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Droughts, heatwaves and floods: How to tell when climate change is to blame

Plants growing from the dried out riverbed of Elbe. In the background can be seen churches and buildings of Dresden

Europe’s 2018 heatwave: the partly dried-out Elbe riverbed in Dresden, Germany, on 9 July. Credit: Jens Meyer/AP/Shutterstock

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Nature 560, 20-22 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05849-9

See also Editorial, ‘Pinning extreme weather on climate change is now routine and reliable science

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