Human-induced climate change made the extreme fire weather that fuelled the recent destructive wildfires at least twice as likely in France and at least 20 times more likely in Spain, according to our new study.

➡️ Climate change is driving drought in Europe - but not how you might expect. While there isn't a clear signal for climate change impacting the dry weather, extreme heat is sucking more moisture out of the landscape. (1/3)

NEW: Climate change supercharged the rainfall that caused deadly flooding that killed almost 100 in Togo, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire. The most extreme rainfall fell between June 20-22 across coastal regions with more than 140mm falling in less than 24 hours in some major cities. (1/5)

🔥NEW: Our study finds the ongoing European heatwave would have been impossible without climate change (1/6)

NEW: An estimated 7% of the entire population of the critically-endangered Tapanuli Orangutan were killed in a single weather event, according to research led by Borneo Futures with @frediotto.bsky.social as an author. An estimated 58 Orangutans were killed by landslides during Cyclone Senyar (1/4)

Every year now, the pre-monsoon heat (the hottest time of year in South Asia with temperatures well over 40°C) starts earlier & lasts longer - due to human-induced climate change - exposing 1billion people to deadly heat. @wwattribution.bsky.social www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...

NEW: Players and fans face increased heat danger at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, since USA '94. Our results show that from Miami to Kansas City, climate change is increasing the risk of playing the World Cup in much of the northern hemisphere during summer. (1/2)

RAPID ANALYSIS: It would be ‘virtually impossible’ for the record-breaking March heat currently scorching the U.S. West to occur without climate change. We are seeing summer-like temperatures arrive exceptionally early from the Pacific to the Rockies this week. 🧵1/4

We’re excited to announce that @frediotto.bsky.social has been awarded Germany’s highest honour for her groundbreaking work on climate science and extreme weather. The award recognises her pivotal role in revolutionising attribution science: connecting extreme weather events to climate change.

After more than 70 killed in Brazil landslides, scientists at @wwattribution.bsky.social warn deadly downpours will worsen with further warming of the climate. buff.ly/OUV8Wz0

In a rapidly warming world, landslides in high-risk areas are happening sooner rather than later. Making it paramount to reduce exposure & stop the rapid warming. New @wwattribution.bsky.social study on Juiz de Fora landslides www.worldweatherattribution.org/unplanned-ur...

New study: Intense rainfall - like the deluge behind Brazil’s recent fatal landslides - will intensify as the planet continues to warm. Over 70 were killed in the state of Minas Gerais in late February with Juiz de Fora - the worst impacted city - seeing its wettest month on record. 🧵 1/4

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

Patagonian wildfires show how denying climate change & pushing environmental destruction make the reality of climate change much worse. Threatening the destruction of trees that have been alive when the bronze age collapsed. @wwattribution.bsky.social www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...

Some of world’s oldest trees hit by climate-fuelled wildfires in Patagonia - Some Alerce trees had stood undisturbed for thousands of years, say researchers, but global heating is now supercharging blazes @wwattribution.bsky.social #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Some of world’s oldest trees hit by climate-fuelled wildfires in Patagonia

Wildfires that left 23 people dead were made about three times more likely by global heating, researchers say

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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

💡New Study: Southern Africa was hit by intense rainfall this month. Our analysis has found that downpours in the region are now 40% more intense than they were in pre-industrial times. The resulting floods across Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Eswatini have been catastrophic. 🧵 (1/4)

While Australian heatwaves were some of the very first extreme events attributed to climate change, people still underestimate how much worse they got - killing more people than all other natural hazards combined. New @wwattribution.bsky.social study. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...

🚨 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

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...

Record temperatures linked to human-caused climate change

New research by climate scientists at Maynooth University in conjunction with Met Éireann has found Ireland's record summer night time temperatures this year were made 40 times more likely by human-ca...

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🚨 Wildfires in Spain & Portugal were made 40x more likely by climate breakdown, says @wwattribution.bsky.social “The sheer size of these fires has been astonishing,” adds CEP’s Clair Barnes (@clairbarnes.bsky.social) 🌍🔥 #ClimateCrisis #Wildfires

Spain and Portugal wildfire weather made 40 times more likely by climate crisis, study finds

Wildfires were 30% more intense than would have been expected without global heating, scientists say

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⚠️Climate change made the hot, dry and windy weather that fueled the deadly July wildfires in Spain and Portugal 40 times more likely 🧵 📝 ow.ly/SoRo50WPvih

The extremely hot, dry weather conditions that primed Spain and Portugal for this year's catastrophic wildfire season are no longer a rare occurrence thanks to human-caused warming. This probably shouldn't come as a surprise, but if it does, the full study is @wwattribution.bsky.social...

📣Job alert! We're hiring a Media Relations Manager at Imperial College London. Applications are closing tomorrow. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOK861/m...

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Do you want to be part of our amazing team @wwattribution.bsky.social team? If you are a science/comms expert, you can! Please do consider applying - www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

❗ El cambio climático hizo 40 veces más probables y un 30% más intensas las condiciones que alimentaron los incendios de España y Portugal, según un estudio de atribución realizado por el @wwattribution.bsky.social .

El cambio climático hizo 40 veces más probables y un 30% más intensas las condiciones que alimentaron los incendios de España y Portugal - Climática, el medio especializado en clima y biodiversidad

La ola de calor decretada durante los incendios fue 200 veces más probable y 3 °C más cálida debido al cambio climático, según un estudio de atribución ultrarrápido del World Weather Attribution.

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🌡️ Scientists from @wwattribution.bsky.social say this summer’s wildfires in Greece, Turkey & Cyprus were 22% more intense & 10x more likely due to climate change. Events that were once 1-in-100-year now happen every 20 years. 🔥 #ClimateCrisis #Wildfires

Climate Change Made Turkey, Greece Wildfires 10 Times More Likely

Hot, dry and windy conditions in the eastern Mediterranean will happen more often in a warmer world.

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In an interview at @mongabay.com, @wwattribution.bsky.social researcher and environmental statistician @clairbarnes.bsky.social explains how attribution science, which helps scientists understand climate change’s impact on a particular extreme weather event, works.

How science links extreme weather disasters to climate change: Interview with WWA’s Clair Barnes

Human activities have been the major driver of climate change since the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-1800s. As greenhouse gas levels, primarily carbon dioxide due to the burning of…

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One of the strongest, clearest increases in likelihood & intensity, attributable to climate change, I've seen in a complex index like fire weather - the more intense & frequent events in Greece & Türkiye are already outpacing efforts to adapt. www.worldweatherattribution.org/weather-cond...

🔥Climate change made the weather that drove deadly wildfires in Türkiye, Greece and Cyprus 22% more intense. The study, by @wwattribution.bsky.social, examined weather conditions in the months and days leading up to and during the worst blazes in June and July this year 🧵

The wildfires that raged across Greece, Turkey and Cyprus this summer were 22% more intense and 10 times more likely than they would have been in a world without climate change, according to scientists at @wwattribution.bsky.social FREE link via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Climate Change Made Turkey, Greece Wildfires 10 Times More Likely

Hot, dry and windy conditions in the eastern Mediterranean will happen more often in a warmer world.

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