How are natural disasters caused by Global Warming?
“Natural disasters” is a big class of events. Only meteorological events are affected by global warming. However, in turn they can lead to major changes on land-masses, e.g desertification, glacial loss, etc. This is because heat is the driver of all exchanges between the atmosphere & the oceans, the warmer it is, the greater the exchange of energy between ocean & air. Go to: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climatechang… for more information. Google “El Nino/La Nina”, this cycle is only just coming into our understanding, & appears to be a major influence on weather globally. A fascinating phenomenon, & has been linked to floods & droughts from Asia to South America, amongst other meteorological events. Here are some links to get you started.
