Snow sa Saudi Arabia, kawalan ng snow sa Mount Fuji sa Japan, matinding ulan at pagbaha sa Dubai, greening sa Antarctica at pagkakaroon ng sabay-sabay na bagyo sa Philippine Area of Responsibility.
Ang mga pangyayaring ito, tinatawag na rare weather phenomena. Ito ay mga kondisyon ng panahon na hindi karaniwang nangyayari sa isang partikular na lugar o under normal atmospheric conditions.
Bakit nga ba ito nangyayari at ano ang kinalaman dito ng climate change? Here’s what you #NeedToKnow.
Ang mga pangyayaring ito, tinatawag na rare weather phenomena. Ito ay mga kondisyon ng panahon na hindi karaniwang nangyayari sa isang partikular na lugar o under normal atmospheric conditions.
Bakit nga ba ito nangyayari at ano ang kinalaman dito ng climate change? Here’s what you #NeedToKnow.
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00:00Snow in Saudi Arabia, loss of snow in Mount Fuji in Japan, heavy rainfall and flooding in Dubai, greening in Antarctica, and simultaneous storms in the Philippine Area of Responsibility.
00:16These phenomena are called rare weather phenomena.
00:21These are weather conditions that do not usually occur in a particular place or normal atmospheric conditions.
00:30Why do they happen?
00:33And what does climate change have to do with rare weather phenomena?
00:39Rare weather phenomena are often the result of a unique combination of temperature, humidity, and other atmospheric factors.
00:49This refers to unusual events that have to do with the weather conditions that are rare or unusual to experience in different parts of the world.
01:00So when we say rare weather phenomena, it's not totally new.
01:06Somehow, these are events that have to do with the weather that do not usually occur in a particular place.
01:13That's why it's a rare condition.
01:15But somehow, it's already recorded, but it doesn't happen often.
01:20For example, sudden droughts, floods, or heavy rain during the summer months.
01:30The most populous city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, or UAE, was hit by heavy rain and floods in April 2024.
01:42According to the National Center of Meteorology of the UAE, the country experienced the heaviest rainfall in the past 75 years.
01:52In Dubai, the rainfall in less than 24 hours is equivalent to a year of rain.
01:59Dubai is a desert city that is known for its dry climate.
02:05In addition, heavy rain happens in the middle of summer.
02:10That's why many residents are surprised by the heavy rain that caused heavy floods.
02:18This event is called the UAE Exceptional Event in the Country's Climate History.
02:25We also notice that during this period of April, the concentration of sea heat near Dubai became the source of energy for the floods.
02:37The natural feature of the heavy rainfall caused this event to become rare.
02:43Because even though their drainage system is good, the environmental planning is good, but the condition of a lot of water is not typically normal.
02:52That's why this rare event happened.
02:54Some residents blame this for the UAE government's cloud seeding.
03:02Cloud seeding is a technology that is used to stimulate the rainfall by adding chemicals to the clouds, such as silver iodide, salt or sodium chloride, and other compounds.
03:17This is done to increase the moisture in the clouds and cause rain that is usually used during dry season or for agricultural and water resource management.
03:30This is done in the UAE to address the water shortage in their country in recent years.
03:37But according to experts, cloud seeding has nothing to do with the heavy rainfall in Dubai.
03:43During that period, cloud seeding operations were not the problem.
03:48If not, there was too much moisture in the air that was formed in the clouds.
03:54And because the rain started, the reaction of the clouds when the energy is released is to induce more precipitation.
04:02The clouds are still piled up to be poured as rain.
04:08And that's what happened.
04:12Another country in the Middle East also experienced a rare weather phenomenon this year.
04:18This is Saudi Arabia, which experienced snow or snow for the first time ever in recorded history in November 2024.
04:27Saudi Arabia is surrounded by deserts.
04:30Because the moisture in the deserts is rare, it is difficult for snow to form in these places.
04:36During the period of snowfall in Saudi Arabia, there was a hot sea in the Arabian Sea.
04:43And that hot sea developed a lot of moisture in the air and the clouds were formed.
04:51These clouds moved towards Saudi Arabia.
04:56So the second requirement was met.
04:59That there should be clouds that will give precipitation.
05:03And due to this precipitation, it happened during the winter.
05:09Snow in Saudi Arabia is also considered an extraordinary or rare weather phenomenon.
05:14The occurrence of snow is not typical of what happens in an Arab or arid country.
05:21So it can be the result of ice rain.
05:25Plants can thrive in places where there is water.
05:30So it is possible that in the future, if there is heavy rain or snowfall in our deserts,
05:38the topography and the appearance of our deserts may change.
05:45If there was snow in Saudi Arabia, it fell late on Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan.
05:52Mount Fuji is known for its postcard-like image, especially when it is covered by snow.
05:58So this is culturally, environmentally, and religiously very important to the Japanese.
06:05So they have to wait for the first cover of snow to arrive.
06:11So it was delayed.
06:12In previous years, there was a delay, but somehow it only took days.
06:17But this time, it took almost weeks before it returned.
06:21Usually, only in early October, the peak of Mount Fuji should be covered by snow.
06:28But October 2024 ended and it remained snowless.
06:33The temperature usually reaches negative 2 degrees Celsius at the summit of Mount Fuji every October.
06:40But according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, it rose to 1.6 degrees Celsius this year,
06:46the highest recorded since 1932.
06:50So what happened is because the wind was still too hot,
06:55the snow cover did not develop yet.
07:00And that is what is currently happening in Japan.
07:03This November 2024, the Kofu Local Meteorological Office signed the first snowfall on Mount Fuji.
07:11Snow on the mountain was more than a month late.
07:15This is the so-called longest period that there has been no snowfall on Mount Fuji in the past 130 years.
07:24Why is it seen as a rare phenomenon?
07:26Because people are not used to seeing Mount Fuji as bald.
07:32As well as it is not seen as a symbol of Japan without a snow cover.
07:38That's why it becomes a rare phenomenon.
07:40Their religious rites and cultural activities also depend on when their national symbol will return.
07:50That's why there is a wide concern among people, not just the Japanese, but also the tourists.
08:01The Philippines was also not safe from such events.
08:05The next typhoons that hit the country in November were called the National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA.
08:14Usually, there are only three typhoons in the month of November.
08:20In the Philippines, six typhoons hit the country in November.
08:25Typhoon Christine, Typhoon Leon, Typhoon Marcy, Typhoon Nika, Typhoon Ofun, and Typhoon Pepito.
08:32According to the Japan Meteorological Agency,
08:34it was the first time that four typhoons hit the tropical cyclone in the Pacific Ocean in November since they set a record in 1951.
08:44In our practice, even in the first world countries,
08:47the effects of these sudden and unusual events are felt.
08:54How much more in the Philippines?
08:56Even though we are used to rain and typhoons,
08:59there are still times when we are not fully prepared for these events.
09:04So we need to pay attention to this,
09:07as well as we need to be fully prepared not only by the local government, but also by our own individuals and families.
09:16These rare weather phenomena are called the effects of climate change.
09:20The continuous warming of the world is caused by different weather patterns.
09:25Our ocean absorbs heat and temperature because our world is also hot.
09:32And the heat of our temperature is directly related to global warming,
09:36and this causes rare phenomena and events.
09:41It is not totally, purely attributed to our climate change
09:46because we have global circulation,
09:48there are typical occurrences of these weather events,
09:51but what we call extremity,
09:54how dangerous or extreme the event is,
09:58it is dangerous because of the effects of climate change.
10:01Rare weather phenomena are not just rare occurrences,
10:05but they are also caused by bigger problems.
10:09That is one of the challenges of climate change.
10:12We can see an event, but its effects are hard to predict.
10:17And this is worrying because sometimes, no matter how prepared we are,
10:22there are situations where its effects are not totally adaptable,
10:27or we are not fully prepared.
10:30The snow in Saudi Arabia, heavy rain in Dubai, and the absence of snow in Mount Fuji
10:36are signs of a changing world.
10:39We are already experiencing the effects of climate change,
10:43but we have the power to reduce the impact of it.
10:48Let's not wait for others to become commonplace.
10:53Climate action does not just start now and tomorrow there will be results.
10:59We already have a lot of protocols and agreements to save our future climate scenario.
11:06So it will always start with us every day.
11:09But as long as we are not taking it seriously,
11:12as long as we do not make our promise that we will reduce and stop the effects of climate change,
11:20probably in the coming years, we will experience the negative effects of climate change.
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