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OKIsItJustMe

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Fri May 1, 2015, 08:40 AM May 2015

England set for “substantial increase” in record-breaking warm years (13 times more likely)

https://www.climatescience.org.au/content/862-england-set-%E2%80%9Csubstantial-increase%E2%80%9D-record-breaking-warm-years
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Submitted by astone on Fri, 05/01/2015 - 12:43


[font size=3]The likelihood of record-breaking warms years in England is set to substantially increase as a result of the human influence on the climate, new research suggests.

In a study published today, 1 May, in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research Letters, an international team of researchers has shown that the chances of England experiencing a record-breaking warm year, such as the one seen in 2014, is at least 13 times more likely as a result of anthropogenic climate change.

This is according to climate model simulations and detailed analyses of the Central England Temperature (CET) record—the world’s longest instrumental temperature record dating back to 1659.

The results of the study showed that human activities have a large influence on extreme warm years in England, which the researchers claim is remarkable given England is such a small region of the world.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/5/054002
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