Was It Climate Change? Unpacking Hurricane Melissa

In this episode, Precious and Philipp dive into the story of Hurricane Melissa and ask a central question: was it truly a climate change impact, or just a storm amplified by natural variability?

They break down the field of climate attribution; how scientists determine whether an extreme event is influenced by human-caused warming, what kinds of evidence matter, and why attribution studies have become essential for policy, adaptation, and even legal debates.