'A Message From Mother Nature' Answers :)

1. The main point of the article is about whether global warming cause climate change.

2. Parch - to make dry and hot.
    Torrential - rapid violence.
    Batter - to beat or pound really hard.
    Dispute - to have a debate or argument.

3. Climate is a pattern of weather through a long period of time. Weather is the change in atmosphere in a short period of time.

4. The examples in the article of extreme weather are the heat wave in Russia, the flooding in the United States, and the monsson rains in Pakistan.

5. No I have not experienced extreme weather.

6. Perception means what you understand and think about things; your opinions and understandings.

7. According to the proofs and theories, I think that global climate change is caused by global warming because it makes sense that the Earth's natural disasters are caused by the heating of the Earth's atmosphere.