit SE Australia was made 5x more likely due to climate change. What was once a relatively rare 1-in-25-year event is now expected about every 5 years. 🧵 1/6
January 22, 2026 at 1:03 PM
🚨 NEW STUDY: As Australia prepares for another heatwave, our latest study found the early January heatwave which hit SE Australia was made 5x more likely due to climate change. What was once a relatively rare 1-in-25-year event is now expected about every 5 years. 🧵 1/6
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Great to see coverage of our first full @wasitusie.bsky.social study on RTE (and elsewhere). Kudos @clairebergin.bsky.social and Lionel swan as well as met Éireann colleagues and thanks as ever to @wwattribution.bsky.social for the hugely valuable collaboration www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Record temperatures linked to human-caused climate change
New research by climate scientists at Maynooth University in conjunction with Met Éireann has found Ireland's record summer night time temperatures this year were made 40 times more likely by human-ca...
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September 24, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Great to see coverage of our first full @wasitusie.bsky.social study on RTE (and elsewhere). Kudos @clairebergin.bsky.social and Lionel swan as well as met Éireann colleagues and thanks as ever to @wwattribution.bsky.social for the hugely valuable collaboration www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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🚨 Wildfires in Spain & Portugal were made 40x more likely by climate breakdown, says @wwattribution.bsky.social
“The sheer size of these fires has been astonishing,” adds CEP’s Clair Barnes (@clairbarnes.bsky.social) 🌍🔥
#ClimateCrisis #Wildfires
“The sheer size of these fires has been astonishing,” adds CEP’s Clair Barnes (@clairbarnes.bsky.social) 🌍🔥
#ClimateCrisis #Wildfires
Spain and Portugal wildfire weather made 40 times more likely by climate crisis, study finds
Wildfires were 30% more intense than would have been expected without global heating, scientists say
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🚨 Wildfires in Spain & Portugal were made 40x more likely by climate breakdown, says @wwattribution.bsky.social
“The sheer size of these fires has been astonishing,” adds CEP’s Clair Barnes (@clairbarnes.bsky.social) 🌍🔥
#ClimateCrisis #Wildfires
“The sheer size of these fires has been astonishing,” adds CEP’s Clair Barnes (@clairbarnes.bsky.social) 🌍🔥
#ClimateCrisis #Wildfires
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⚠️Climate change made the hot, dry and windy weather that fueled the deadly July wildfires in Spain and Portugal 40 times more likely 🧵
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September 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
⚠️Climate change made the hot, dry and windy weather that fueled the deadly July wildfires in Spain and Portugal 40 times more likely 🧵
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📝 ow.ly/SoRo50WPvih
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The extremely hot, dry weather conditions that primed Spain and Portugal for this year's catastrophic wildfire season are no longer a rare occurrence thanks to human-caused warming. This probably shouldn't come as a surprise, but if it does, the full study is @wwattribution.bsky.social...
Extreme fire weather conditions in Spain and Portugal now common due to climate change – World Weather Attribution
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September 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The extremely hot, dry weather conditions that primed Spain and Portugal for this year's catastrophic wildfire season are no longer a rare occurrence thanks to human-caused warming. This probably shouldn't come as a surprise, but if it does, the full study is @wwattribution.bsky.social...
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We're hiring a Media Relations Manager at Imperial College London. Applications are closing tomorrow.
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We're hiring a Media Relations Manager at Imperial College London. Applications are closing tomorrow.
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Do you want to be part of our amazing team @wwattribution.bsky.social team? If you are a science/comms expert, you can! Please do consider applying - www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
September 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
📣Job alert!
We're hiring a Media Relations Manager at Imperial College London. Applications are closing tomorrow.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOK861/m...
We're hiring a Media Relations Manager at Imperial College London. Applications are closing tomorrow.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOK861/m...
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❗ El cambio climático hizo 40 veces más probables y un 30% más intensas las condiciones que alimentaron los incendios de España y Portugal, según un estudio de atribución realizado por el @wwattribution.bsky.social .
El cambio climático hizo 40 veces más probables y un 30% más intensas las condiciones que alimentaron los incendios de España y Portugal - Climática, el medio especializado en clima y biodiversidad
La ola de calor decretada durante los incendios fue 200 veces más probable y 3 °C más cálida debido al cambio climático, según un estudio de atribución ultrarrápido del World Weather Attribution.
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September 4, 2025 at 5:11 AM
❗ El cambio climático hizo 40 veces más probables y un 30% más intensas las condiciones que alimentaron los incendios de España y Portugal, según un estudio de atribución realizado por el @wwattribution.bsky.social .
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🌡️ Scientists from @wwattribution.bsky.social say this summer’s wildfires in Greece, Turkey & Cyprus were 22% more intense & 10x more likely due to climate change.
Events that were once 1-in-100-year now happen every 20 years. 🔥
#ClimateCrisis #Wildfires
Events that were once 1-in-100-year now happen every 20 years. 🔥
#ClimateCrisis #Wildfires
Climate Change Made Turkey, Greece Wildfires 10 Times More Likely
Hot, dry and windy conditions in the eastern Mediterranean will happen more often in a warmer world.
www.bloomberg.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🌡️ Scientists from @wwattribution.bsky.social say this summer’s wildfires in Greece, Turkey & Cyprus were 22% more intense & 10x more likely due to climate change.
Events that were once 1-in-100-year now happen every 20 years. 🔥
#ClimateCrisis #Wildfires
Events that were once 1-in-100-year now happen every 20 years. 🔥
#ClimateCrisis #Wildfires
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In an interview at @mongabay.com, @wwattribution.bsky.social researcher and environmental statistician @clairbarnes.bsky.social explains how attribution science, which helps scientists understand climate change’s impact on a particular extreme weather event, works.
How science links extreme weather disasters to climate change: Interview with WWA’s Clair Barnes
Human activities have been the major driver of climate change since the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-1800s. As greenhouse gas levels, primarily carbon dioxide due to the burning of…
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August 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In an interview at @mongabay.com, @wwattribution.bsky.social researcher and environmental statistician @clairbarnes.bsky.social explains how attribution science, which helps scientists understand climate change’s impact on a particular extreme weather event, works.
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One of the strongest, clearest increases in likelihood & intensity, attributable to climate change, I've seen in a complex index like fire weather - the more intense & frequent events in Greece & Türkiye are already outpacing efforts to adapt.
www.worldweatherattribution.org/weather-cond...
www.worldweatherattribution.org/weather-cond...
August 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
One of the strongest, clearest increases in likelihood & intensity, attributable to climate change, I've seen in a complex index like fire weather - the more intense & frequent events in Greece & Türkiye are already outpacing efforts to adapt.
www.worldweatherattribution.org/weather-cond...
www.worldweatherattribution.org/weather-cond...
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🔥Climate change made the weather that drove deadly wildfires in Türkiye, Greece and Cyprus 22% more intense.
The study, by @wwattribution.bsky.social, examined weather conditions in the months and days leading up to and during the worst blazes in June and July this year 🧵
The study, by @wwattribution.bsky.social, examined weather conditions in the months and days leading up to and during the worst blazes in June and July this year 🧵
August 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
🔥Climate change made the weather that drove deadly wildfires in Türkiye, Greece and Cyprus 22% more intense.
The study, by @wwattribution.bsky.social, examined weather conditions in the months and days leading up to and during the worst blazes in June and July this year 🧵
The study, by @wwattribution.bsky.social, examined weather conditions in the months and days leading up to and during the worst blazes in June and July this year 🧵
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The wildfires that raged across Greece, Turkey and Cyprus this summer were 22% more intense and 10 times more likely than they would have been in a world without climate change, according to scientists at @wwattribution.bsky.social
FREE link via @bloomberg.com
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FREE link via @bloomberg.com
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Climate Change Made Turkey, Greece Wildfires 10 Times More Likely
Hot, dry and windy conditions in the eastern Mediterranean will happen more often in a warmer world.
www.bloomberg.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The wildfires that raged across Greece, Turkey and Cyprus this summer were 22% more intense and 10 times more likely than they would have been in a world without climate change, according to scientists at @wwattribution.bsky.social
FREE link via @bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
FREE link via @bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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One of the best climate science comms jobs around, helping journalists explain how climate change has influenced extreme weather events, working with a top bunch of scientists at @wwattribution.bsky.social including @frediotto.bsky.social. London based, closes 5 Sep
Media Relations Manager (World Weather Attribution and Grantham Institute) at Imperial College London
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August 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
One of the best climate science comms jobs around, helping journalists explain how climate change has influenced extreme weather events, working with a top bunch of scientists at @wwattribution.bsky.social including @frediotto.bsky.social. London based, closes 5 Sep
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Attributing extreme weather events to #climatechange is tricky
But since 2014, the international network of researchers World Weather Attribution has pioneered methods that make it possible
My @mongabay.com colleague spoke w/ @wwattribution.bsky.social's @clairbarnes.bsky.social to learn more:
But since 2014, the international network of researchers World Weather Attribution has pioneered methods that make it possible
My @mongabay.com colleague spoke w/ @wwattribution.bsky.social's @clairbarnes.bsky.social to learn more:
How science links extreme weather disasters to climate change: Interview with WWA’s Clair Barnes
Human activities have been the major driver of climate change since the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-1800s. As greenhouse gas levels, primarily carbon dioxide due to the burning of f...
news.mongabay.com
August 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Attributing extreme weather events to #climatechange is tricky
But since 2014, the international network of researchers World Weather Attribution has pioneered methods that make it possible
My @mongabay.com colleague spoke w/ @wwattribution.bsky.social's @clairbarnes.bsky.social to learn more:
But since 2014, the international network of researchers World Weather Attribution has pioneered methods that make it possible
My @mongabay.com colleague spoke w/ @wwattribution.bsky.social's @clairbarnes.bsky.social to learn more:
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🌍 Leading the charge on climate action
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social has 11 IPCC AR7 authors - the most of any institution!
CEP’s Joeri Rogelj, Friederike Otto, Robin Lamboll & Jarmo Kikstra are shaping the science behind global policy.
#IPCC #ClimateAction
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social has 11 IPCC AR7 authors - the most of any institution!
CEP’s Joeri Rogelj, Friederike Otto, Robin Lamboll & Jarmo Kikstra are shaping the science behind global policy.
#IPCC #ClimateAction
Imperial researchers take leading role in major IPCC climate report | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Imperial has more authors contributing to a crucial report on climate change than any other organisation in the world.
www.imperial.ac.uk
August 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🌍 Leading the charge on climate action
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social has 11 IPCC AR7 authors - the most of any institution!
CEP’s Joeri Rogelj, Friederike Otto, Robin Lamboll & Jarmo Kikstra are shaping the science behind global policy.
#IPCC #ClimateAction
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social has 11 IPCC AR7 authors - the most of any institution!
CEP’s Joeri Rogelj, Friederike Otto, Robin Lamboll & Jarmo Kikstra are shaping the science behind global policy.
#IPCC #ClimateAction