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The incidence and severity of extreme weather events - Coggle Diagram
The incidence and severity of extreme weather events
Causes
air flows and pressure drops.
temperature increase. Because of temperature increase sea evaporation become faster and leads to abnormal weather events such hurricanes
global warming (carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gasses )
extreme weather events because of the greenhouse effect
Severity
Droughts
Damage to humans
Destruction of the harvest
Biosphere damage
Inability to grow crops on the damaged soil
Breaks in the food chain causes ecosystem to die
Wildfires
Atmosphere damage
Decrease in the area of forest reduces the amounts of O2 ejected by the plants
Decrease in the area of forest reduces the amounts of CO2 absorbed by the plants
Biosphere damage
Damage to animals and ecosystems
Inability to grow crops on the damaged soil
Damage to humans
Possible casualties
Destruction of buildings, fields and etc.
incidence
Drought
669 drought events occurred since 1960
Hurricanes
7 hurricanes per year
Wildfires
In 2019 there were 50,477 wildfires
Tornado
On average 33 tornadoes are reported annually