high crime rate -> people afraid of opening windows SIO15: Chapter 13: Heat Waves and Great Storms
Fig 13.33 SIO15: Chapter 13: Heat Waves and Great Storms
104ºF in “hottest summer in 500 years” many places (last record heat: 1757) “London hotter than Cairo” “WWII vessel in Danube” “record wine!” source: Wikipedia SIO15: Chapter 13: Heat Waves and Great Storms
104ºF in Consequences many places * Forest fires in France, Spain, Portugal * Low ground water table * Low rivers, lakes, dams -> red. transportation, power generation * 10% loss in wheat “Human impact on Global warming doubles likelihood of such events” Image: http://en.wikipedia.org SIO15: Chapter 13: Heat Waves and Great Storms
Moscow in June and August source: Wikipedia source: NASA Earth Observatory 40ºC = 104ºF SIO15: Chapter 13: Heat Waves and Great Storms
- - Ma Massi ssive ve dust st st storms rms - - Ag Aggre ressi ssive ve Ag Agri ricu culture re - - So Soil Ero Erosi sion (a (acro cross ss At Atlantic) c) In U.S., it takes 30 year to Grow 1 inch of topsoil SIO15: Chapter 13: Heat Waves and Great Storms
source: Wikipedia SIO15: Chapter 13: Heat Waves and Great Storms
source: Wikipedia SIO15: Chapter 13: Heat Waves and Great Storms
SIO15: Chapter 13: Heat Waves and Great Storms
SIO15: Chapter 13: Heat Waves and Great Storms
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