Global warming and stronger storms

Global warming may result in stronger storms, migration of agricultural zones, spread of tropical diseases, melting of glaciers and ice caps and increase in pollution levels. The Himalayan glaciers are melting at an alarming rate. Also, the Arctic perennial polar ice cap is declining at the rate of 9 percent per decade. In 2003, extreme heat waves caused more than 20,000 deaths in Europe and more than 1,500 deaths in India. Global warming does not create hurricanes but it does make them stronger and thus more dangerous. Because the ocean is getting warmer, tropical storms can pick up more energy and become more powerful.