Skip to content

Unexplainable.net

Watching The World Change

  • Quantum computers, Introduction Technology Articles
  • Avoiding Herbal Remedy Problems Information and Theories
  • Mythical Creatures and Fairies: Irish Information and Theories
  • EXPLORERS MAY HAVE FOUND LOST SQUADRON’ Simply Unexplainable
  • Solar Tower to Change Global Power Crisis Technology Articles
  • From the Hint of a Rainbow to…… Self Improvement
  • Sighting 40 Years Ago Finally Submitted UFOs and Aliens
  • UFO’s – 1942 memo for the President UFOs and Aliens

Extreme Weather For Europe

Posted on November 30, 2004 By jim No Comments on Extreme Weather For Europe

Europe’s weather could flip from droughts to floods every year as climate change kicks in, according to scientists who have modelled the mechanisms behind the continent’s most recent bouts of extreme weather.

In the summer of 2003, an intense heatwave across Europe was responsible for the deaths of up to 35,000 people and dried up many rivers. Yet in 2002, central Europe was awash with water after a massive river burst its banks.

Both events have been attributed to a peculiar phenomenon in which a “planetary wave” pins a particular weather system in one place. The drought in 2003 was triggered by trapped high pressure, while the flood of 2002 happened after a region of low pressure became pinned.

Planetary waves are gentle pressure oscillations in the atmosphere, set up by the rotation of the Earth. They usually roll gently around the planet, carrying weather systems with them.

But when the wavelength of the planetary wave fits an exact number of times around the circumference of the Earth, the peaks and troughs of the pressure oscillation overlap on each revolution, so they are fixed in place and grow in strength.

Alternate years                           

This “resonance” will become more frequent if the wavelength of the planetary waves shortens, as is expected to happen as the planet warms, warns Vladimir Petoukhov, of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany.

He fed predictions of the Earth’s future temperature into a computer model of the waves. While resonance now is rare, he calculates that within two decades, it could happen as often as every year.

“Europe could flip between flood and drought conditions in alternate years,” says John Schellnhuber, research director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in Norwich, UK, and a former colleague of Petoukhov.

Although the results are preliminary, Petoukhov says that the effect might occur in other continents too.

The results were presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in Seattle, Washington, and are being reviewed by the journal Climate Dynamics.

-chris tivnan          [email protected]

Unexplainable Weather

Post navigation

Previous Post: Mars Rover coverage as of 11/18/04
Next Post: Physics Breakthrough, i-Wave Effect discovered

Related Posts

  • June Hottest Month Ever Recorded Unexplainable Weather
  • Bird Deaths Make a Comeback Unexplainable Weather
  • Natural Phenomena Urban Legend Flicks: True or False Unexplainable Weather
  • Mystery Boom Puzzles Norfolk Unexplainable Weather
  • July Breaks Weather Record for Hottest Month Ever Recorded! Unexplainable Weather
  • Megaquake Arriving Soon? Unexplainable Weather

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recent Posts

  • The Meat Eater couple arrested for child abuse
  • The Meat-Eater boxer kidnapped and raped a young school Girl
  • Carnist man arrested for 198 years for raping and shooting a woman
  • Mitch McConnell- Eating Cow Corpses
  • Animal Flesh Eater Arrested: Felony Charges Serious Injury To 3 Month Old!

Recent Comments

No comments to show.

Archives

  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • May 2020
  • June 2018
  • February 2018
  • July 2016
  • May 2016
  • February 2016
  • September 2015
  • July 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • July 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011
  • February 2011
  • January 2011
  • December 2010
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010
  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010
  • April 2010
  • March 2010
  • February 2010
  • January 2010
  • December 2009
  • November 2009
  • October 2009
  • September 2009
  • August 2009
  • July 2009
  • June 2009
  • May 2009
  • April 2009
  • March 2009
  • February 2009
  • January 2009
  • December 2008
  • November 2008
  • October 2008
  • September 2008
  • August 2008
  • July 2008
  • June 2008
  • May 2008
  • April 2008
  • March 2008
  • February 2008
  • January 2008
  • December 2007
  • November 2007
  • October 2007
  • September 2007
  • August 2007
  • July 2007
  • June 2007
  • May 2007
  • April 2007
  • March 2007
  • February 2007
  • January 2007
  • December 2006
  • November 2006
  • October 2006
  • September 2006
  • August 2006
  • July 2006
  • June 2006
  • May 2006
  • April 2006
  • March 2006
  • February 2006
  • January 2006
  • December 2005
  • November 2005
  • October 2005
  • September 2005
  • August 2005
  • July 2005
  • June 2005
  • May 2005
  • April 2005
  • March 2005
  • February 2005
  • January 2005
  • December 2004
  • November 2004
  • October 2004
  • September 2004
  • August 2004
  • July 2004
  • June 2004
  • May 2004
  • April 2004
  • March 2004
  • February 2004
  • January 2004
  • December 2003
  • November 2003
  • October 2003

Categories

  • Ancient Civilizations
  • Benjamin Fulford Story
  • Corrupt Carnivores
  • Cryptology and Monsters
  • Eating Healthy
  • Ghost And Demons
  • Information and Theories
  • Mars Coverage
  • Meditation And Spirituality
  • Mysteries
  • NASA Articles
  • Other Exciting News
  • Personal Accounts
  • Pictures And Multimedia
  • Political Conspiracies
  • Recent Submissions
  • Religion Articles
  • Self Improvement
  • Simply Unexplainable
  • Space and Astrology
  • Technology Articles
  • True Stories
  • UFOs and Aliens
  • Unexplainable Video Library
  • Unexplainable Weather
  • Were The Area 51 UFO Sightings Actually An A-12 Oxcart? Probably Not… UFOs and Aliens
  • Biblical Connections to Familiar Phrases and Sayings X Religion Articles
  • Exploring the Haunted Halls of SUNY Cortland Ghost And Demons
  • Demonology: Influential Individuals and Demon Rankings Religion Articles
  • The Need for Burial Reform During the 1800s Information and Theories
  • UFO Predictions For The Future- What aliens will bring UFOs and Aliens
  • Which is the True Grail? Religion Articles
  • An Ancient Greek God and Goddess of Nature Ancient Civilizations

Copyright © 2023 Unexplainable.net.

Powered by PressBook News Dark theme