ETH News
All stories by Dr. Erich Fischer, ETH Zürich
In the beginning was the prediction
Zukunftsblog
It often seems that climate phenomena occur unexpectedly and are explained only retrospectively. However, the relationship between rising CO2 concentration and an increase in heavy precipitation has been predicted decades ago, but not confirmed by robust observational evidence until recently.
More than half of hot extremes due to climate change
Zukunftsblog
Torrential rains and blazing heat have been mentioned even in the oldest manuscripts and have always been part of the climate. A substantial proportion of today’s extreme high-temperature and heavy rainfall events, however, can be attributed to the observed warming.