Extreme Weather Increasing
2023 CE • Worldwide
"The intensity of extreme drought and rainfall has "sharply" increased over the past 20 years . . . These aren't merely tough weather events, they are leading to extremes such as crop failure, infrastructure damage, even humanitarian crises and conflict . . . The strong link between these climate extremes and rising global average temperatures means continued global warming will mean more drought and rainstorms that are worse by many measures — more frequent, more severe, longer and larger."
"Extreme floods and droughts worsening with climate change, study finds," CBS News, March 14, 2023.
Image: Cameron Strandberg from Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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