Department researcher Chris Paciorek was one of 10 members on a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee that considered the state of the science in determining the degree to which extreme weather and climate events are influenced by climate change.

More details including a free download of the committee's report, released March 11, can be found here:

http://www.nap.edu/catalog/21852/attribution-of-extreme-weather-events-in-the-context-of-climate-change.