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from: A n c i e n t H i p p yF o r t h e l a s t f e w y e a r s , t h e w e a t h e r h a s b e e n q u i t e v e r y u n p r e d i c t a b l e . T h e c a s e s o f t s u n a m i i n t h e A s i a n r e g i o n a n d t h e s t r o n g h u r r i c a n e s t h a t a f f e c t e d t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s i n t h e p a s t f e w y e a r s a r e s t r o n g e v i d e n c e s t h a t o u r w e a t h e r i s i n d e e d t u r n i n g v i o l e n t . A c c o r d i n g t o e x p e r t s , t h e c h a n g e s i n t h e w e a t h e r c a n b e c l o s e l y l i n k e d t o g l o b a l w a r m i n g . T h e g l o b a l w a r m i n g d a t a g a t h e r e d b y e x p e r t s s h o w t h a t o u r p l a n e t i s e x p e r i e n c i n g s o m e m a j o r c h a n g e s i n t h e t e m p e r a t u r e .
T h e g l o b a l w a r m i n g d a t a s h o w e d t h a t t h e i n c r e a s e i n t h e t e m p e r a t u r e i n t h e s u r f a c e o f t h e e a r t h c a u s e d s e v e r a l c h a n g e s i n t h e w e a t h e r t h a t a f f e c t t h e n a t u r a l r e s o u r c e s s u c h a s w a t e r . A c c o r d i n g t o s t u d i e s , f o r t h e l a s t s e v e r a l y e a r s , t h e r a i n f a l l i n s o m e p a r t s o f t h e w o r l d h a s b e e n q u i t e e x t r e m e .
T h e r e a r e s o m e a r e a s w h i c h e x p e r i e n c e d e x t r e m e l y h e a v y r a i n f a l l w h i l e t h e r e a r e a l s o s o m e p a r t s o f t h e w o r l d t h a t d o e s n o t h a v e m u c h r a i n f a l l a t a l l . T h e e f f e c t s o f b o t h d r o u g h t s a n d f l o o d i n g a r e v e r y d e v a s t a t i n g t o t h e p e o p l e i n t h e a r e a . T h e f a c t t h a t c r o p s a n d o t h e r a g r i c u l t u r a l p r o d u c t s a r e o f t e n v e r y m u c h a f f e c t e d b y t h e e x t r e m e w e a t h e r c o n d i t i o n s , t h e f o o d s e c u r i t y o f t h e p e o p l e i n t h e c o u n t r y i s a l s o a f f e c t e d .
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G l o b a l w a r m i n g d a t a s h o w e d t h a t t h e e f f e c t s o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s n o t o n l y l i m i t e d t o t h e c h a n g e s i n t h e w e a t h e r c o n d i t i o n s . S c i e n t i s t s w h o a n a l y z e d t h e g l o b a l w a r m i n g d a t a r e v e a l e d t h a t t h e r e h a d b e e n a s i g n i f i c a n t r i s e i n t h e s e a l e v e l f o r t h e p a s t 1 0 0 y e a r s . A c c o r d i n g t o t h e g l o b a l w a r m i n g d a t a g a t h e r e d i n t h e l a s t f e w y e a r s , t h e s e a s h a v e r i s e n a b o u t 1 t o 2 m m / y e a r f o r t h e l a s t 1 0 0 y e a r s .
T h e g r a d u a l r i s e i n t h e s e a l e v e l i s n o t r e a l l y m u c h n o t i c e a b l e t o o r d i n a r y p e o p l e a t t h e m o m e n t b u t t i m e w i l l c o m e w h e r e s o m e l o w - l y i n g a r e a s i n t h e c o u n t r y w i l l s o o n b e i n u n d a t e d w i t h s e a w a t e r . W h e n t h i s h a p p e n s , b e f o r e w h o a r e l i v i n g n e a r t h e s e a s h o r e s w i l l l o s e t h e i r h o m e s a n d p r o p e r t i e s .
W h a t c a u s e s t h e r i s e i n t h e s e a l e v e l ? A c c o r d i n g t o e x p e r t s , t h e m e l t i n g o f t h e g l a c i e r s i n t h e N o r t h P o l e a n d t h e S o u t h P o l e c a u s e d t h e r i s e o f t h e s e a l e v e l . A s a t e m p e r a t u r e o f t h e e a r t h s s u r f a c e r i s e , t h e g l a c i e r s s t a r t s t o m e l t a n d t h e w a t e r c o m i n g f r o m t h e s e g l a c i e r s f l o w i n t o t h e s e a . I f g l o b a l w a r m i n g c o n t i n u e s , t h e g l a c i e r s c o u l d m e l t a t a f a s t e r d e g r e e a n d t h e s e a l e v e l w i l l d r a s t i c a l l y r i s e .
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The Nation's Weather - The Associated Press
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