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Studies suggest that the frequency and
severity
of many types of extreme
weather
events that cause
disasters
Cause
will change as the climate warms.
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]
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The
severity
of this
drought
Cause
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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]
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An increased frequency or
severity
of heat
waves
Cause
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
Cause
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
Cause
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
Cause
.
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]
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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
Cause
.
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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
Cause
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
Cause
.
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]
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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
Cause
.
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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
Cause
.
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]
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The
severity
of
winters in western Europe
Cause
, 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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]
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Large storms can
be identified in model climates as areas of low pressure, and the
severity
of a particular
storm
Cause
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
Cause
under climate-change conditions projected
by a transient GCM (GFDL X2, UKMO X6).
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]
