"In the last decade, sophisticated new science has allowed researchers to pinpoint the impact of climate change on weather disasters like heat waves, hurricanes, and even wildfires."
"The trends in climate are shaping new weather possibilities that were maybe unprecedented," Mankin says. This highlights a significant shift in how extreme weather events are understood in relation to ongoing climate change.
"Climate is basically the clothes you have in your closet," explains Danielle Touma, illustrating how while climate defines long-term trends, daily weather still presents unpredictability.
Scientists define the climate of a place as the 30-year average of its weather. Weird weather does factor in, but isn't as important to the average as more common conditions, says Deepti Singh.
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