These "bursts" and "breaks" in the monsoon cause floods and droughts that impact agriculture, river systems and infrastructure.
The UK government's chief scientist has said that there is already enough CO2 in the atmosphere for there to be more floods and droughts over the next 25 years.
The Water Bill aims to make Britain's water supply "more resilient" in the face of increasing droughts and floods through the creation of a national water supply network.
Australia is one of the world's worst per capita emitters of greenhouse gases and many believe recent droughts and floods are the result of man's destabilising influence on the climate, the BBC's Phil Mercer reports from Sydney.
Climate change is changing precipitation patterns and intensity, increasing the incidence of droughts, floods, and erosion.
The report reveals that although the risks of droughts and floods are clear, and investors are beginning to care more and more about water, corporate boardrooms continue to be slow to move.
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To listen to the alarmists, floods, fires, droughts, hurricanes and blizzards are all the product of global warming.
Farmers across the country have faced droughts, floods and a long, cold winter in a little over 12 months.
Meyrick Gough from the firm said it needed to plan for warnings of "extremes of weather" in the future after recent droughts and floods.
On top of the effects of the warming trend come more frequent and extreme weather events such as droughts, floods and storms which directly cause death and injury and open the door to other serious health problems, according to WWF.
Frequent floods ravage cities in the south and east, and droughts are a regular occurrence in the north and west.
Both floods, which encourage the growth of fungi, and droughts, which promote whiteflies, locusts and rodents, have an impact on agricultural production.
These resources helps in building the resilience and adaptation of local communities, to the impact of natural disasters such as droughts, floods, desertification, low productivity, etc.
Such a change in temperature -- which many scientists believe is being caused by pollution trapping heat in the atmosphere -- would mean widespread droughts and floods and massive economic and natural damage, experts say.
The four classes of extremes -- high heat, heavy precipitation and floods, duration and intensity of droughts and extremes related to higher sea levels -- have changed in the last 50 years, Field said.
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Now 2012 is officially in the books as the hottest year on record for the continental United States and the second-worst for "extreme" weather such as hurricanes, droughts or floods, the U.S. government announced Tuesday.
It said that global warming was likely to exacerbate the problem, causing more droughts, heat waves and floods.
Whatever happens with the weather, the Environment Agency expects that more and more people will be protected from floods and droughts thanks to water sharing between farmers, water transfer between water companies, and better management of leaks and demand.
The extra moisture in the air is thought to induce harsher droughts, stronger typhoons and more severe floods.
Brown sees the problems with coal and climate change as a very human issue that could lead to droughts in some places, including the American Midwest, and floods in other places, like the American coasts.
Droughts, floods and other water-related phenomena are among the clearest signs of climate change.
When wars, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, droughts and other calamities destroy access to clean drinking water, the human consequences are almost immediate and enormous.
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