No matter where you live in the world, chances are you have seen some pretty bizarre weather in the last couple of years. To many people, the crazy weather is just that- crazy weather, but to scientists the crazy weather is evidence of something more serious. Scientists are claiming that the extreme weather is due to global warming.
Are you wondering why your home town is flooding or so many hurricanes are ravaging the coasts? Global warming seems to be the answer. Scientists predicted that the effects of global warming would be extreme weather changes including temperature drops, random and powerful weather patterns, and extreme weather conditions. The earth seems to be experiencing all of the above yet people still remain skeptical.
How is that states are experiencing both down pours and drought? The answer is that snow usually melts at a slow rate over a couple of weeks, but as the weather gets warmer quicker the snow melts early. Because the snow is melting early the earth is not yet warm enough to absorb the water and the earth becomes to dry. We are also seeing more rain in heavier downpours simply because the earth is getting warmer and warm air hold more moisture. When the a rain storm finally happens, the down pour is much heavier than it would have been a few years ago.
In many places the ground is so dry that wildfires are increasing in number. In fact, over the last five decades wildfire rates are soaring all over the United States. the reason seems to be that the earth is too wet and then too dry.
