The September 2012 edition of National Geographic Magazine features a cover story that asks a question that has likely been on many people's minds in recent years: What's up with the weather? The story investigates some of the weather extremes seen around the world, from tornado outbreaks to...
'We can characterise an extreme event as one occurring less than ten per cent of the time when looking in the historical archives. We can say with confidence that extremes are becoming more frequent in many parts of the world.' The consensus among forecasters is equally emphatic. In 2006,...
Francis, Meehl and some other meteorologists say the jet stream is in a rut, not moving nasty weather along. The high-speed, constantly shifting river of air 30,000 feet above Earth normally guides storms around the globe, but sometimes splits and comes back together somewhere else. A stuck...
By focusing on the deviation in the average temperature, the IAMs fail to capture changes in extremes, plausibly the most important current impact of climate change. Nordhaus acknowledges that DICE, and other IAMs, generally omit the impacts of extreme weather (as well as biodiversity, ocean ...
The extremes of floods and fires are not going away, but adaptation can lessen their impact. Some adaptation is fairly easily set in place. Systems for warning Germans of coming floods will surely now improve. But other problems require much larger public ...
Because the climate is chang-ing, even fundamental elements like airports and key eco-nomic sectors like air transportation may need to be 5 .As scientists focused on the impacts of climate change and extreme weather on human society and natural ecosys-tems around the world, our research has ...
"In locating some background research on weather extremes for the midterm tomorrow, I came across this excellent article from Macleans.ca that thoroughly explained weather extremes happening around the world.".'c Extreme Weather getting worse , WTGR replies "Thanks Brenda, yes, this is a very...
[03:41.04]In Argentina, the Parana, South America's second-longest river, [03:48.92]fell to its lowest level since 1944. [03:54.96]Around the world, heatwaves are happening more often [03:59.92]and are becoming more s...
Meteorological agencies around the world employ sophisticated technologies and models to forecast weather conditions, providing valuable information to decision-makers and the public. However, despite advancements in weather forecasting, the inherent complexity of the atmosphere makes it im...
14.Climate change will bring greater extremes in weather,the Government's chief scientific adviser has warned as he called for action to deal with global warming.Professor Sir John Beddington says the effects of climate change on the weather are already being felt in the UK. "In a sense we ...