"In 20 years, maybe this heat wave will no longer be considered extreme"

“In 20 years, maybe this heat wave will no longer be considered extreme”

MAINTENANCE. Climatologist Robert Vautard describes the scientific method for attributing extreme weather events to human activities.

“ In 20 years, perhaps this heat wave won't be no longer considered extreme”

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The Giec now displays absolute certainty. The acceleration of climate disorders is attributable to human activity emitting greenhouse gases. But what is it based on? On a new scientific discipline called “Attribution”. Using meteorological records, models and statistics, climatologists are able to determine the probability that a particular extreme event can be attributed to climate change. Robert Vautard, climatologist, meteorologist and director of the Pierre-Simon Laplace Institute, answers our questions

Le Point: Can you Can you explain to us how Attribution studies are conducted?

Robert Vautard: The attribution of a weather event is simply the answer to the question of causation. Concrete

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