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Nature 441, 674-675 (8 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/441674a; Published online 7 June 2006

Insurers' disaster files suggest climate is culprit

Quirin Schiermeier

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Rising costs hint at weather effect.

Insurance companies, acutely aware of the dramatic increase in losses caused by natural disasters in recent decades, have been convinced that global warming is partly to blame. Now their data seem to be persuading scientists, too.