Extreme weather, here to stay?
Sometimes it feels like there is some real extreme or at least, different weather going on out there. According to a recent op-ed by Charles M. Blow, it's not just your imagination, as we are now "firmly ensconced in the Age of Extreme Weather."
- Four times as many weather-related disasters in the past 30 years than the last 75.
- Tornadoes through the central states.
- Wildfires in California and Florida
- Extreme drought in the Southeast
Who do we have to blame, according to Blow? Ourselves. Blow cites a U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report that concluded that human influences have "more likely than not" contributed to this increase in extreme weather events. A White House report that came out this week stated that the situation is only going to get worse, with less frequent, but more intense precipitation and more intense hurricanes.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
6-01-2008 @ 9:50AM
Peter Shekel said...
I am a little bit troubled נט the idea that we no longer control nature. we take advantage of the natural resources of our planet and now we are paying the price, and the nature is no longer on our side.
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6-01-2008 @ 9:50AM
Jon said...
We (for the record) have never been able to "control" nature in that way, these more potent storms just make this fact much more apparent
6-04-2008 @ 10:43AM
Rick said...
And what kind of accurate weather records were kept past 75 years ago?
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6-04-2008 @ 10:43AM
Rick said...
Well, as for facts, most of the recent wildfires in Cali and Florida were set by humans, not caused by nature.
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