What are climate experts saying about this?
Much like the deadly heatwave in Canada in recent weeks and lightning storms across Germany, the shocking flash floods that have hit western Germany this week – particularly on Wednesday and Thursday – can be traced directly to climate change.
As it stands, the earth has heated up by 1.2C since pre-industrial times – and this additional warmth in the atmosphere is already having an effect on our natural environment and weather events.
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According to Stefan Rahmstorf of the Potsdam Institute for Climate …
