From the evidence, scientists can determine that climate change is a cause of a number of contributing factors. The problem with global warming and climate change is although everyone agrees it is happening there is debate over how and why. Not all areas of the world are warming at the same rate and some areas of the world have not warmed at all in recent decades. The driving force for weather and climate is the sun and its radiation. Some of the radiation is absorbed by the Earth's surface, and some is re-emitted by gases known as greenhouse gasses, which warms the Earth's atmosphere. The Earth's surface would be 33∘C cooler than it is now and human life would be impossible. This leads many to believe that while at first climate change and the extreme weather events that happened because of it were natural, the matter has now spiraled out of control and there are many other contributing factors increasing the temperature - the most likely being human activity. Humans alter the Earth and its elements such as the Greenhouse gases to suit them which affects the climate. Greenhouse gases consist of Carbon Dioxide, Chlorofluorocarbons, Methane, Nitrous Oxide and Ozone. It is thought that although it is a natural process, the quicker increase in the natural Greenhouse effect is caused by human activity which increases the quantity of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. .
Extreme weather in general is also thought to be a product of the increased human interference on the biogeochemical cycles. The biogeochemical cycles include the Carbon cycle, Nitrogen cycle and Oxygen cycle. Humans are affecting all the cycles in different ways, which in turn affect something bigger which has an impact on the weather systems worldwide. In my report I am going to focusing on weather events that affect the UK and how we need to prepare for future events. I am going compare similar events that happened in the last 50 years to see to what extent we are ready to cope with extreme weather and what needs to be done in the future.