Chapter
Climate Change Attribution
43:34 - 51:01 (07:26)
The heat wave in the Pacific Northwest could have been a statistical bad luck, or it could have been climate change, which is being investigated by attribution climatologists who can get the temperature of a specific moment in time from a core sample to deduce the increase caused by climate change.
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By analyzing temperature changes in borehole samples, scientists can estimate past temperatures from specific eras, even if nobody was capable of measuring temperatures scientifically at that time.
43:34 - 44:35 (01:00)
Summary
By analyzing temperature changes in borehole samples, scientists can estimate past temperatures from specific eras, even if nobody was capable of measuring temperatures scientifically at that time. This technique is useful in deducing historical climatic data, which is crucial for understanding climate change patterns.
ChapterClimate Change Attribution
EpisodeHeat Waves!
PodcastStuff You Should Know
Advanced statistical analysis is being used to determine the likelihood of weird weather events happening due to climate change, as the dataset post-climate change continues to grow with the 1.2 degrees Celsius increase since records were first kept in 1880.
44:35 - 46:26 (01:51)
Summary
Advanced statistical analysis is being used to determine the likelihood of weird weather events happening due to climate change, as the dataset post-climate change continues to grow with the 1.2 degrees Celsius increase since records were first kept in 1880.
ChapterClimate Change Attribution
EpisodeHeat Waves!
PodcastStuff You Should Know
The increase in freak weather events provides a larger data set for attribution climatologists to compare to pre-climate change times, showing trends that are trending upward.
46:26 - 51:01 (04:34)
Summary
The increase in freak weather events provides a larger data set for attribution climatologists to compare to pre-climate change times, showing trends that are trending upward. This is in addition to the overall increase in climate change, leading to more extreme events.