Global warming intensifies these phenomena, generates alarming figures on the consequences of floods and droughts in different regions.
A report made by the POT He revealed that in the last five years a Increase in the intensity of extreme meteorological phenomena as droughts and floods In different regions. According to experts, these phenomena are becoming more frequentlonger and more destructive, with figures than duplicate the average of the last 17 years.
This fact alerted meteorologists generating a Concern about possible consequences worldwide. Although it cannot be said with certainty that global warming is the only cause, the data suggests that climate change is accelerating this process at a faster rate than expected.
“Climate change is the most likely cause of this apparent tendencyalthough the intensity of extreme phenomena seems to have triggered even faster than global temperatures, “they said in a note published in The Guardian.
Extreme climatic events
Through advanced satellite observations, NASA used its Grace satellite to study changes in land water systems.
These data show an intensification of extreme climatic events, such as prolonged droughts and torrential rains, which have affected increasingly large regions and for longer periods. The study revealed that In the last five years, extreme phenomena have doubled their frequency and intensity compared to the average of 2003 to 2020.
From the weather office they warned that “The population was not prepared for this type of meteorological phenomena, which would be unusual“
He Study director on the impacts of climate change on the National Meteorological Service, Richard Betts expressed that: “This is a hard reminder that a hotter planet involves more serious floods and droughts. This has been predicted for a long time, but now it is realizing. ”
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