Sentences with phrase «case of heatwave»

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Of course Mass may feel that a linear regression of average Texas summer temperatures since 1895 provides conclusive evidence for his case that AGW is currently far too weak to play a significant role in the Texas 2011 heatwave (an argument he recycles in his Aug 9 blog post), but it is strange Mass picks on Rupp et al 2012 without mentioning Massey et al 2012 in the same collection of papers that similarly finds AGW impacts in excess of Mass's method (3 times in excess by my calculationOf course Mass may feel that a linear regression of average Texas summer temperatures since 1895 provides conclusive evidence for his case that AGW is currently far too weak to play a significant role in the Texas 2011 heatwave (an argument he recycles in his Aug 9 blog post), but it is strange Mass picks on Rupp et al 2012 without mentioning Massey et al 2012 in the same collection of papers that similarly finds AGW impacts in excess of Mass's method (3 times in excess by my calculationof average Texas summer temperatures since 1895 provides conclusive evidence for his case that AGW is currently far too weak to play a significant role in the Texas 2011 heatwave (an argument he recycles in his Aug 9 blog post), but it is strange Mass picks on Rupp et al 2012 without mentioning Massey et al 2012 in the same collection of papers that similarly finds AGW impacts in excess of Mass's method (3 times in excess by my calculationof papers that similarly finds AGW impacts in excess of Mass's method (3 times in excess by my calculationof Mass's method (3 times in excess by my calculation).

The paper considers the necessary components of a prospective event attribution system, reviews some specific case studies made to date (Autumn 2000 UK floods, summer 2003 European heatwave, annual 2008 cool US temperatures, July 2010 Western Russia heatwave) and discusses the challenges involved in developing systems to provide regularly updated and reliable attribution assessments of unusual or extreme weather and climate - related events.

So we can make a clear case for the risk of that heat wave which occurred in Russia and other heatwaves which occurred around the world, being increased as a result of human influence on climate.

From this mass of information they found 783 lethal heatwaves in 164 cities across 36 countries, with most cases recorded in developed countries at mid-latitudes since 1980: in cities such as New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, London, Beijing, Tokyo, Sydney and São Paulo.

In a best - case scenario — one in which nations switch to renewable energy sources — the highest increases in temperature extremes could be between 2 °C and 7 °C: the Finnish city of Helsinki can expect to see heatwaves of perhaps 1.5 °C.

Or is it the case that there have already been such events — e.g. the 2003 European heatwave that reportedly killed tens of thousands of people, or hurricane Katrina — but that since it can always be said that «no individual extreme event can be directly attributed to global warming», that no event, no matter how extreme, will ever cause the sort of «tipping point» in public consciousness that the 9/11 attacks did?