While scientists can not trace specific events to climate change with absolute certainty, new and continued research help scientists understand how the probability of extreme events change in response to global warming. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
Nonetheless, the ice - sheet response to global warming remains an area of what risk analysts call «deep uncertainty». (bobkopp.net)
It is especially challenging with regard to the local / regional circulation response to global warming. (pnnl.gov)