The analysis was conducted by the World Weather Attribution group, which aims to quickly evaluate the possible role of climate change in extreme weather events. What's more, the dams might not have been designed to withstand such an extreme rainfall in the first place, they say. To assess the role of climate change, researchers then combined observations of rainfall and climate models to determine if there had been changes in the likelihood and intensity of those maximum rainfalls. University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael Mann, who was not involved in the analysis, said such weather attribution studies are somewhat useful but don't capture all the ways that climate change affects weather events. "For this reason, my belief is that these attribution studies actually underestimate the impact human-caused climate change is having on these events, Mann said in an email.

Source: Libya Today September 19, 2023 18:14 UTC