2007-09-01 07:24:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Global Warming
stronger and more frequent hurricanes and tornadoes
2007-09-01 07:32:03 · answer #1 · answered by prabha G 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Follow The Energy
The Green House Effect is trapping immense amounts of energy in the Earths biosphere. To give you an idea of the magnitude a one deg C rise in the temperature of the oceans is equivalent to the energy of 1.3 BILLION atomic bombs. That energy in turn drives the water cycle faster the heat has then lifted the water into the sky and has now become potential energy. Then there is always turbulance within the clouds caused by differential pressure and temperature that causes static electricity and lightning. The rain falls and the potential energy is turned into kinetic energy of the rain falling and any flood waters flowing downhill. In other areas landforms and ocean currents direct the clouds away and cause droughts.
The more energy trapped in the biosphere, the more extreme and frequent the storms get that are all part of the water cycle.
That is weather
As the average temperature rises the growing zones (tropical, temperate etc) move away from the equator toward the Poles and a lot of aerable land will become desert a la the 1930s "Dustbowl" Era. Fires will be more frequent as weather becomes more severe due to more frequent lightning strikes in tinder dry regions receiving less than normal rain. Crops are failing already, hunger in undeveloped countries in Africa won't be the popular topic in the near future, hunger in developed countries will be.
That is climate.
2007-09-01 08:50:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try turning it the other way! What effect does the weather and climate have on global warming!
2007-09-01 07:28:07 · answer #3 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Check out national graphic link below for a differing opinion on this global warming theory
2007-09-01 07:34:40 · answer #4 · answered by Jan Luv 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blaming an individual storm on global warming is like blaming and individual lung cancer case on smoking.
The storm may have been a result of gobal warming, or maybe it would have happened anyway.
Perhaps the lung cancer was the result of the individuals smoking habits, or perhaps the mutation had a "natural"
origin. It is virtually impossible to know.
But blaming global warming on frequency and intensity of storms in general is much easier to do.
Just like blaming smoking for frequency of lung cancer in a population is easy to do.
the individual is weather
the population is climate
2007-09-01 07:54:06 · answer #5 · answered by PD 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Very quick summary of some of the effects...
Increased rainfall in most places, decreased in some
Decreased snowfall in pretty much all places
Prolonged dry periods leading to drought and crop failure, in turn leading the malnutrition, famine, disease etc
Increased flooding in many areas, especially those that have a temperate or tropical climate.
Increased incidence and intensity of storms including hurricanes, cyclones, tornadoes etc. Such storms striking areas previously considered safe.
Overall rise in temperatures, currently more pronounced in areas away from the equator and particularly in the northern hemisphere. Predicted to hit Africa and Asia harder in the future.
Increased number and intensity of thunderstorms, more lightning.
Change in wind patterns, some areas becoming more windy, some less.
The above effects have a wide range of knock on effects from desertification to population migration.
If you want any of the above explaining as to how and why they happen, when and where, what's happened already etc then please add some more details.
2007-09-01 07:53:02 · answer #6 · answered by Trevor 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
All of the hurricanes, excessive heat, all the stuff we're going thru right now is extreme because of global warming. If you still are in doubt, go to google.com and type in " global warming effects on weather".
2007-09-01 07:28:14 · answer #7 · answered by kcbarbieq 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
easy question.
you'll know IF it's:
hot
dry
cold
wet
snowy
mild
record breaking
icy
windy
calm
in short, they've painted it so no mater what happens, IT'S PROOF OF GLOBAL WARMING!
2007-09-01 08:13:07 · answer #8 · answered by afratta437 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
more intense storms, warmer air.
2007-09-01 07:27:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋