Coverage dated September 9, 2022 to September 15, 2022

Warming, Other Factors Worsened Pakistan Floods, Study Finds

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A new study says human-caused climate change juiced the rainfall that triggered Pakistan’s floods by up to 50%.

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  1. Deutsche Welle

    Pakistan floods: UN chief denounces 'climate carnage' in hard-hit areas | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    UN chief Antonio Guterres blamed climate change for devastating flooding in Pakistan, which has left nearly 1,400 people dead. He said the country needs "massive financial support" to recover from the catastrophe.

  2. France 24

    Perspective - Pakistan floods: 'Extreme weather events are significantly more likely' (opens France 24)

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    More than 1,300 people dead, massive food shortages, 3.6 million acres of land destroyed and more than 660,000 people living in relief camps and makeshift homes. These are the latest estimates from Pakistan…

  3. KVIA El Paso

    Experts slam 'pittance' in aid to Pakistan as they find climate crisis played a role in floods (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    By Angela Dewan, CNN An analysis of Pakistan’s devastating floods has found “fingerprints” of the human-made climate crisis on the disaster, which killed more than 1,400 people and destroyed so much land and infrastructure it has plunged the South Asian nation into crisis.

  4. France 24

    Climate change likely worsened Pakistan floods: study (opens France 24)

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    Human-caused climate change likely contributed to the deadly floods that submerged parts of Pakistan in recent weeks, according to a rapid analysis on Thursday looking at how much global heating was…

  5. The Guardian

    Pakistan floods ‘made up to 50% worse by global heating’ (opens The Guardian)

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    Study says climate crisis likely to have significantly increased rainfall and made future floods more likely

  6. The Economist

    Devastating floods like Pakistan’s will be more common in a warming world (opens The Economist)

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    Rapidly melting glaciers could mean more such tragedies

  7. NBC Los Angeles

    Warming, Other Factors Worsened Pakistan Floods, Study Finds (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    A new study says human-caused climate change juiced the rainfall that triggered Pakistan’s floods by up to 50%.

  8. Washington Post

    Climate change worsened Pakistan’s devastating flooding, analysis finds (opens Washington Post)

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    The analysis found climate change likely increased rainfall intensity by 50 to 75 percent during monsoon season

  9. Deutsche Welle

    Climate change likely worsened Pakistan extreme floods | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    After devastating floods affected 33 million Pakistanis in August, a new study confirms that global heating had a probable impact.

  10. Scientific American

    Climate Change Likely Worsened Pakistan’s Devastating Floods (opens Scientific American)

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    A new analysis finds that extreme rainfall has intensified across Pakistan and could become even more severe as the planet heats up

  11. Deutsche Welle

    Pakistan floods: Climate change likely worsened impact | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    After devastating floods affected 33 million Pakistanis in August, a new study confirms that global heating had a probable impact. But overall climate vulnerability was a major contributing factor.

  12. Al Jazeera

    Global warming, man-made factors worsened Pakistan floods: Study (opens Al Jazeera)

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    World Weather Attribution analysis says global warming was not the biggest cause of the catastrophic floods.

  13. Deutsche Welle

    Fact check: Is the West responsible for floods in Pakistan? | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Pakistan's devastating floods have reignited the debate that the West is responsible for the effects of climate change in the Global South. Scientists say extreme weather events have become more common. DW investigates.

  14. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Climate Change Worsened Historic Pakistan Floods, Study Finds (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    A new study says human-caused climate change juiced the rainfall that triggered Pakistan’s floods by up to 50%.

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