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Climate and weather: Extreme measures

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Can violent hurricanes, floods and droughts be pinned on climate change? Scientists are beginning to say yes.

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Quirin Schiermeier is a reporter for Nature based in Munich.

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Schiermeier, Q. Climate and weather: Extreme measures. Nature 477, 148–149 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/477148a

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