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Attribution of the Australian bushfire risk to anthropogenic climate change
- djannzjkzxn 7y agoI thought the headline was hard to understand so I found where the 30% number came from in the article: > Four climate models for which FWI could be calculated show that the probability of a Fire Weather Index this high has increased by at least 30% since 1900 as a result of anthropogenic climate change.
- bamboozled 7y agoI’m surprised it’s not 100% more likely given what we know based on evidence ?
- quezzle 7y agoWhen will we get past even bothering to ask the question of whether or not it’s because of humans? It’s starting to seem very dated.
- merricksb 7y agoSame study discussed here a few weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22492538 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22492538