An increase in weather extremes is now becoming more and more visible. We cannot say for sure if any single weather event is caused by climate change. But scientists began to warn us in 1990 that one of the effects of global warming could be an increase in the number and severity of heat waves, cold snaps, droughts, storms, floods, etc. The weather extremes of 2013 include: Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), one of the most powerful storms on record, ripped through the Philippines in November Australia had its hottest 12 month period on record Japan experienced its hottest summer ever The Danube and Elbe rivers in Europe had the worst flooding since 1950 Angola and Namibia experienced their worst drought in 30 years
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 00:27:55 +0000
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