Scientists say Oman, UAE deluge ‘most likely’ linked to climate change
Al Jazeera
A study has found climate change caused by fossil fuel emissions is the likely reason for the extreme weather events.
Global warming caused by fossil fuel emissions “most likely” exacerbated the intense rains that lashed the UAE and Oman last week, causing deaths and widespread flooding, an expert group of scientists has found.
The World Weather Attribution (WWA), an international group of scientists that investigates extreme weather events, said climate change caused by fossil fuel emissions is the probable reason but cannot be pinpointed “with certainty”.
The study compiled by 21 international researchers found extreme rainfall in El Nino years has become 10-40 percent heavier in the region affected.
“Warming, caused by burning fossil fuels, is the most likely explanation for the increasing rainfall,” WWA said in the study published on Thursday.
“There are no other known explanations” for the sharp rise in precipitation, the group added.
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