Effect of Climate Change on Environment.

EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON ENVIRONMENT.

Widespread changes in weather systems bring about by rising global temperatures make natural disasters like hurricanes, floods, and droughts more severe and unpredictable. Severe weather catastrophes that may have only happened once in our grandparents' lifetimes are happening more frequently in our own. But not everywhere will encounter the same outcomes: Climate change may increase the likelihood of floods in some areas while causing severe droughts in others.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that since the start of the preindustrial era 250 years ago, the planet has already warmed by 1.1 degrees Celsius (1.9 degrees Fahrenheit). And scientists warn it could reach a worst-case scenario of 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2100 if we fail to tackle the causes of climate change—namely, the burning of fossil fuels.

Additionally, warmer air retains more moisture, which increases the strength, wetness, and ability of tropical cyclones to intensify quickly. According to the most recent IPCC report, scientists discovered that the risk of flooding would rise with each degree Celsius of global warming due to an approximate 7% increase in daily rainfall during extreme precipitation events. It is also anticipated that the frequency of powerful Category 4 and 5 hurricanes will rise.

In addition to the flooding that occurs along the coast due to sea level rise, climate change affects snowmelt and heavy precipitation, which cause flooding inland and in cities. Our country's floodplains are predicted to expand by roughly 45% by 2100 as a result of global warming's continued exacerbation of extreme weather and sea level rise.

(Source-NRDC)