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E xtreme weather events

E xtreme weather events . By Lillian Gregory & John Eng Period 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/.

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E xtreme weather events

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  1. Extreme weather events By Lillian Gregory & John Eng Period 2 Mrs. GM 12/10/12

  2. 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/

  3. 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.

  4. Tornadoes • Possible correlation between tornadoes and climate change • Frequency and magnitude increasing • Massive damage • Particularly important to American mid west

  5. 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

  6. Intense Hurricanes Over Past 100 Years Category 5: • Labor Day Hurricane 1935 hit miamiHurricane 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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  8. Blizzards • Intensity increases • 2010 • Does not mean global warming is fake • More moisture in the air

  9. 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

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