Nowadays, climate change has become a growing issue that has affected all aspects of life so that there has been a growing emphasis in ...
Nowadays, climate change has become a growing issue that has affected all aspects of life so that there has been a growing emphasis in forecasting to keep track of extreme weather events from typhoons to hurricanes. The rising greenhouse gases has significant effect on the drought, precipitation and wind patterns.
It is expected that extreme weather condition will become more frequent than ever before. We would be experiencing more super typhoons and other forms of mega disasters in the future. Scientists from around the world have worked hard to develop a more reliable weather forecasting strategies to keep track of these events a century ahead of time. In this way, it will help us prepare before a serious natural disaster will ravage our cities and countryside.
As extreme weather events intensify, there would be a corresponding effects: rising sea level, frequency of wildfires, growing desertification, disappearance of lakes, longer summer and melting ice caps. Computer simulations were made based on the data gathered from 1980 to 1999 so that a forecast in the century after that time period will be tracked.
Their computer simulations conducted by researchers at NCAR, Texas Tech University and Australia's Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre have shown that by the end of the century:
- The number of extremely warm nights and the length of heat waves for land areas around the globe will increase significantly.
- Most areas above 40 degrees North latitude will experience more days of heavy rain, defined as more than 0.40 inches. This swath includes Canada, northern parts of the United States and most of Europe.
- Dry spells, which can lead to drought, could lengthen significantly across the western United States, southern Europe, eastern Brazil and several other areas.
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