CHAPTER 5
FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON THE INTENSITY / FREQUENCY OF FLOOD
5.0 Overview of Chapter 5
In this chapter, we will firstly introduced to climate and weather. Climate change will be discussed next. Then, the chapter will continue with consequences of climate changes such as global warming on weather elements. Lastly, this chapter will ends with effect of climate change on monsoon seasons in our country, Malaysia.
5.1 Introduction to Climate and Weather
According to Oxford Dictionaries, climate means the weather conditions mainly in a region overally or over a sustained period of time. Climate takes hundreds, thousands, or even millions of years to change. In some cases, the climate of a place is portrayed with charts this way.
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It is brought about by factors such as biotic processes, volcanic eruptions and varieties in solar radiation received by Earth. Some human activities have additionally been recognized as significant causes of recent climate change, frequently alluded to as global warming. The equilibrium temperature is determine by which energy is received from Sun and lost to space.
5.3 Consequences of Climate Change (Global Warming) on Weather aaaiElements
a)Evaporation / water vapour - Solar radiation strikes the surface of water or land and makes water change state from a liquid to gas. Water vapour is an effectual green house gases which it assimilates long wave radiation and it transmits it back to surfaces, in such a way contributes to global warming. As the climate warms, temperature of air rises, more evaporation of land and water sources happens, hence increasing the atmospheric moisture content. Warmer air can hold more moisture, which can prompt more intense rainstorms, bringing major issues such as extreme flooding in coastal area around the
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Sea surfaces temperatures are a valuable approach to illustrate ENSO patterns. In spite of the fact that scientists say climate patterns such as El Niño are not generated by climate change, rising SST caused by global warming is supposed to affect their intensity and frequency. Till now, there are no prove to verify that there are connections between global warming and El Niño. In general, regardless of how much El Niño really contributed to the sudden increment in temperature, greenhouse gaseous emissions still induced on a few if not the greater part of
Climate includes the patterns of temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind and seasons. What is climate change? • Climate change is the change in the usual weather found in a place. This could be a change in how much rain a place gets in a year or it could be a change in the usual temperature of a place. • Climate change is also a change
Climate Change is a nomenclature for all that is affiliated to the climate and more, weirdly enough... our existence. You 'd thought climate and existence shouldn 't be marinated together in such a kung ho disorientation, I say this in the knowledge that the homo-sapien has survived for 5 million years in which time seismic Climate Change (s) have taken place. The Industrial Age wasn 't the reason and it 'll surprise Warmists that nature 's ecologist data is in sync with weather patterns of today. Nature doesn 't spring up differing climate patterns at a whim, so why call it 'Change? '
Increasing temperatures cause sea ice to melt, and that makes the global water level rise. This DBQ is about the most important consequence of climate change. There are multiple significant consequences of climate change, such as fires or deforestation, but the most critical consequence is sea ice melting. One reason why flooding is the most important consequence of climate change is because of how it's impacting animals. Water rising is an influential consequence of climate change because it impacts animals around the world.
Climate within different geographic areas are the common weather patterns of a specific area and some causes of climate within different geographic areas are the temperature of that area and geographic features such as bodies of water or mountains. Bodies of water like an ocean can create cooler ocean breezes that can affect the climate of that area. 5. What is a biome and what causes biome regions?
Weather is made up of short-term changes in atmospheric variables such as temperature, precipitation, wind, and barometric pressure in a given area over a period of hours or days (Miller & Spoolman, 2011:482). Whereas climate is typical weather conditions of a particular
One of many complications is the change in precipitation patterns, which can lead to flooding via extreme storms and can even cause extreme droughts. This problem is a serious one as every year, billions of
Climate change is an irreversible consequence of the damage we do to our Earth. If we do not change our ways, the global temperature will swell, causing an unchangeable series of events, consecrating detriments onto all the existence upon Earth. In only about 140 years, the average global temperature has increased 0.8 degrees celsius, and the ramification is the irreparable destruction of the place where we and millions of other species live. The most important consequence of climate change is the global increase in temperature and how that is affecting various animal species all over the Earth, the health of humans, and the rapid rise of sea level.
Texas was once a republic; hence, it has more history than other states. The Lone Star State has enough history to have a mandatory full-length class in high schools, colleges, and universities—not many other states could say the same. Cowboy hats, cowboy boots, and jeans remain the image that most people have when they imagine Texas, but Texas and Texans are beyond that. Furthermore, “Texas is the second largest state […and] the second most populous state” (Neilsen-Gammon 1). All throughout the distinct State of Texas, the weather significantly varies from one region to another; thus, more variations in the climatic zones exist than in other states.
These gases retain heat on earth thus increasing the temperature above average. Different gases have dissimilar abilities to trap heat. Deforestation is also another important reason for global warming. Plants release oxygen and take in carbon, thus providing us a clean and healthy environment. But by deforesting the lands, the trees would emit the carbon stored in them from hundreds of years making the air impure.
The most intense greenhouse effects include water vapors, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. Moreover, the other chemicals such as CFC also contribute to the green house effects. It should be noted that the absorbed energy from the atmosphere by the earth directly increase the surface temperature. The Earth only has the tendency to absorb and maintain 33 degree Celsius temperature, and rapid increase lead to destruction of the human life on Earth.
Global warming also referred to as climate change is the gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth 's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants in the air today. There are two causes of global warming, human influences and also natural causes. Global warming is increasing day by day because of all the natural causes going on. A greenhouse is a glass building that contains plants in it that needed to be protected from cold weather. These greenhouses attract heat from many things like the
Throughout history Earth`s climate has changed a lot, and there is a lot of evidence that shows how humans have contributed to this changed and effected the Earth. Just in the last 650,000 years there have been seven cycles of glacial advances, the increase in the thickness and area of a glacier. As well as glacial retreats, a condition occurring when backward melting at the front of a glacier takes place at a rate exceeding forward motion. Most climate changes are attributed to very small variations in the earth`s orbit, that change the amount of solar energy our planet receives. The 21st century has seen the most temperature records broken in recorded history.
Climate change is a change in global or provincial climate that changes over a time span of many years. Weather can change in just a few hours, But Climate change takes hundreds or even millions of years to change. Climate change is happening all around us. Whether it is the global temperature rise or the melting of the polar ice caps, it is happening.
Rising sea levels and higher temperature, dangerous rainstorms and droughts are going up commonly. When the temperature increases, the ice will melt at the North Pole. This result leads to the effect that sea levels
Firstly, what exactly is climate change? Climate change is when the usual weather that is found in an area changes. This can be seen as a change of precipitation in an area or the change in temperature.