@wasitusie
The WASITUS project aims to build towards an operational event attribution capability for Ireland. The results of the attribution analysis will be shared with the impacted communities and key stakeholders. #climate #AttributionAnalysis
NEW STUDY: Winter downpours are getting heavier in parts of Spain, Portugal and Morocco as the region recovers from a month of relentless storms.
Between mid-January and mid-February nine named storms brought torrential rain hurricane force winds causing major damage and disruption. 1/5
Our Postdoc, Dr Claire Bergin, presented our recent work to the Irish Met Society on Thursday. If you want to take a look at the full presentation follow the link below
#ClimateScience #ClimateChange #ExtremeEventAttribution
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NEW STUDY: Climate change is fueling deadly fires that threaten some of the world’s oldest living things: the ancient Alerce trees of Patagonia, which can live for over 3,000 years.
Our analysis shows that human-induced warming is making weather conditions more conducive to fire. 1/5
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Latest (and very rapid) attribution study from @clairebergin.bsky.social @lionel-swan.bsky.social & Met Éireann @wasitusie.bsky.social
Our new study "Climate change increases flood risk associated with winter rainfall on east coast of Ireland" is available now
wasitus.ie/events/clima...
Watch out for our new study being published at 8pm on the WASITUS.ie website!
🚨 NEW STUDY: As Australia prepares for another heatwave, our latest study found the early January heatwave which hit SE Australia was made 5x more likely due to climate change. What was once a relatively rare 1-in-25-year event is now expected about every 5 years. 🧵 1/6
Want to learn more about Irish event attribution? Why not check out our website wasitus.ie
map of Sri Lanka with heavy rainfall
map of Sumatra and Malaysia showing heavy rainfall between November 23rd and 27th
In the world we live in today, that is 1.3C warmer due to our continued burning of fossil fuels, the extreme rainfall leading to disastrous flooding in many parts of Asia is up to 50 to 160% more intense - new @wwattribution.bsky.social study www.worldweatherattribution.org/increasing-h...
Listen back: RTE news at 1 to hear our researcher Dr Claire Bergin talk about our new research. The study focuses on the rainfall associated with storm Claudia and the flooding related impacts. Starts at 25:50
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
@maynoothuniversity.ie @epaireland.bsky.social and Met Eireann
Read our new study: Human-caused climate change increases potential for flooding in south-eastern counties of Ireland as rainfall intensifies
mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/20...
The 2015 Paris Agreement could help the world avoid 57 hot days if countries follow through on their emission-cutting plans and limit warming this century to 2.6°C, a new study by @climatecentral.org and @wwattribution.bsky.social has found 🧵
Read it here: buff.ly/XLTl57y
Dublin port red lighthouse with sun rising behind through the clouds from the Ulysses
Starting out to meetings in London with @wwattribution.bsky.social to discuss @wasitusie.bsky.social collaboration and then next week an @ipcc.bsky.social special report related meeting. The captain expects a smooth crossing. Pump it into my veins 🤣
See our most recent study featured on RTE news today!
Ireland was set for average summer heat but climate change pushed temperature to record high
Wooden thermometer under bright sun, showing high temperatures in Celsius and Fahrenheit, with a clear blue sky.
Human-caused climate change made the warm days experienced this summer nine times more likely, and the warm nights 40 times more likely, according to a new study from climatologists at ICARUS, MU's climate research centre, and Met Éireann.
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-soci...
"Climate change turned a would-be average Irish
summer into a record breaker" - This was largely due to the high night-time temperatures which are 40 times more likely due to human-caused climate change. See our full report at mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/20...
Great to see coverage of our first full @wasitusie.bsky.social study on RTE (and elsewhere). Kudos @clairebergin.bsky.social and Lionel swan as well as met Éireann colleagues and thanks as ever to @wwattribution.bsky.social for the hugely valuable collaboration www.rte.ie/news/ireland...