Not exact matches
If the
incidence of extreme droughts like this were to
increase, temperate ecosystems could become carbon sources with the potential to accelerate global warming, as has been
anticipated for the tropics.
This also means there is nothing remotely inconsistent in claiming on the one hand a cold weather event is not evidence of a not - warming or cooling climate and at the same time saying that the
increased incidence and severity of heat wave weather events are consistent with and, indeed,
anticipated by a warming climate.
Anticipated changes include melting glaciers and polar ice, more extreme precipitation events, agricultural impacts, wildfires, heat waves,
increased incidence of some infectious diseases, sea level rise, ocean acidification, and
increased hurricane intensity.