Data, extreme weather and climate change
The role data plays in climate attribution - and why we don’t always have it
Recent global headlines have been dominated by record temperatures across Europe, North America and parts of Asia. As extreme weather events have happened for decades, how are links to climate change made? In this programme we look at how scientists use data to draw climate conclusions and hear how that data isn’t always available, with a focus on severe flooding earlier this year in part of Central Africa. With Joyce Kimutai, principal meteorologist and climate scientist at the Kenya Meteorological Department and researcher at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College.
Presenter: Kate Lamble
Producer: Nathan Gower, Jon Bithrey
Editor: Simon Watts
Production Co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound Engineer: Graham Puddifoot
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