Sentences with phrase «extreme weather outbreaks»

According to climate scientist Michael Mann, it's very possible that several of the recent severe and costly extreme weather outbreaks are linked to changes in the jet stream he identified in a recent study.

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The cold air outbreak of the next few days is nothing unusual, and neither inconsistent with an overall picture of a warming world, nor evidence that global warming is making cold weather more extreme.

There are also multiple studies associating extreme precipitation events with waterborne disease outbreaks.59 This evidence of responsiveness of waterborne disease to weather and climate, combined with evidence strongly suggesting that temperatures will increase and extreme precipitation events will increase in frequency and severity (Ch.

From sea level rise to heat waves, from extreme weather to disease outbreaks, each unique challenge requires locally - suitable solutions to prepare for and respond to the impacts of global warming.

Regarding SSW events and N. Europe or British Isle weather, without the modern satellite data some potential clues on these would be sudden outbreaks of extreme cold (20C or more below average) with persistent NE or E winds (as the vortex is disrupted).

Surprisingly, however, over the past two to three decades, the increase in extreme weather has included more (not fewer) severe cold - air outbreaks and heavy snowfalls observed both in North America and Eurasia6, 12,15,18,22,23,24,25.