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‘Clairvoyant’ 2012 climate report warned of extreme weather

FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - People walk over a stone dam, that is normally covered by water, towards the "Maeuseturm" (mice tower) in the middle of the Rhine River in Bingen, Germany, Aug. 12, 2022. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File) FILE - Tekosha Seals, a tourist visiting from Georgia, walks with a tower over her head at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, Sept. 6, 2022, during a heat wave. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) FILE - A group of community members, from left, Suzana Perez, Maricella Perez, Gavino Vasquez and Francisco Ramos hand out water, ice, popsicles and Gatorade to individuals experiencing homelessness, during a heat wave on Sept. 5, 2022, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) FILE - A man stands near a pile of debris as residents start to clean up and rebuild in Fleming-Neon, Ky., Aug. 5, 2022, after massive flooding the previous week. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File) FILE - A man walks along a road through dry and sun burnt grass in Greenwich Park in London, Aug. 9, 2022. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File) FILE - Nunay Mohamed, 25, who fled the drought-stricken Lower Shabelle area, holds her one-year-old malnourished child at a makeshift camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, June 30, 2022. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File) FILE - Victims of flooding from monsoon rains carry belongings salvaged from their flooded home in the Dadu district of Sindh Province, of Pakistan, Sept. 9, 2022. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File)
‘Clairvoyant’ 2012 climate report warned of extreme weather