Helping communities predict extreme weather events that have never been recorded in modern history is the focus of a new study published in Nature Communications.
Helping communities predict extreme weather events that have never been recorded in modern history is the focus of a new study published in Nature Communications.
A team from the Climate Adaptation Services Foundation, the University of Reading and other international institutions has brought together methods to see beyond the limitations of conventional weather records, which typically only cover the last century.
The study reveals how, for example, nature's own archives - like tree rings - combined with forgotten historical documents can unlock centuries of climate data that modern instruments have missed.
Lead author Timo Kelder said: "We've been limited by thinking extreme weather is only as bad as what we've measured since weather stations were invented. But our research shows we can use weather models to look back hundreds or even thousands of years to discover what's truly possible in our climate system."
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