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Why Scientists Must Keep Proving Climate Change Drives Extreme Weather

Original: Climate Change Is a Given in Every Extreme Weather Event, Why Do We Keep Needing to Prove It?

The Union of Concerned Scientists argues that climate change should be treated as an established factor in every extreme weather event, rather than something that must be repeatedly demonstrated. The commentary questions why attribution science still faces demands for proof when the underlying link between warming and severe weather is well established, urging a shift in how media and policymakers frame climate-related disasters.

Why now: Recent extreme weather events keep prompting debate over how directly climate change should be blamed.

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