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Climate change made Ireland's record July drought eight times more likely, study finds
Original: Ireland's record July drought made 8 times more likely by climate-fueled evaporation, study finds
A new study concludes that Ireland's record July drought was made eight times more likely by climate change, with increased evaporation driven by warmer temperatures playing the key role. The finding challenges the perception of Ireland as permanently wet and adds to growing attribution research linking extreme weather events directly to human-caused warming.
Why now: It connects an unusual weather event in a famously rainy country to climate change, drawing attention to attribution science.
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- Ireland's record July drought made 8 times more likely by climate-fueled evaporation, study finds · The Cool Down
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