Climate change boosted odds of Texas drought
Until recently, climate scientists have been reluctant to blame individual weather events on climate change. There have been exceptions: studies have found that the European heatwave in 2003 was twice as likely because of climate change, and that the UK floods in 2000 were also made more likely. But now, for the first time, climate scientists are systematically examining recent extreme weather events to determine whether climate change played a role.
