In the summer of 2006 my hometowns of El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico saw something they had not seen before: torrential rains that lasted for about a week. As a desert environment, the region tends to have long periods of drought with a short-lived periods of intense precipitation in the summer months. For example, […]
Global warming has already begun to impact our sea levels, and is projected to have an impact in the future. According to the fourth assessment report of the IPCC, the sea-level is predicted to rise between .5 and 1.2m by 2100. Further evidence has predicted an accelerated increase in sea levels due to feedback loops […]
Connection between global warming and droughts is very intuitive. Yes, heat leads to droughts. Yet, linkage between global warming and storms or floods is not so obvious. It is understandable that when the earth is hotter, glaciers melting will cause sea level to rise. Nevertheless, that sounds like a very gradual and adaptable progress. Why […]
With climate change comes more intense floods and droughts in designated areas as well as uncertainties regarding the frequency, severity, and location of future hurricanes. But to say that these uncertainties (or contradictions) shouldn’t provoke precautionary measures or major adaptations is like dismissing the devastating impacts of Hurricane Katrina altogether. The fact of the matter […]
imply put, the primary factor of human impact on global climate change is the recent increase of fossil fuel burning, which use has been relatively increasing since the industrial revolution.
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