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Climate scientist James Renwick, right, whose Northland visit coincided with an extreme weather event, and Kerikeri sculptor Chris Booth. PHOTO / PETER DE GRAAF
The wild weather that hit Northland earlier this month was not caused by climate change – but climate change made it more likely and more severe, a visiting climate expert says.