Climate Impacts Factsheet - Storrms
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Rising temperatures produce fiercer, more frequent storms. Storms start when low-pressure zones suddenly develop inside of a high-pressure system. Rising temperatures (one of the symptoms of climate change) create more low-pressure zones as hotter air rises. And hotter air can hold even more moisture, loading the dice for even more powerful storms. IN 2010, MUNICH RE (THE WORLD’S LARGEST INSURANCE COMPANY) SAID:
“Globally, loss-related floods have more than tripled since 1980, and windstorm natural catastrophes more than doubled... This rise cannot be explained without global warming.”1
EXAMPLES:
WHAT’S IN STORE
In May of 2010, Tennessee in the US experienced
A MIT study shows how climate change will result
a 1000 year flood, in which a record 17.73 inches
in more frequent storms [1]. Citing New York City
of rain fell on the state. [2]
as an example, research suggested that stronger
The recent destructive tornadoes in the Midwest U.S. are an example of severe storms that are happening faster than ways communities can
storms and a 3-foot rise in sea level would turn "100-year floods" with depths 5.7 feet above sea level into events that could occur every 25 years. [2]
build up defenses against them. [3]. Storm were so devastating that they destroyed entire communities like Marysville, Indiana. [4] Tropical cyclones across the Arabian sea have intensified over the last few years as a direct result of rising sea surface temperatures. [5] These cyclones could have huge impacts on the densely-populated coastal regions of South Asia.
1)http://www.munichre.com/en/group/focus/climate_change/strate gy_and_policy/strong_indicator_of_climate_change/default.aspx 2)http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html? entrynum=1831 3)http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/0312/Warm-spring-moretornadoes-Meteorologists-raise-red-flags 4)http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/02/indiana-usstorm-system 5)http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v479/n7371/full/nature105 52.html [6] http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/storm-of-the-decade0213.html [7] http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/02/23/Study-Climatechange-will-up-storm-surges/UPI-52031330031376/#ixzz1pDL9Mu pH
Rising temperatures produce fiercer, more frequent storms. Storms start when low-pressure zones suddenly develop inside of a high-pressure system. Rising temperatures (one of the symptoms of climate change) create more low-pressure zones as hotter air rises. And hotter air can hold even more moisture, loading the dice for even more powerful storms. IN 2010, MUNICH RE (THE WORLD’S LARGEST INSURANCE COMPANY) SAID:
“Globally, loss-related floods have more than tripled since 1980, and windstorm natural catastrophes more than doubled... This rise cannot be explained without global warming.”1
EXAMPLES:
WHAT’S IN STORE
In May of 2010, Tennessee in the US experienced
A MIT study shows how climate change will result
a 1000 year flood, in which a record 17.73 inches
in more frequent storms [1]. Citing New York City
of rain fell on the state. [2]
as an example, research suggested that stronger
The recent destructive tornadoes in the Midwest U.S. are an example of severe storms that are happening faster than ways communities can
storms and a 3-foot rise in sea level would turn "100-year floods" with depths 5.7 feet above sea level into events that could occur every 25 years. [2]
build up defenses against them. [3]. Storm were so devastating that they destroyed entire communities like Marysville, Indiana. [4] Tropical cyclones across the Arabian sea have intensified over the last few years as a direct result of rising sea surface temperatures. [5] These cyclones could have huge impacts on the densely-populated coastal regions of South Asia.
1)http://www.munichre.com/en/group/focus/climate_change/strate gy_and_policy/strong_indicator_of_climate_change/default.aspx 2)http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html? entrynum=1831 3)http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/0312/Warm-spring-moretornadoes-Meteorologists-raise-red-flags 4)http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/02/indiana-usstorm-system 5)http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v479/n7371/full/nature105 52.html [6] http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/storm-of-the-decade0213.html [7] http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/02/23/Study-Climatechange-will-up-storm-surges/UPI-52031330031376/#ixzz1pDL9Mu pH
