extreme weather

Extreme weather includes unusual, severe or unseasonal weather; weather at the extremes of the historical distributionâthe range that has been seen in the past.[1] The most commonly used definition of extreme weather is based on an event's climatological distribution: Extreme weather occurs only 5% or less of the time. According to climate scientists and meteorological researchers, extreme weather events have been rare.[2] An increase in extreme weather events has been attributed to man-made global warming,[3][4][5] with a 2012 studies indicating an increasing threat from extreme weather.[6][7]

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Curiosity observations show extreme pressure swings on Mars

Wed, Sep 26, 2012

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Though a barren, life-intimidating landscape, Mars still has the most resembling weather to Earth compared to the other planets in our solar system. Recent measurements beamed by the Curiosity rover, which touched down on the martian surface a few weeks ago, have confirmed the scientists’ theories of extreme pressure swings. According to observations, pressure variations can be [...]

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Extreme weather from past decade linked to global warming

Mon, Mar 26, 2012

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In the year 2011 alone, the US faced 14 extreme weather events, while Japan registered record rainfalls and the Yangtze river basin in China suffered a record drought. The year 2010 saw Russia in the midst of its hottest summer in centuries, while Pakistan and Australia received record-breaking amounts of rain, highly atypical for the region. [...]

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