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    Fires and floods: Can science link extreme weather to climate change?

    Is climate change to blame? To the casual observer, the flurry of extreme weather events over the past two months can feel like the obvious consequence of rising average temperatures — and something that many scientists have been warning about for years.

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    A forest fire burns near Marmaris, Turkey on July 30, 2021 (Image: Reuters/Kenan Gurbuz)
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