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Weather forecasts could soon pin extreme events on climate change

By Adam Vaughan

20 June 2019

Flood in Paris

Floods in Paris were made more likely by climate change

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“Today, another spell of sunshine, thanks to that ongoing area of high pressure. And we can confirm that last week’s flooding was made six times more likely because of climate change.” Not your usual weather report – but this could be the reality for Europeans within two years.

The climate arm of the European Union’s Earth observation programme, Copernicus, is looking for a company to start a trial service that could lead to weather agencies in 2021 being provided …

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