2100: A world of wild weather
New Scientist has published a set of maps showing what the world’s weather may look like in 2100 in an article 2100: A world of wild weather.
Think back to the hottest summer you can remember. Now imagine a summer like that every year. For those of us who are still around by the end of the 21st century, this is what we can expect, according to a new index that maps the different ways that climate change will hit different parts of the world. The map reveals how much more frequent extreme climate events, such as heatwaves and floods, will be by 2100 compared with the late 20th century. It is the first to show how global warming will combine with natural variations in the climate to affect our planet.
Of course it need not be this way. Despite what doom-and-gloom merchants may have you believe, we humans are capable of averting this global catastrophe of our making. You can be the change, as we say. — DS
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