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7.1. What extreme events could global warming explain?
As the world warms, some extreme climate events,
like the frequency of heat waves and very heavy precipitation, are
expected to increase, but some others remains uncertain. Moreover,
it is not possible to link any particular weather or climate event
definitively to global warming . More...
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7.2. Is the occurrence of extreme temperatures increasing?
In some regions where good data are available, there
have been some significant increases and decreases in extreme temperatures
over time. For example, there have been fewer extremely low minimum
temperatures in several areas. As global temperatures rise, extremely
high temperatures are expected to be more frequent. More...
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7.3. Are precipitation levels changing?
As the Earth warms, an increase in the frequency
of extreme precipitation events and droughts is expected. In some
regions, an increase in precipitation has been observed, but there
is no evidence in other regions of a worldwide rise in droughts.
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7.4. Are storms affected by global warming?
Blizzards and snow storms may actually increase
in intensity and frequency in some colder locations and decrease
in temperate latitudes.
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The frequency of intense extra-tropical storms has
increased in the northern North Atlantic and decreased in the southern
North Atlantic, but it remains uncertain whether these are related
to global warming . More...
No apparent long-term trends have been observed
in the total number of tropical storms including hurricanes, typhoons
and cyclones. There is little consensus about how global warming
will affect their intensity and frequency in the future. More...
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