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Weird weather isn't always because of climate change — but sometimes it is

Weird weather isn't always because of climate change — but sometimes it is toggle caption MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images/AFP 2025 started off with a flurry of intense weather. And in the midst of the weather news, scientists from major meteorological associations around the world reported that human-caused climate change drove 2024 to be the hottest year in human history. In the past, climate scientists often said that individual weather events couldn't be connected to human-caused climate change. By comparing that hypothetical situation to the one that exists, they can see if human-caused climate change affected the likelihood of weather events happening—and in many cases, how big the influence was.

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