But all of a sudden, we are witnessing the profound impacts of the warming of the planet.'' Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at Penn State University I studied this on paper, I studied this in climate model simulations. вЂњome of the scientists who have been studying this stuff for years say, вЂI never actually thought I would see anything like this.

So humanity is facing some unwelcome surprises, especially if we donвЂ™t act soon enough and aggressively enough to decarbonize our world. WhatвЂ™s more, the newest computer models are likely underestimating the impact climate change is already having on these extreme weather events, Mann added. Related: Scientists say 25 years left to fight climate change The impacts have become so profound, that we can see that these extreme weather events that are playing out right now across the Northern Hemisphere this summer have no precedent as far back as we have records.' вЂњA decade ago or more, we sort of had to tease out of the data the impacts of climate change, you sort ofвЂ¦had to squint to see them in the data,вЂќ Mann said. Mann's latest book is called 'The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet.'

вЂњIt feels like all accelerating, but, in fact, what's really happening here is that the signal now is becoming large enough that we can see it play out in real time,вЂќ said Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at Penn State University. Thousand-year floods are drowning Europe and Asia, and unprecedented heat and drought haveВ afflictedВ western North America, leading to historically low reservoirs andВ sparking wildfires that are destroying towns andВ degrading air quality for thousands of miles.Д¬limate disruption is making these events worse, and new research published in Nature Climate Change calculates that heat waves shattering temperature records by 10 degrees Fahrenheit are up to seven times more likely to occur over the next three decades, and even more likely in the years beyond.

Extreme, record-breaking weather is happening around the world.

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