Kees van der Leun on Nostr: In our rapidly changing climate, clinging on to "1-in-100 year event" ...
In our rapidly changing climate, clinging on to "1-in-100 year event" characterizations - based on statistics from the stable era - have been reduced to a description of how unusual the event was back in those days.
It's a what-used-to-be-1-in-100- year event now. No more.
#extremeweather #climate #ClimateChange
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