‘I am an optimistic person’: the scientist who studies climate catastrophes

ycling over London Bridge as the dry heat pushed the temperature above 40C and a hot wind gusted down the River Thames, Friederike Otto paused to look at the monument to the city’s great fire more than 350 years earlier.

Otto, known as Fredi, and a small team of researchers are the world’s only rapid reaction force of climate scientists. They target extreme weather across the world almost as it happens, reach out to local people on the ground, and carry out deep, rigorous statistical analysis, which is transforming our understanding of how human-caused global heating is affecting the planet and our lives.

It was Allen who presented her with a rare gift, which helped unlock her future – an untapped treasure trove of climate data. “He said to me: ‘Look, we have this large ensemble of climate models here, do something with it.’

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