What caused the recent surge in global extreme weather events?

The Earth is getting warmer, and that’s why we’re seeing more wild weather like big storms, long droughts, and super cold snaps.

Imagine your favorite chocolate bar, it melts when it gets warm. Now think of the whole planet as a giant chocolate bar. When you heat it up, it starts to act differently. The air becomes warmer and holds more water, which means when it rains, it can pour really hard. That’s why we get bigger storms and floods.

Also, the ocean is getting warmer too. It's like a big soup that gets hotter, and that makes storms grow stronger. Hurricanes become hurricane-superstars!

At the same time, some places are getting drier because the warm air takes more moisture from the ground. That’s why we see long droughts in some areas.

So, it's like the Earth is turning up the heat on a giant cooking show, and everything is reacting to that change!