Throughout the world global warming and climate change are one of the primary reasons for the increasing number and severity of extreme weather events on a global scale and why we are seeing more intense and dramatic storms and other events. The rising of global temperatures, which is mainly due to greenhouse gas emissions that get released during combustion of fossil fuels that we use to generate energy has changed the circulation patterns of the atmosphere and the oceans and has caused the phenomena of heat waves, droughts, and wildfires to be more severe. To give an example, the heat wave in Europe in 2022 resulted in temperatures above 40°C in the UK for the first time, nearly roasting us to death and causing thousands of heat related deaths and burning across wide areas of forest. Furthermore, the increase in temperature of the air has a direct effect on its capacity to hold water, which causes some areas to receive heavy rains and others to face long droughts, thereby increasing the risk of flooding and drought.
Moreover, the warm oceans have contributed to the formation of stronger tropical storms and hurricanes with one such event that can be used as evidence being the Alaska typhoon that had settlements flooded and battered due to the typhoon being able to be powered by warmer oceans as a result of global warming and rising sea temperatures. With the source from BBC news we can see several houses disintegrating into bits of wood and corrugated iron scattered around the place. The hurricanes in the Atlantic and the typhoons in the Pacific are more intense due to the raising of sea surface temperatures that are giving the storms more latent heat energy. Incidents like Hurricane Harvey in 2017 led to Houston's massive flooding and bursting of levees and embankments and these incidents are getting more common and destructive now because of this energy supply's strengthening. Moreover, the climate change is not only energizing the storms but also changing the weather patterns such as the jet stream, which is leading to slower storms that stay in the same place for a longer time, thus increasing the damage caused by rainfall, wind, and storm surges.
On the other hand, in the areas that are cold, the passing climate has disturbed the entered and exited regular weather systems of the seasons, thus contributing to the occurrence of extreme cold and to the falling of snow at times of the year when it is not expected this can be seen at the Arctics and Antartica. The weakening of the polar vortex which is associated with the warming of the Arctic, has allowed the cold air from the Arctic to flow further south into mid latitude regions like North America and Europe, causing heavy winter storms. This is why there are more frequent rainstorms and hailstorms in these regions. These unexpected extremes in temperature and precipitation pose a threat to ecosystems and agriculture in these areas disrupting the livelihoods of people. This is why there needs to be a stronger implementation of policies relating to global warming and emission release. We need to stop being selfish and think of the people who need to live on our planet in the future. There needs to be changes and fast changes to be exact or else our planet would not be sustainable in the future.
Xin Yu 21/10/2025
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