Is extreme weather our new normal?

By Maria Mercedes Galuppo, Buzz60

Slowly but surely climate around the world is increasing its extremes, from record breaking floods to extreme droughts.

According to CNN, scientists admit calling it "global warming" was a mistake, climate change deniers will point at a blizzard to prove there's no such thing as global warming.

But what global warming really means is we are living in extremes. Yes, less cold-weather events but the ones that take place are much more extreme.

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High-temperature records have been broken more than low-temperature ones in the last four decades in the US according to a study published in 2009.

If you do the math warm equals droughts, that affect crops and livestock.

Also high temperatures increase evaporation leaving areas completely parched.

The lack of rainfall is also a problem, and extreme winds that can fan large wildfires like these burning in the national forests of North Carolina.

As nature is getting out of balance, we see also a high number of floods, CNN reports that 4 studies have come to the conclusion that water vapor is globally increasing in the atmosphere which leads to precipitation and potential floods.

Ultimately climate change comes down to the change in weather patterns, so far we know we experience the extremes but how extreme can it go and how we will be ready for it.