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Extreme weather and climate changeDr Peter Stott, Met Office Hadley Centre
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AustraliaJanuary 2013
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Hobart, Tasmania, 4th January 2013
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Dunalley, 4th January 2013
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Dunalley, 4th January 2013
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Australia’s “angry summer”
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Britain’s washout Summer : 2012
Diamond Jubilee, 3rd June, Reading
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• Why is climate changing ?
• How is extreme weather changing ?
• Is it possible to link recent extreme weather like the Australian heatwave or the wet British summer to climate change ?
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The climate is warming
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Annual mean temperature (1901-2012)
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Concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are increasing
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The greenhouse effect
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The oceans have warmed and sea level has risen.
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The climate system has continued to accumulate energy during the last 15 years
Box 3.1 Fig 1
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IPCC Fifth Assessment Report
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Observed decadal mean warming
Fig SPM.5
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Observed warming inconsistent with that expected from natural factors
Fig SPM.5
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Observed warming consistent with simulations that include anthropogenic factors
Fig SPM.5
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Global mean warming since 1951 (°C)
Solar, Volcanic
Aerosols
CO2, CH4, N2O
Anthropogenic
Internal Variability
Observed
The observed warming 1951− 2010 isapproximately 0.6°C to 0.7°C.
Fig. TS.10
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Global mean warming since 1951 (°C)
Solar, Volcanic
Aerosols
CO2, CH4, N2O
Anthropogenic
Internal Variability
Observed
Fig. TS.10
The observed warming 1951− 2010 isapproximately 0.6°C to 0.7°C.
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Global mean warming since 1951 (°C)
Solar, Volcanic
Aerosols
CO2, CH4, N2O
Anthropogenic
Internal Variability
Observed
Fig. TS.10
The observed warming 1951− 2010 isapproximately 0.6°C to 0.7°C.
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Global mean warming since 1951 (°C)
Solar, Volcanic
Aerosols
CO2, CH4, N2O
Anthropogenic
Internal Variability
Observed
Fig. TS.10
The observed warming 1951− 2010 isapproximately 0.6°C to 0.7°C.
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Global mean warming since 1951 (°C)
Solar, Volcanic
Aerosols
CO2, CH4, N2O
Anthropogenic
Internal Variability
Observed
Fig. TS.10
The observed warming 1951− 2010 isapproximately 0.6°C to 0.7°C.
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Global mean warming since 1951 (°C)
Solar, Volcanic
Aerosols
CO2, CH4, N2O
Anthropogenic
Internal Variability
Observed
It is extremely likely that human influence hasbeen the dominant cause of the observed
warming since the mid-20th century.
Fig. TS.10
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IPCC Summary for Policy Makers agreed line by line in Stockholm, September 2013, by 110 governments
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• Why is climate changing ?• How is extreme weather changing ?• Is it possible to link recent extreme
weather like the Australian heatwave or the wet British summer to climate change ?
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Was Australia’s “angry summer” due to anthropogenic climate change ?
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It isn’t possible to say a particular extreme season was or was not due to anthropogenic climate change.
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Human influence has very likely at least doubled the probability of European summer temperatures as hot as 2003. Stott et al, Nature, 2004.
But it is possible to evaluate how the odds of such an event have changed.
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Change in Extremes in warming climate• Temperature now
Probability of occurrence
Hot temperature
extremesCold temperature
extremes
E. Palin
• Temperature in future
Fewer cold
extremes
More hot extremes
More record
hot extremes
Cold threshold
Average Hot threshold
New average
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Such extreme summer temperatures as 2013 very likely at least 2.5 times more probable due to human influence. Lewis et al, GRL, 2013.
This has also now been done for the Australian summer of 2012/13.
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Explaining extreme climate and weather events of the previous year from a climate perspective
Tom Peterson, Martin Hoerling, Peter Stott, Stephanie Herring.
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Extreme event Evidence for anthropogenic influence ?
US heatwave YES
Hurricane Sandy storm surge YES
September Arctic sea ice minimum YES
February European cold spell NO
Wet UK summer NO
Iberian winter drought YES
Rainfall deficitits in Eastern Kenya and Southern Somaliia
NO
North China floods, July NO
Heavy rainfall in Southwestern Japan, July
NO
Extreme rainfall over Eastern Australia, March
YES
Extreme rainfall, Goldan Bay, New Zealand, December 2011
YES
US drought NO
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Summer 2012 Wettest since 1912
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• Long term natural cycle
• Atlantic sea surface temperature
• Shifts jet stream
Summer 2012
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Iberian winter droughtTrigo et al, 2013
A tendency towards a drier Mediterranean driven by anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols, although modulated by the North Atlantic oscillation
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The North Atlantic Oscillation
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The North Atlantic Oscillation
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Rainfall patterns are projected to continue to change leading to more frequent droughts in some regions and more floods in others.
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Arctic sea ice in September could be gone by 2050
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1950 2000 2050 2100
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Sea level rise will continue
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The extent of climate change depends on future greenhouse gas emissions
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Human influence on the climate system is clear• Better understanding of the changing risks of extreme
weather will help people cope with the effects of anthropogenic climate change.
• Extreme weather and seasons result from the interplay of natural climate variability and anthropogenic climate change.
• At the Met Office we are developing an “operational attribution” system to assess the risks of such extremes on a regular basis.
• A new annual report provides puts extreme weather from last year in different regions of the world into the context of natural climate variability and anthropogenic climate change.
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