They estimate that there has been a (roughly) 18 - percent increase in the intensity
of extreme rain events along this stretch of the Gulf Coast since the late 1800s.
The 2010 weather shocks are associated with not only an increase in the number of dengue cases but also with a decrease in its incidence (particularly in the presence
of extreme rain events).
The tendency towards increased magnitude
of extreme rain events (documented in the historical record and projected to continue in downscaling analyses) will cause an increased risk of waterborne disease outbreaks in the absence of infrastructure overhaul.
Our analysis of cities and metro areas, on the other hand, reveals the highly localized and random nature
of extreme rain events and the difficulty of detecting these events even with 3,000 rain gauges across the country.
Not exact matches
Every time you have an
extreme precipitation
event, whether it's
rain or snowfall or whatever, look at the cost
of cleaning up.
The researchers then looked at four key
extreme Australian
events — the Angry Summer 2012/13; the Coral Sea marine heatwave
of 2016; the severe
rain event in Queensland in 2010; and the 2006 drought in southeast Australia — to model how often similar
events could occur under each scenario.
The researchers also looked at other
extreme events, like the southeast Australian drought
of 2006 and the
rain events that led to widespread flooding in Queensland in 2010, to see whether they would occur more often as global temperatures increased.
Growers can manage the potential risks linked to
extreme rain events and soil degradation by using adaptive strategies such as planting cover crops, using no - till techniques, increasing the biodiversity
of grasses and forage and extending crop rotations, Prokopy said.
What goes up, must come down and, more and more, that water vapor is coming down in
extreme precipitation
events — defined in North America as more than 100 millimeters
of rainfall (or the equivalent in snow or freezing
rain) falling in 24 hours — according to new research also published February 17 in Nature that examines such
events in the Northern Hemisphere.
«When you take a very, very rare,
extreme rainfall
event like Hurricane Harvey, and you shift the distribution
of rain toward heavier amounts because
of climate change, you get really big changes in the probability
of those rare
events,» Emanuel says.
While the models do not reliably track individual
extreme weather
events, they do reproduce the jet stream patterns and temperature scenarios that in the real world lead to torrential
rain for days, weeks
of broiling sun and absence
of precipitation.
Unprecedented summer warmth and flooding, forest fires, drought and torrential
rain —
extreme weather
events are occurring more and more often, but now an international team
of climate scientists has found a connection between many
extreme weather
events and the impact climate change is having on the jet stream.
Sometimes, teleconnections on intra-seasonal time scales are associated with
extreme weather
events, such as the so - called Pineapple Express, which is characterized by heavy
rains that extend from the Hawaiian Islands to the west coast
of North America.
The first thorough federal review
of research on how global warming may affect
extreme climate
events in North America forecasts more drenching
rains, parching droughts (especially in the Southwest), intense heat waves and stronger hurricanes if long - lived greenhouse gases continue building in the atmosphere.
I think that's a far better approach than labeling every account
of an
extreme rain or snowfall a «global warming type»
event, as some bloggers insist.
This warming, in turn, has melted ice, raised sea levels, and increased the frequency
of extreme weather
events: heat waves and heavy
rains, for example.
Breck wrote on his blog at the time that «Before the Global Warming folks jump on our recent
extreme rain event» they needed to look at the issue
of urbanization, writing «Man building and paving over previous fields that soaked up the
rains.
[18] There has also been a 40 percent increase in number
of five - year
rain events,
extreme events that have only a 20 percent chance
of occurring in any given year.
Two recent
events contrast existing vulnerability to
extreme events: Hurricane Irene, which produced a broad swath
of very heavy
rain (greater than five inches in total and sometimes two to three inches per hour in some locations) from southern Maryland to northern Vermont from August 27 to 29, 2011; and Hurricane Sandy, which caused massive coastal damage from storm surge and flooding along the Northeast coast from October 28 to 30, 2012.
He says average rainfall for Australia will decrease, but the
extreme weather
events will be on the rise, so while you might get less
rain over the year it will come in the form
of damaging storms and stronger winds which feel like so - called freak
events.
How human influence affected other types
of events such as droughts, heavy
rain events, and storms was less clear, indicating that natural variability likely played a much larger role in these
extremes.
The Gulf Coast is historically prone to hurricanes, but climate change has contributed to a greater intensity
of extreme weather
events like hurricanes and an increase in the amount
of rain produced by those
events.
The Polar bears stubbornly refuse to go extinct, indeed the buggers are thriving, the glaciers don't appear to be disappearing, sea levels have stayed boringly level, we haven't been subsumed by hordes
of desperate climate refugees, the polar ice caps haven't melted, the Great Barrier Reef is still with us, we haven't fought any resource wars, oil hasn't run out, the seas insist on not getting acidic, the rainforest is still around, islands have not sunk under the sea, the ozone holes haven't got bigger, the world hasn't entered a new ice age, acid
rain appears to have fallen somewhere that can't quite be located, the Gulf Stream hasn't stopped,
extreme weather
events have been embarrassingly sparse in recent years and guess what?
These include increased average land and ocean temperatures that lead to reduced snowpack levels, hydrological changes, and sea level rise; changing precipitation patterns that will create both drought and
extreme rain events; and increasing atmospheric CO2 that will contribute to ocean acidification, changes in species composition, and increased risk
of fires.
Because we may see really
extreme precipitation
events, with very powerful atmospheric rivers, that dump a ton
of rain and put us in danger
of devastating floods, we need to continue investing in our flood management infrastructure.
This possibly explains the greater incidence
of extreme weather
events of all types noted in the historic records compared to today, especially the prolonged periods
of heavy
rain leading to flooding.
Is there enough freshwater
rain in your average
extreme event to change the salinity
of large areas
of the ocean?
It is clear that in terms
of weather, environmental health,
extreme events, snow,
rain drought and flood, the impact
of a global average is trivial or less.
Here is an excerpt
of the research paper, «When It
Rains It Pours», from Environment America, showing a statistically significant spike in flash flooding and other
extreme precipitation
events since 1948: «Weather records show that storms with
extreme precipitation have become more frequent over the last 60 years.
Global warming is causing more intense
rain and snowstorms in the United States, and making
extreme events such as the January 2016 snow storm that crippled most
of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast more likely.
In continental fluvial and coastal sections, changes in siliciclastic depositional facies reflect on increased frequency
of high - energy
events (e.g.,
extreme flooding), possibly from monsoon - like seasonal
rains, and / or from unusually intense and / or sustained extra-tropical storms.
«Because grassland ecosystems are the most vulnerable to
extreme climate
events, we examined data collected by many other scientists to try and understand the relationship between
rain events and drought on the potential productivity
of grasslands,» said Chuixiang Yi
of City University
of New York.
what and how many
extreme rain events have their been in the last 250 million years... yr a dckhead - and they made you a professor - wot out
of a fckn cornflake packet?
When driving during major inclement weather such as snow, ice, heavy
rain, etc., you should increase your safe following distance to a minimum
of 6 seconds (during
extreme icing
events, as much as 10 seconds is recommended).