Two-Thirds Of Dangerous Climate Phenomena Linked To Human Activity

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Wildfires are directly attributable to human-produced greenhouse gas emissions. VanderWolf Images/Shutterstock

Last December, 195 nations agreed on a plan to limit man-made (anthropogenic) warming to below 2°C (3.6°F) by the end of the century. Every signatory recognized that humanity is altering the climate, but how many dangerous climatic events can be directly attributed to human activity?