extreme event attribution

American  

[ik-streem i-vent a-truh-byoo-shuhn] / ɪkˈstrim ɪˈvɛnt æ trəˌbyu ʃən /

noun

Meteorology, Climatology.

1. the field of scientific study that deals with the relationship between extreme weather and climate change.

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Etymology

Origin of extreme event attribution

First recorded in 2010–15

Example Sentences

Incidentally, I’d argue that extreme event attribution gains credibility from the fact that it doesn’t always tell the same story, that sometimes it says that climate change wasn’t the culprit.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2023

That changed in the early 2000s, and extreme event attribution has since become a robust sub-field of climate science, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2023

Critics complain that extreme event attribution, as the effort is known, overemphasizes public communications and underestimates uncertainty.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 15, 2022

A growing field of science is starting to emerge to help us understand the precise relationship between the slowly changing global climate and the variable weather we experience daily: extreme event attribution.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2018

As a result, some experts now believe that extreme event attribution could be the cutting edge not only of climate science but of climate litigation, as well.

From Scientific American • Jan. 2, 2018