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Breaking Climate Records

In the wake of June鈥檚 unprecedented temperatures in Canada and the Northwest of the USA, we look at the role of probability in broken climate records.

June saw a brutal heatwave shatter a number of all-time temperature records in Canada and the Northwest of the USA. But when can we attribute new records to man-made climate change, rather than natural variation? Peter Stott, an expert in climate attribution at the UK鈥檚 Met Office, explains how climate change has dramatically increased the probability of seeing such extremes.

Presenter: Tim Harford

Producer: Nathan Gower

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