Climate change is intensifying the effect of natural disasters.
In 2005, after monsoon rains flooded Mumbai, plastic bags were blamed for clogging the underground drainage system and intensifying the effect of the floods.
Water shortages intensified the effects of the heatwave, which in turn made those shortages more acute.
With much of the developing world, the effects of armed conflict have intensified the effects of a natural calamity.
But on the negative side, it has intensified the effects of the worldwide rise in crude oil prices, as oil is priced in dollars on world commodities markets.
Climate change, the state report says, will "likely exacerbate and intensify the effects of invasive plant species, insect pests, and tree diseases".
But few people know that a number of common medications can intensify the effects of sunlight, greatly raising the risk of burning, rashes and other skin problems, even after only a little time in the sun.
"The UK's debt culture built up over the last decade has intensified the effects of the financial crisis and people need to understand the consequences of taking on debt and be given incentives to rebuild their savings," he says.
Hypoxia and acidity are likely to intensify the effects of nitrate.
In a second major step, the steppe lands were then converted into agricultural fields which intensified the effects of the disastrous planning and implementation of a multifaceted modernization package (Dakhshleiger 1978).
But it was Bush's disdain for government and the people it serves, as evidenced by his policy of appointing unqualified political cronies to run agencies like FEMA, that helped intensify the effects of Hurricane Katrina, the biggest natural disaster his administration faced.
