Extreme weather events are becoming more intense and more frequent.12,13 (IPCC 2007)
Some of 2010’s major disaster events:
Russian heat wave and fires.
The summer 2010 heat wave as well as the polluted air from the forest
fires caused fatalities in Moscow to double to a total of 700 people
per day. 14,15 (Russian Academy of Sciences) City
officials of Moscow, Russia reported a 60% increase in the mortality
rate this past summer, when nearly 11,000 of the city’s inhabitants
perished due to the effects of excessive smog and record high
temperatures. 16
Pakistani floods. Massive
floods, the worst in nation’s history, result in about 2,000
fatalities, more than 20 million injured or homeless. One‐fifth of
country was underwater.17
Chinese landslides. Nationwide
floods and landslides leave over 3,100 killed and over 1,000 missing
in 2010 alone. Floods across China increased sevenfold since the 1950s.
18
Brazilwas also struck by extreme heavy floods in April and June 2010 with hundreds of fatalities each time.19
Polandsuffered her worst flooding in decades in May 2010.20
Forest fires raged in Portugal
in summer 2010, spurred on by low humidity levels, strong winds, and
temperatures reaching record highs of 40 degrees Celsius.21
In Chad and Nigeria in 2010, drought then floods that wiped out the small amounts of food crops left after the drought.22
Extreme cold and snow storms in 2010 in India, Northern Europe, North America, and South America
A lot of earthquakes and volcano activity in 2010 disrupted Indonesia, Iceland, Turkey, Chile, Haiti, etc.
Global
warming can cause ice-capped volcanoes like Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull
to more easily erupt due to the ice loss causing a release of pressure
on the hot rocks beneath the Earth’s surface.23(Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 2010)
Landslidesand
avalanches in high mountains have increased over the past decade due
to global warming. Volcanoes are increasingly at risk of collapse with
mega-landslides that could bury cities.24
(David Pyle, a volcanologist at the University of Oxford, Bill McGuire
of University College London and Rachel Lowe at the University of
Exeter, UK)
Glacial lake outburst floods are increasing as lakes from glacial melt grow in number and size. 25(International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Kathmandu, 2010)
Romm, J. (26. Januar 2009). NOAA stunner: Climate change “largely irreversible for 1000 years,” with permanent Dust Bowls in Southwest and around the globe. Ein Online-Artikel über einen Befund der National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]. Climate Progress blog. Abgerufen am 11. Januar 2011 von http://climateprogress.org/2009/01/26/noaa-climate-change-irreversible-1000-years-drought-dust-bowls/
Drought, wildfires put Brazil under environmental emergency (8. September 2010). MYsinchew.com. Abgerufen am 11. Januar 2011 von http://www.mysinchew.com/node/44603?tid=37
Ahmed, S.A., Diffenbaugh, N.S. and Hertel, T.W. (20. August 2009). Climate Volatility Deepens Poverty Vulnerability in Developing Countries. Abgerufen am 11. Januar 2011 von der Purdue University, News Website http://www.purdue.edu/uns/x/2009b/090820DiffenbaughHertel.html#
Matson, J. (21. April 2010). A warming world could trigger earthquakes, landslides and volcanoes. Ein Online-Artikel in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: A Physical, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences research. Scientific American [Elektronische Version]. Abgerufen am 11. Januar 2011 von http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=no-link-now-between-eyjafjallajando-2010-04-21
Global warming could turn forests from sink to source of carbon emissions. (16. April 2009). Ein Online-Artikel über einen Bericht der International Union of Forest Research Organizations [IUFRO]. mongabay.com. Abgerufen am 11. Januar 2011 von http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0416-forests.html
Finnish Environment Institute (2010). Soil contributes to climate warming more than expected - Finnish research shows a flaw in climate models. Universität von Helsinki. Abgerufen am 11. Januar 2011 von http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?contentid=351875&lan=en
Adam, D. (14. Januar 2010). Arctic permafrost leaking methane at record levels, figures show. Ein Artikel über einen Befund von Paul Palmer, ein Wissenschaftler an der Edinburgh University. The Guardian. Abgerufen am 11. Januar 2011 von http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/14/arctic-permafrost-methane
Corwin, J. A. (12. Oktober 2006). Russia: Siberia’s Once-Frozen Tundra Is Melting. Ein Online-Artikel über einen Befund von Dr. Katie Walter. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Abgerufen am 11. Januar 2011 von http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1071976.html
Fitzpatrick, M. (6. Januar 2010). Methane release ‘looks stronger’. Ein Artikel über einen Befund von Professor Igor Semiletov, Leiter der International Siberian Shelf Study [ISSS], University of Alaska at Fairbanks, USA. BBC. Abgerufen am 11. Januar 2011 von http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8437703.stm
Ljunggren, D. (29. Juli 2009). Arctic tundra hotter, boosts global warming: expert. Ein Artikel über die Forschungsergebnisse von Professor Greg Henry, University of British Columbia. Reuters. Abgerufen am 11. Januar 2011 von http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE56S53E20090729
Return to previous Arctic conditions is unlikely (2010). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s [NOAA] Arctic Report Card 2010 Update. Abgerufen am 11. Januar 2011 von http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/
Hansen, K. (27. Januar 2010). Arctic ‘Melt Season’ Is Growing Longer, New Research Demonstrates. NASA. Abgerufen am 11. Januar 2011 von Phsyorg.com http://www.physorg.com/news183836066.html
Water flowing through ice sheets accelerates warming, could speed up ice flow (3. November 2010). University of Colorado, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences [CIRES]. Abgerufen am 11. Januar 2011 von http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-11-ice-sheets.html
Greenland glacier calves island four times the size of Manhattan (6. August 2010). University of Delaware. Abgerufen am 11. Januar 2011 von http://www.physorg.com/news200326075.html
Lamont-Doherty (20. Juni 2010). New research sheds light on Antarctica’s melting Pine Island Glacier. British Antarctic Survey. Abgerufen am 11. Januar 2011 von http://www.physorg.com/news196255601.html
Stracansky, P. (13. November 2010). Fast Melting Glaciers Threaten Biodiversity. Inter Press Service [IPS]/International Federation of Environmental Journalists [IFEJ]/UNEP/CBD. Abgerufen am 11. Januar 2011 von http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=53552
Hance, J. (2. November 2009). Goodbye, snows of Kilimanjaro. Ein Artikel über den Befund von Proceedings of the National Academy of Science [PNAS] report. mongabay.com. Abgerufen am 11. Januar 2011 von http://news.mongabay.com/2009/1102-hance_kilimanjaro.html
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