While natural variability continues to play a key role in extreme weather, climate change has shifted the odds and changed the natural limits, making certain
types of extreme weather more frequent and more intense.
According to Climate Communication, «All weather events are now influenced by climate change because all weather now develops in a different environment than before... climate change has shifted the odds and changed the natural limits, making certain
types of extreme weather more frequent and more intense.»
Not exact matches
According to a poll conducted by researchers at Yale University's Project on Climate Change Communication, four out
of five Americans reported personally experiencing one or
more types of extreme weather or a natural disaster in 2011, while
more than a third were personally harmed either a great deal or a moderate amount by one or
more of these events.
However, in the U.S., most
types of weather extremes were worse in the 1930's and even in the 1950's than in the current climate, while the
weather was overall
more benign in the 1970's.
Warming temperatures, changes in precipitation, and
more extreme weather are projected to increase populations
of disease - carrying vectors like mosquitoes with West Nile Virus and
of the
types of bacteria and toxic algae that contaminate shellfish and recreational waters for activities like swimming and boating.
In 2011, 11
of the 14 U.S.
weather - related disasters with damages
of more than $ 1 billion affected the Midwest.115 Several
types of extreme weather events have already increased in frequency and / or intensity due to climate change, and further increases are projected (Ch.
Climate change, caused by carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases humans have emitted, is expected to increase certain
types of extreme weather, leading to
more disasters, according to a report being assembled by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
To elaborate what is taking place is the sharpening
weather by that I mean we have less middle neutral ground and
more extreme on both sides
of the end
type of weather this is partially due to the geometricalizing
of the
weather however there are other contributing factors like global warming.
Heatwaves, droughts, floods, wildfires, and other
types of extreme weather are becoming
more intense due to human - caused global warming.
As the climate has warmed, some
types of extreme weather have become
more frequent and severe in recent decades, with increases in
extreme heat, intense precipitation, and drought.
Certain
types of extreme weather events with links to climate change have become
more frequent and / or intense, including prolonged periods
of heat, heavy downpours, and, in some regions, floods and droughts.
Since we are seeing
more and
more of this
type of devastating
extreme events driven by stalled
weather patterns, let's briefly review the science.
When the jets streams are warmer, their ups and downs become
more extreme, bringing different
types of weather to areas that are not accustomed to climate variations.
As we are now coming to realise, heatwaves kill
more Australians than any other
type of extreme weather.
Strong scientific evidence shows that global warming is increasing certain
types of extreme weather events, including heat waves, coastal flooding,
extreme precipitation events, and
more severe droughts.
The recent flooding
of homes, coal mines and power plants across the Balkans, caused by the
type of extreme weather event that will become
more frequent with mounting climate impacts, demonstrate that sustainable energy policies are crucial components
of security and sustainability in the region.
As for the part about a large amount
of water vapor being available, this too is part and parcel with global warming — and is in fact an often overlooked factor in the
type of extreme weather and changes that become
more likely as the planet as a whole warms.
Apparent increases in one
type of extreme weather — flooding — may have an even simpler explanation:
more people living in places where floods occur.
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