Climate change induced extreme weather is a reality in South America, where the last month has seen deadly landslides in Brazil, rampaging wildfire in Argentina and harvest-ruining flooding in the Amazon, reports the Associated Press. The events corroborate what a new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report details: Global warming is altering the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, such as El Nino and La Nina, the natural heating and cooling of parts of the Pacific that alters weather patterns around the globe. These events have also become more difficult to predict, causing additional damage, the report said.
Climate change in South America (March 4, 2022)
Climate change in South America (March 4…
Climate change in South America (March 4, 2022)
Climate change induced extreme weather is a reality in South America, where the last month has seen deadly landslides in Brazil, rampaging wildfire in Argentina and harvest-ruining flooding in the Amazon, reports the Associated Press. The events corroborate what a new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report details: Global warming is altering the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, such as El Nino and La Nina, the natural heating and cooling of parts of the Pacific that alters weather patterns around the globe. These events have also become more difficult to predict, causing additional damage, the report said.