Explaining Extreme Events in 2015 from a Climate Perspective

Explore the latest findings on extreme weather events and their connection to climate change in this 52-minute AGU press conference. Delve into the fifth annual "Explaining Extreme Events from a Climate Perspective in 2015" report, examining natural and human causes of individual extreme events worldwide. Learn about the progress made in extreme event attribution research over the past five years and its future prospects. Gain insights from experts on topics including attribution research methodology, US and UK event highlights, annual temperature extremes, precipitation patterns, and the impacts of climate change on floods and heat waves. Discover how improved research techniques and rapid time scale analysis are advancing our understanding of extreme weather events and their relationship to our changing climate.

Introduction
Stephanie
What is attribution research
What we saw in this years report
US event highlights
UK event highlights
Where are we now
Three pillars of attribution
What this report does and doesnt do
Annual temperature extremes
No longterm data
Precipitation
Extreme event attribution
Impacts of climate change
Extreme events in 2015
Floods and heat waves
Other questions
Improved research
Impacts
Rapid time scales
Rainfall statistics