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What is the focus of the field of 'extreme event attribution'?

  • Analyzing historical weather patterns
  • Predicting future extreme weather events
  • Exploring the human fingerprint on extreme weather (correct)
  • Studying the impact of climate change on wildlife

    • How has extreme event attribution gained momentum?

  • Only in the media and public imagination
  • Mainly in the media
  • In the science world, media, and public imagination (correct)
  • Primarily in the science world

    • What is the mounting evidence from the studies mentioned in the text?

  • Weather extremes are decreasing due to human activity
  • Climate change has no impact on extreme weather
  • Extreme weather events are entirely natural
  • Human activity is raising the risk of some types of extreme weather (correct)

    • What types of extreme weather are especially linked to heat according to the studies?

    <p>Some types of extreme weather</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main outcome of the more than 400 peer-reviewed studies mentioned in the text?

    <p>Mounting evidence of human activity raising the risk of some extreme weather</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus of the field of 'extreme event attribution'?

    <p>Exploring the human fingerprint on extreme weather</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main outcome of the more than 400 peer-reviewed studies mentioned in the text?

    <p>Linking human activity to increased risk of some types of extreme weather</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How has extreme event attribution gained momentum?

    <p>It has gained attention in the science world, media, and public imagination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What types of extreme weather are especially linked to heat according to the studies?

    <p>Floods and heatwaves</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of the 400+ peer-reviewed studies mentioned in the text?

    <p>They provide mounting evidence of human influence on extreme weather</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus of 'extreme event attribution'?

    <p>Exploring the human influence on extreme weather</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main outcome of the 400+ peer-reviewed studies mentioned in the text?

    <p>Mounting evidence of human activity raising the risk of some types of extreme weather</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What types of extreme weather are especially linked to heat according to the studies?

    <p>Heatwaves and wildfires</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How has extreme event attribution gained momentum?

    <p>By gaining attention in the media and public imagination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the mounting evidence from the studies mentioned in the text?

    <p>Human activity is raising the risk of some types of extreme weather</p> Signup and view all the answers

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