Friday, February 21, 2014

Extreme UK Weather Linked to Global Warming

http://news.discovery.com/earth/global-warming/uk-storms-and-floods-linked-to-global-warming-140211.htm

Britain has abundant rainfall and flooding in the past two month without precedent.
the U.K. Meteorological Office confirming that ”regional statistics suggest that this is one of, if not the most, exceptional periods of winter rainfall in at least 248 years.”Anther records reported by APE is several area received five months of rainfall between December 12 and January 31. The rainy winter has records tumbling, being the wettest period for December and January across the United Kingdom since 1910. It was also the windiest December since 1969. The met office have a report pointed several earthly causes. It noticed that Britain flooding same as the extreme cold weather in Canada and America. it observed, is the Atlantic jet stream being more intense and reaching further back into the tropical East Pacific than normal. It would allow warmer and moister air to enter the storm systems. It also caused that the sub-tropical Atlantic is now warmer than ten years ago. There are many evidences show that extreme daily rainfall rates are becoming more strong. a warmer world will lead to more intense daily and hourly heavy rain events.

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