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Recent heavy rains in Texas and the deadly heat wave in India are __1__ (sign) that climate change is most likely to contribute __2__ extreme weather events. “There are so many additional greenhouse gases in the atmosphere today __3__ our climate we know for sure __4__ (affect) by them，” says Jim White, director of CUBoulder's Institute of Arctic and AlpineResearch. “The heat wave in India is quite consistent with __5__ we expect to see in the future.”
According to Swiss researchers, extreme weather events worldwide are increasing with regularity, __6__ (indicate) that they are becoming part of the Earth's overall climate pattern. White says, it's one thing to know that these extreme weather events __7__ (happen) in the future, but to know the exact time and place is something that seems quite __8__ (possible)．
“Since the atmosphere just holds more moisture(水蒸气), we can generally say that more rain in a warmer world is expected. That's not __9__ (terrible) comforting—if it's raining out over the ocean, that doesn't do __10__ (we) any good. What we do think is going to happen is that as the atmosphere warms up we'll get more rain per event.”
