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Studies suggest that the frequency and
severity
of many types of extreme weather
events that cause
disasters
Patient
will change as the climate warms.
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3CANADAENVIRON 0 MCLH 24/06/2014
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The
severity
of this
drought
Patient
was such that Lake Karun, in the middle of the Fayyum Depression some 30 kilometres from the Nile,
dried up and its sediments were partially carried away by wind erosion.
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JACLET 0 MCLH 24/06/2014
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An increased frequency or
severity
of heat
waves
Patient
would cause an increase in mortality,
heart attacks and breathing illnesses.
[
ENCY 0 MCLH 24/06/2014
]
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A reduction in the frequency,
severity and duration
of winter
freeze in the British Isles
Patient
would be likely under
conditions associated with global warming and could be beneficial.
[
ENCY 0 MCLH 24/06/2014
]
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Potential changes in the frequency,
severity, and duration
of extreme
events
Patient
are among the most important risks associated
with climate change in North America.
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3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 MCLH 24/06/2014
]
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Potential impacts of climate change on cities include fewer periods of extreme winter cold; increased frequency of extreme
heat;
rising sea levels and risk of storm surge; and changes in timing, frequency, and
severity
of
flooding associated
with storms and precipitation extremes
Patient
.
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3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 MCLH 24/06/2014
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Many crops, for example, are sensitive to heat stress, particularly during key stages of development, and may be adversely
affected by the increased frequency and
severity
of summer heat
waves
Patient
.
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5CANADAICC 0 MCLH 24/06/2014
]
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Furthermore, projected changes in summer precipitation patterns and characteristics suggest that the duration
and
severity
of drought
periods
Patient
may increase significantly in many areas within the midlatitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.
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5CANADAICC 0 MCLH 24/06/2014
]
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Rising sea levels will put millions of coastal dwellers at risk, and climate change will increase both the
frequency and
severity
of extreme
events, such as droughts, floods, heat waves, and windstorms
Patient
.
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2EUROPACHANGE 0 MCLH 24/06/2014
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Much less certain are the impacts of climate change on the frequency and
severity
of
storms such as hurricanes, tornadoes and winter blizzards
Patient
.
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5CANADAICC 0 MCLH 24/06/2014
]
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Natural and human systems are expected to be exposed to climatic variations such as changes in the average,
range, and variability of temperature and precipitation, as well as the frequency and
severity
of weather
events
Patient
.
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3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 MCLH 24/06/2014
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The
severity
of
winters in western Europe
Patient
, for example, tends to follow the ups and downs of the North Atlantic Oscillation,
an alternation in pressure differences between Iceland and the Azores.
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2CANADACCD9801 0 MCLH 24/06/2014
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Large storms can be identified in model climates as areas of low pressure, and the
severity
of a particular
storm
Patient
can be gauged by the intensity of the low pressure at its centre.
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1CANADACCD 0 MCLH 24/06/2014
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Heat-stress mortality and illness (predominantly cardiorespiratory) are projected to more than double by 2050 resulting from
an increase in the frequency or
severity
of heat
waves
Patient
under climate-change conditions
projected by a transient GCM (GFDL X2, UKMO X6).
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