On Wednesday, 27 February 2013 10:34:40 UTC, Alastair wrote:

It sounds as if progress is being made in linking weather and climate
change.

Another good article is "Explaining Extreme Events of 2011 from a Climate Perspective". I hope they repeat for 2012's events to help people sort out the wheat from the chaff when it comes to saying X or Y was "because of climate change". Google the above paper title for a .pdf.

Richard