You can access the full study here: www.cell.com/current-biol... (4/4)
Every year now, the pre-monsoon heat (the hottest time of year in South Asia with temperatures well over 40°C) starts earlier & lasts longer - due to human-induced climate change - exposing 1billion people to deadly heat. @wwattribution.bsky.social www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
Meijaard et al. report that the 2025 extreme rains triggered landslides, destroying
8,000+ hectares of Tapanuli orangutan habitat. The event killed ∼11% of West Block
orangutans. These findings prove ...
NEW: An estimated 7% of the entire population of the critically-endangered Tapanuli Orangutan were killed in a single weather event, according to research led by Borneo Futures with @frediotto.bsky.social as an author.
An estimated 58 Orangutans were killed by landslides during Cyclone Senyar (1/4)
Approximately 8,300 hectares of forest, accounting for about 11.7% of the forest cover in the West Block of the Batang Toru region, were affected by landslides triggered by extreme rainfall. (2/4)
Dr Joyce Kimutai: “Half of human-caused climate change has occurred since USA ‘94. The climate the tournament is played in today has fundamentally shifted in just 32 years.” 🔗https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-big-player-at-fifa-world-cup-2026/ (2/2)
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Prof Friederike Otto
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- Attribution analysis shows that human-induced climate change increased the rainfall intensity by between 9 and 50%.
@frediotto.bsky.social: “This study is a stark demonstration of how intertwined the crises of climate change and biodiversity loss are." (3/4)
