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Extreme weather events
By Lillian Gregory&
John EngPeriod 2 Mrs. GM
12/10/12
Suggested Links!• http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/whcat5.htm• http://www.cnas.org/naturalsecurity/consequences/climate-change• http://climate.nasa.gov/effects/• http://climate.nasa.gov/effects/
Climate Change• Is more than just a change in the weather, it refers to
seasonal changes over a long period of time. These climate patterns play a fundamental role in shaping natural ecosystems, and the human economies and cultures that depend on them.
Tornadoes
• Possible correlation between tornadoes and climate change
• Frequency and magnitude increasing• Massive damage • Particularly important to American mid west
Hurricanes
• Global Warming green house affect• As the ocean warms hurricanes become
stronger• Stronger hurricanes form in perfect conditions
out to sea • Storms are much weaker and less destructive
when they form closer to land
Intense Hurricanes Over Past 100 Years
Category 5:• Labor Day Hurricane 1935 hit miami
Hurricane Camille 1969 hit louisianaHurricane Andrew 1992 hit miami
• Hurricane Isabel in 2003 was the Atlantic's first Category 5 of the 21st Century, but it weakened to a category 2 storm before hitting the USA.
• Only 23 known to have reached this strength at any time during their lives between 1928 and 2003.
• Hurricane Katrina strengthened into a category 5 hurricane while in the Gulf of Mexico, but made landfall as a category 4 hurricane.
• http://www.amnh.org/explore/amnh.tv/(watch)/science-bulletins/tropical-cyclone-sandy
• http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/news-video/video-extreme-weather-and-climate-change/article5583549/?cmpid=rss1
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Blizzards
• Intensity increases• 2010• Does not mean global warming is fake• More moisture in the air
Works Cited • Masters, Jeff, Dr. "Are Category 4 and 5 Hurricanes Increasing in Number?" Weather Forecast &
Reports. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Dec. 2012. <http://www.wunderground.com/education/webster.asp>.• Wolchover, Natalie. "Beyond Irene: Future Hurricanes Will Get Worse." Yahoo! News. Yahoo!, 28
Aug. 2011. Web. 04 Dec. 2012. <http://news.yahoo.com/beyond-irene-future-hurricanes-worse-221004498.html>.
• http://climate.nasa.gov/effects/• Pateman, Michael. "Tornadoes and Climate Change." Tornadoes and Climate Change. Ed.
Drew Vankat. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Dec. 2012