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= IS WEATHER BECOMING MORE EXTREME? =

Weather patterns are taking an extreme turn for the worse. Over the years weather has been turning more and more extreme. This can be seen in several ways. Firstly Hurricanes in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico are increasing in size and speed and are leaving Billions of Dollars of damage in their wake.



The main ingredients in hurricanes are warm water and moist air. This is why the majority of Hurricanes occur in the tropics. Because of the large quantities of greenhouse gas which is being pumped into our atmospheric. What this does is increase the amount of the heat trapped on our planet. This in turn raises the temperature of the water. Since hurricanes rely on the hot water to fuel themselves and the temperature is increasing this results in larger more powerful hurricanes.



Equally important is the dramatic increase in droughts and flooding’s throughout the world. In Africa one of the world’s largest lakes (Lake Chad) is shrinking dramatically. This lake feeds a population larger than 20 Million people. The main reason behind this large lakes disappearance is accredited to the various droughts that have hit that area recently. Also there are increases in droughts all over china in China’s Guizhou, Yunnan, and Sichuan provinces. These places have been facing a shortages of rainfall and of water. In contrast to this there has been a HUGE increase in flooding all over the world. The most recent flooding occurred in the Queensland area in Australia and in Pakistan. This flooding was larger than ever before and hit the countries by surprise. It resulted in thousands of deaths and Billions in damages. The floods in Pakistan are “It is unprecedented floods in our history", according to a high ranking Major. Flooding of this size has never before hit Pakistan and is a testament to the increase in flooding.



The temperature over a period of time has increased dramatically. If you look back to the revolution, you would realize that was the beginning of industry meaning that was also the slow beginning of global warming. As time procressed the temperature kept on increasing as it is now. The increase in temperature has a hand in many disastrous events that have occurred on our planet.

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