http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43727793/ns/world_news-world_environment/t/already-costliest-year-natural-disasters/
This article goes over the natural disasters of 2011 and explains that it was the costliest year in terms of damage prices. After seeing how the prices had changed compared to the previous years, there was a section that talked about why the natural disasters might be getting worse. The connections all came back to global warming. One person said that the raising temperatures are causing more problems then there would be originally.
After reading a few other articles, I found it surprising that compared to how much damage was caused during the year of 2011 there was a pretty low death rate. But because the natural disasters have been becoming more serious and harmful the past years, does this mean that its only going to progress? I know that global warming has obviously been a large issue, especially lately, which makes me wonder if that is why these recent terrible natural disasters have been occuring. I can see how there could be a connection between the two , but I definitely wouldnt blame it all on global warming!
(This is Megan M, Im not sure why my name is Unknown... Oh well!)
It's disheartening to see that natural disasters are getting worse, but the fact that death rates are pretty low is encouraging. This could be reflective of many factors in the modern world, but any study at this point trying to connect the rising temperatures to increase disaster intensity would have to be strictly correlative, and therefore weak at best.
ReplyDeleteI'm kinda wondering if the natural disaster rate will continue to go up. But will that mean the death rate will stay low? I guess we will have to see. But this article really sparked my interest in finding out answers. And no I wouldn't blame it on global warming either because they are natural disasters and the rate in which they arrive could decrease in the next years. We just have enough proof.
ReplyDeleteTHose who believe in global warning do claim among the consequences extremes of temperatures, widely fluctuating. That does cause extreme weather.
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