How Climate Change Is Affected By Chanan

Extreme weather is another effect of global warming. While experiencing some of the hottest summers on record, much of the United States has also been experiencing colder-than-normal winters. Changes in climate can cause the polar jet stream the boundary between the cold North Pole air and the warm equatorial air to migrate south, bringing with it cold, Arctic air. This is why some places have very cold weather more often than some of the othe hot areas.Global warming may also lead to extreme weather other than cold or heat extremes. Like tornadoes or hurricane patterns might change. The atmosphere indicate that hurricanes are more likely to become less frequent on a global basis, though

Over the past few years record-breaking and extreme weather events including sweltering summers, super-storms, wildfires and shrinking icecaps, alongside the acidifying of the oceans has been the topic of discussion. In Missouri this winter we have seen more snow, extreme freezing temperatures, and then day’s later 60 degree weather just to start over again. Who or what is responsible for these record breaking events and climate changes?

The heavy rains are caused by increased fossil fuel use which is caused by increased population. An increased population requires increased agricultural production. Clearly, this is a broken cycle that I will most likely watch play out in my lifetime. Overall, the novel explains the effects of climate change specific to the place where I live, so I experience these changes

The Main point of view in this article is how disasters like flooding and drought which are attributed to the changing climate are affecting some parts of the country. Weather forecasters issued flash flooding for the Deep South’s coastal areas while California is struggling with drought that has created trouble for the economy.

The intensity, frequency, and duration of North Atlantic hurricanes, as well as the frequency of category 4 and 5 hurricanes, have all increased since the early 1980s (Bell 2012). The increase in hurricanes can be linked to higher sea surface temperatures caused by multiple outside sources. Human induced emissions of heat-trapping gases and particulate pollution are two of the possible sources that are affecting the sea surface temperature. Humans are the main contributor contributing to climate change and global warming, but most seem not to care. Not only is the amount of hurricanes increasing, but heat waves are increasing and intensifying in some western parts of the country. Heat waves have become more frequent across The United States in recent decades. Western regions are setting records for numbers of heat waves and droughts in the 2000s. Data collected suggests that the droughts over the last decade in the West represent the driest conditions in the last 800 years (Vose 2005). With varying weather all over the country, the real estate market is beginning to be affected as well. Popular ski capitals will no longer have their icy slopes and eventually the popular beaches will be too hot to visit or will not have any beach left, causing drops in vacation rentals and permanent housing

Michael E Mann, publish a story in the Guardian questioning whether climate change made the recent storms deadlier. He did not claim Hurricane Harvey primarily caused by global warming but certainly made an already bad and difficult situation even more so. Mann explains climate change-related factors will have at least some impact on hurricane season activity, say worsened the flooding. One thing that causes Hurricane Harvey to increase into an intense storm is because of the storm surge was higher, which means the sea level is higher. Anthropogenic impacts, such as oil drilling play a role in Sea level rise – is more than half a foot (15cm) over the past few decades. To understand

In the article, “What We Can Say About The Louisiana Floods and Climate Change”, Chris Mooney states that due to climate change our planet is warming, causing the increase the of rainfall throughout the world. He claims that a warming planet overall breaks warm temperature records more frequently than cold temperature records. Due to the atmosphere warming its ability to retain water increase as the water vapor increased this past year, and dumping more than two feet of rainfall. He points out that heat and moisture helps caused heavy rainfall due to the amount of moisture in the atmosphere. The purpose of this article is to help us explore and understand that climate change could be a possible reason why extreme weather is occurring more

Climate change is one of the leading global and political problems we face today. Recently, Texas experienced the worst flooding from a major hurricane in their history. Aside from Harvey in the United States, India, Bangladesh, and Nepal also had dangerous monsoons that caused massive loss of life and property. Although there have been fewer hurricanes in the last decade they have become significantly stronger causing more devastation wherever they make landfall. While Harvey gained strength just before landfall it stalled over Houston causing massive flooding before returning to the Gulf again. Climate change remains a divisive political issue, with a significant percentage of Republicans saying they don’t believe the scientific consensus that man-made industrial emissions are accelerating the rise of global warming due to climate

Scientific evidence showing Earth’s climate change is abundant and profound. The shift our planet has experienced is so drastic that author and environmentalist Bill McKibben says we should give it a new name, such as “Eaarth (McKibben 2).” The title is familiar yet so very different. By burning fossil fuels, mankind has increased Earth’s temperature by “more than a degree and a half Fahrenheit (McKibben 3).” This rise in warmth is enough to prompt a “45 percent increase in thunderstorms (McKibben 3),” which is capable of producing violent amounts of rain and hail. More storms mean more lightning; in 2008, lightning in California triggered “1,700 different fires...burning a million acres and

Over the years the droughts in North America have become worse. In 2012 80% of America was affected by very dry months and this is only by mid July. Climate change also has an effect on our health as humans. In 2012, at least 74 Americans were killed from extreme heat. This is nothing compared to 2011. During 2011 there were at least 206 people died from extreme heat.

How Climate Change Effects The MidwestClimate Change in the Midwest effects people, ecosystems and infrastructure such as transportation, communication, sewage, water and electric systems. Environmentally climate change increases heat stress, flooding, drought, and late spring freezes. It helps disease prevalence, it also increases competition with native or nonnative species. Climate Change also causes erosion with land, also cause crop failures and reduces industrial products. Explanations will be included under this paragraph along with the main ideas in this paragraph. Climate change can affect

Well folks I will be completely honest, I do not really know anything about climate change and I am not going to write a post pretending I do. I live in Oklahoma and if anyone knows Oklahoma weather let me just tell you it's bipolar. For example, a couple weeks ago I was at the lake getting burned and crisp only to spend that very next day wrapped up in a blanket next to our outdoor fire place. The weather completely shifted from hot to cold. (let me inform everyone that this change is very dangerous in Oklahoma because it creates tornadoes). Before reading our text book and watching the videos our teacher had posted, I would of just thought the weather change was normal for Oklahoma, however to my surprise the drastic changes in climate is

Over the last several decades, global climate change has been scientifically proven to be a result of human activity (“Carbon Dioxide Emissions”). Industrial processes, fossil fuel combustion, and changes in land use have altered the balance of greenhouse gases (GHG’s) in the Earth’s atmosphere. (City of New York et al. 2013) By increasing the concentration of carbon dioxide and other GHG’s in Earth’s atmosphere, our modern society is gradually warming the planet and altering its climate (“Carbon Dioxide Emissions”). Most recently, a March 2012 study found that climatic changes resulting from a warming planet have already increased the frequency of extreme weather events, “most notably heat waves and precipitation extremes” (“Carbon Dioxide Emissions”). As New York experienced not too long ago with Hurricane Sandy, the Earth’s climate and weather patterns have responded to such changes, with increases in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, loss of animal and plant species, impacts to human health, disruption of ecosystems, and other effects (City of New York et al. 2013) Such effects of human-induced climate change present potential threats to the infrastructure, economy, and health of not only New York City but the entire U.S.

According to scientific research, the average temperature of the earth has risen by between ten and twenty degrees Celsius (M.L. Weitzman, 2008). These high temperatures could well be described as a ‘recipe for disaster’, and could produce results that would be catastrophic on a global scale. What is more alarming however, is that there is already a lot of evidence of predicted results of climate change, for instance, in Australia especially, severe draughts have been common in farming areas in the last few decades, there has been an increase of intense and extreme weather events, for example floods, flash floods, tsunamis, earthquakes and tornados, almost all of the natural disasters listed have occurred for ‘unknown’ reasons in the past few years. Rises in sea water level and temperature due to higher acid levels caused by global warming, threaten the existence of species and in some areas, entire eco-systems resulting in the loss of natural biodiversity. ‘Climate change is pushing the world to the verge of environmental and economic collapse, whether global deniers want to believe it or not’ (N. Klein, 2011).

“Natural disasters have killed more than 600,000 people and left behind trillions of dollars in damages in the last two decades, the United Nations said Monday.” (Chan) Extreme weather has caused millions of casualties and extreme damages over the years, but lately there has been an increase in severe weather events. This is causing problems in the US, with the amount of tornadoes rising in tornado alley “Tennessee experienced a 67 percent increase in tornado activity in 1983-2013 compared to the 1954-1983 time period. Oklahoma experienced a nearly 35 percent decrease in tornadoes in 1983-2013 compared to 1954-1983.”