New research from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has further reinforced the connection between recent extreme weather and climate change. Scientists found global warming made a heat wave in Texas last year 20 times more likely than it would have been in the 1960s, while warmer temperatures in Britain last November were made 62 times more likely. In particular, researchers said global warming is likely worsening heat waves and also noted an intensified water cycle connected to both increased droughts and drenching rain. The new research affirms what scientists have long predicted about the rise in extreme weather under climate change. This year the U.S. has seen record rains, historic droughts, devastating wildfires and blistering heat that’s killed dozens of people.