Floods, droughts heat waves and bush fires are examples of extreme weather. ... Scientists use climate models to predict patterns of future heat waves. ... The first type of extreme weather I am going to focus on is heat waves, followed by drought and then flooding. ... In 2013, the United Kingdom suffered from a variety of extreme weather events, ranging from floods to heat waves and droughts. ... However, in 2014, the NHS published a 'Heatwave Plan for England' which is a detailed report on protecting health and reducing harm from severe heat and heat waves, which leads peo...

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Atmosphere Gas - Nitrogen (most abundant), oxygen, / carbon dioxide - has the ability to absorb heat radiated by earth, water vapor Atmosphere Pressure is in MB - Atmosphere pressure in the PPI - Atmosphere pressure at sea level - slightly more 1000 millibars, pressure decrease with altitude 3.5 miles 50% atmosphere is below 10 miles 90% atmosphere is below Atmospheric carbon dioxide is transparent to incoming Short-Wavelength solar radiation. ... Ozone -combines 3 atom oxygen (03) / concentrate between 10-50 kilometers above the stratosphere / absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiat...

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They reduce erosion of the coastal area by absorbing wave energy and reflecting incoming waves. ... They break the force of incoming waves, thereby reducing coastal erosion. ... Also, breakwaters are useless against sufficiently high waves. ... Tetrapods are four-pronged concrete structures that help dissipate wave energy. ... This will cause climate change as the increased release of infrared rays will heat up the Earth. ...

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When heat from the lower air spreads through a larger volume, the mass of air becomes cooler. ... Causes of weather changes that occur as hair from high-pressure zones flows toward low pressure areas, fronts pass and waves develop, dew points are reached, and sea breezes arise. ...

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As each day passes Earth is experiencing more global warming, entire ecosystems are destroyed, several acres of the rainforest are wiped out, and pollution is causing harmful effects. Earth is slowly being destroyed, and if people aren't informed and actions are not taken now, humans will not have ...

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The rain pelts down in sheets consistent with the wind that blows in waves of strong forceful hatred. ... The heat, though not much, from her touch leaves small patches of condensation around the tips of her resting hand giving her life. ...

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The "hockey stick" describes a reconstruction of temperatures over the past 1000 to 2000 years using tree-rings, ice cores, coral and other records that act as proxies for temperature (Mann 1999). The reconstruction found that global temperature gradually cooled over the last 1000 years wit...

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