PARIS, Oct 6, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - Human-induced climate change made this
summer's withering drought in the Northern Hemisphere at least 20 times more
likely to occur, an international team of scientists said Wednesday.

The World Weather Attribution service -- which calculates how closely linked
individual weather events are to global heating -- calculated the drought
that gripped Europe, China and North America between June and August was
likely to occur once every 20 years at current levels of warming.

Without manmade heating, they said a Northern Hemisphere drought such as the
one this summer would only be expected to occur in one out of every 400
years.