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Mariam S. Khan

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Director @wenclims.bsky.social #climatechange #adaptation #policy @DAAD_Germany and @DESY AlumnaπŸŽ“

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Congratulations @rosemartyr.bsky.social, well deserved recognition of your expertise.

20.08.2025 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Flash floods kill more than 300 in Pakistan
YouTube video by Climate Analytics Flash floods kill more than 300 in Pakistan

Our Senior Scientist @fahadiii.bsky.social speaks to BBC News about how the fatal floods in Pakistan were made 15% more intense due to climate change.

"If you consider that Pakistan's role in total emissions is less than 1%, it's a big case of climate injustice," he says

@wwattribution.bsky.social

18.08.2025 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Deadly monsoon rains in Pakistan made worse by climate change: Study Unusually heavy monsoon rains that killed more than 300 people across Pakistan since late June were made 15% more intense by human-caused climate change, according to a new analysis. The study, by the...

New study from @wwattribution.bsky.social highlights that a prolonged heat wave in Pakistan and neighbouring countries caused β€œthe atmosphere to draw in more moisture and amplify rainfall when the monsoon system arrived,” @fahadsaeed.bsky.social told @mongabay.com.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

07.08.2025 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our colleagues from @wenclims.bsky.social were also part of the team that conducted the scientific analysis of this study.

07.08.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A detail from a map of Pakistan showing the area studied, with more intense accumulated rainfall around Islamabad and the eastern region of the country.

A detail from a map of Pakistan showing the area studied, with more intense accumulated rainfall around Islamabad and the eastern region of the country.

New research from @wwattribution.bsky.social and
β€ͺ@fahadiii.bsky.social‬ shows that climate change made Pakistan’s deadly monsoon floods ~15% heavier. Flooding killed at least 300 people.

Events like these underscore the danger of overshooting 1.5Β°C. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...

06.08.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pakistan is boiling But the numbers aren't telling the actual story

Pakistan is on the frontlines of the climate crisis, with temperatures pushing the limits of human survival. Deaths are going underreported, and the situation is worsened by inadequate planning and reliance on fossil fuels. Read the latest from Dr Fahad Saeed: climateanalytics.org/comment/paki...

18.06.2025 07:27 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6
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Climate overshoot implications for local adaptation planning

πŸ”“ : Current #adaptation planning must be extensively evaluated against a wider set of future global #climate outcomes, incorporating risks of transgressing local limits to adaptation and #overshoot, find @etheokritoff.bsky.social‬ @carlschleussner.bsky.social @adellethomas.bsky.social et al. ⬇️

01.06.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our team members, at Weather and Climate Services, also contributed to this article:

24.12.2024 04:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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More than 1,300 Hajj pilgrims died this year when humidity and heat pushed past survivable limits. It’s just the start Our bodies have hard limits as to how much heat and humidity we can tolerate. Lethal humid heat is a growing threat

Our bodies have hard limits as to how much heat and humidity we can tolerate. Lethal humid heat is a growing threat

18.12.2024 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Reminder: An amazingly powerful image!

08.12.2024 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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