Cuaca ekstrim menjadi lebih hebat dan lebih sering. (IPCC 2007).12,13 (IPCC 2007)
Sebagian dari peristiwa bencana utama 2010:
Gelombang panas dan api di Rusia.Musim panas 2010, gelombang panas dan juga udara berpolusi dari kebakaran hutan menyebabkan kematian di Moskow menjadi dua kali lipat dengan total 700 orang setiap harinya. 14,15 (Russian Academy of Sciences) Pejabat Kota Moskow, Rusia melaporkan kenaikan persentase kematian sebesar 60% pada musim panas terakhir ini, ketika hampir 11.000 penduduk kota musnah karena efek luar biasa dari kabut dan asap, serta temperatur yang tinggi. 16
Banjir Pakistan.Banjir besar, terparah di dalam sejarah negara ini, mengakibatkan 2.000 kematian, lebih dari 20 juta terluka atau menjadi tunawisma. Seperlima negara tergenang air. 17
Tanah longsor China.Banjir dan tanah longsor di negara ini menyebabkan 3.100 korban meninggal dan lebih dari 1.000 orang tanpa jejak hanya pada tahun 2010. Banjir di seluruh China meningkat tujuh kali lipat sejak tahun 1950-an. 18
Brasiljuga menghadapi banjir besar yang luar biasa pada bulan April dan Juni 2010 dengan ratusan korban setiap kali terjadi. 19
Polandiamenderita banjir terparahnya selama beberapa dekade terakhir pada bulan Mei 2010. 20
Kebakaran hutan melandaPortugalpada musim panas 2010, dipacu oleh tingkat kelembaban yang rendah, angin kuat, dan rekor temperatur tertinggi 40 derajat Celsius. 21
DiChad and Nigeriapada tahun 2010, kekeringan disusul banjir yang menyapu bersih sedikit panen makanan yang tersisa setelah kekeringan terakhir.22
Dingin dan badai salju luar biasapada tahun 2010 di India, Eropa Utara, Amerika Utara dan Amerika Selatan.
Banyak gempa bumi dan aktivitas gunung berapi pada tahun 2010 melanda Indonesia, Islandia, Turki, Chili, Haiti, dll.
Pemanasan global dapat menyebabkan gunung berapi berlapis es seperti Eyjafjallaj๖kull Islandia menjadi lebih mudah meletus karena kehilangan es yang menyebabkan hilangnya tekanan pada batu panas di bawah permukaan Bumi.23 (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 2010)
Tanah longsor dan salju longsor di pegunungan tinggi telah meningkat selama beberapa dekade ini dikarenakan pemanasan global. Meningkatnya risiko keruntuhan gunung berapi dengan tanah longsor yang dapat mengubur kota-kota.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)
Banjir karena danau es meluap semakin meningkat karena danau dari es ini terus mencair semakin banyak baik dalam jumlah maupun ukuran di Kathmandu.25 (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Kathmandu, 2010)
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