Extreme weather and climate events are one of the most tangible impacts of global warming so far. Such extremes hit close to home, whether you live in the U.S., Europe, Africa or Asia. Scientists have been making significant advances in their understanding of how the characteristics of certain extreme weather events, such as heat waves and heavy rain or snowstorms, are or are not changing as a result of manmade climate change.
What the public often hears is the message that the weather is growing more extreme, and that this trend is only going to worsen with time. However, this is an over-generalization of what's really going on. Yes, some extreme events are already becoming more common and severe. But others are not, or are undergoing changes that haven't been attributed to global warming so far. So, scientists say that some extreme weather events are become more extreme, but not all aspects of weather are. (At least not yet.) There is much research yet to be done. Read more...
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