I think that we all know that climate change ties into affecting the severity of weather, and how it has worsened in the past decade. The recent hurricane season has increased my concern for climate change as Hurricane Milton and Helene were within about half a month apart from each other. As well as the above average amount of rainfall during hurricanes. This was caused by the extra CO2 released that is warming the atmosphere indirectly causing excessive rainfall and ultimately devastating flooding.

There are many effects like hotter temperatures, higher health risks, global warming, increase of droughts, and more severe storms. Because of higher temperatures some areas have experienced hot days and heat waves as well, which makes it hard to move and work. Another one is higher health risks. Diseases can spread due to the changes of weather, and not only that but because of the extreme weather, it can increase the number of deaths. This makes it hard for health care workers to keep up. Global warming is another effect, because our ocean absorbs heat, which causes sheets of ice to melt and endangers marine life due to the carbon dioxide that the ocean absorbs as well. Fourthly, is the increase in droughts. This can is a big threat to our environment because deserts are expanding, which is taking up the amount of space for growing food and plants. Droughts can also transfer tons of sand and dust across continents due to the sandstorms. Because it's so hot and dry, there isn't much water resource which is a big threat to humans. Lastly, more severe storms. Due to the changes in temperature, this has caused many floods and landslides destroying many homes.

We know that extreme and abnormal weather patterns are a result of climate change. But I think it's important for people to know why and how. When CO2 is released into the air, it warms our atmosphere, therefore warming the planet. When our planet heats up, it makes sense that it would cause more droughts, and dryer climate. While it doesn't seem like it, it also causes more rainfall and changes in wind patterns. When the ocean temperature rises, it makes the water able to evaporate easier. This causes water to go into the atmosphere, and eventually turn into rain.

i’ve noticed recently that the weather where i live is changing at a rapid rate due to climate change. i think this is really noticeable because it has been flooding when it rains and the summers have been longer with more frequent heat waves and hotter weather. vancouver’s changing climate has also meant that it’s been snowing later and later every year as global warming has gotten worse. these weather effects have really put in perspective how serious climate change is and how badly it can affect the earths environment.

I noticed that climate change is becoming a big problem, because of increasing temperatures. last  summer it was hot with very high temperatures in my hometown. some  days  there were strong floods, creating landslides not far from where i live because of the very high temperatures and some plants in my garden dried up.

I have also noticed increased temperatures throughout more of the year in my hometown, as well as worsening disasters that cause more and more damage every year.

I think this is visible where I live as well. I feel like being able to really see the effects of climate change where you live can be really impactful, and hopefully will drive people to taking stronger action against the climate crisis. Increasing average summer temperatures, more severe and frequent wildfires, and more atmospheric rivers are all effects we are experiencing in Vancouver. It can be concerning, but I hope it will help people to see how urgent this crisis really is.

I have also noticed these extreme temperatures where I live as well. I think that being able to realize the actions climate change as done to your city or town is really impactful. And as a community I hope for people to take more impactful actions against this climate disaster. And in my city Vancouver there has been increasing temperature in winter and summer and more occurring forest fires. Lastly I pray that people are gonna take action from these climate crisis.

Recently, we have experienced hurricanes back-to-back that left impactful damages to our homes and cities. While this is an annual event that happens quite often in Florida, it is important to note the changes in the behaviors and effects within these newer hurricanes. The article https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/ … ngNewsSerp, talks about the impacts of Milton on the health of those who were affected by it. Milton was noted to reach record winds that reached up to 180 mph. It is also noted to be the first hurricane to reach up to category 6. My question is, does our changing environment and growing pollution on Earth contribute to these extreme weather cases? If so, what is casuing them and how can we reduce the impact?

I think the human have a very small contribution in the training of hurricane. This meteorological phenomene are very frequent in the mexico gulf . But , our footprint impact on earth have a lot of consequences like the melting of the ice ...

From the article, “Extreme Weather and Climate Change” the impact that the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has on the weather is brought to light. “Human actions since the Industrial Revolution, primarily the burning of fossil fuels, have caused greenhouse gases to rapidly rise in the atmosphere. As carbon dioxide, methane, and other gases increase, they act as a blanket, trapping heat and warming the planet. In response, Earth’s air and ocean temperatures warm. This warming affects the water cycle, shifts weather patterns, and melts land ice — all impacts that can make extreme weather worse.” As a result of these gases being trapped there has been devastating consequences like severe flooding after hurricanes, droughts, wildfires, and more. Becoming aware of this and changing our actions to not put so much gas into the atmosphere could help with the extreme weather.
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As climate change continues to worsen, we are feeling greater and greater effects of it. Weather has grown not only overall warmer but less predictable as well. In the United States, specifically Florida, I have seen greater devastation grow more frequent as the years go on. While there are roughly the same amount of storms as previous seasons, they grow more dangerous and powerful every year, causing greater risk to life and property, even as our methods of protecting life and property improve, the cost of damages has increased dramatically over time.

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Extreme weather events like hurricanes are increasingly linked to our carbon footprint. The burning of fossil fuels releases large amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Warmer ocean temperatures provide more energy for hurricanes, making them more intense and capable of carrying more moisture. This results in stronger winds, heavier rainfall, and greater destruction. To reduce the impact of our carbon footprint on extreme weather, we need to take more steps. Transitioning to renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, and hydroelectric power can drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, improving energy efficiency in our homes, industries, and transportation systems can reduce overall energy consumption. Supporting policies that limit carbon emissions and investing in sustainable practices can help mitigate the effects of climate change and reduce the frequency and severity of extreme weather events.

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is can destroy a lot of stuff

Tornado's can also also be a extreme weather as it can severely destroy houses, and buildings.

I agree with these other posts about extreme weather, it can cause peoples lives and homes!

In the last years because of the climate change, natural disasters incrased, and many people have lost their family, friends, house, work and so on. If we don't want that this will have a largest incrase in the next years, or we don't want that this will happen to us, we have to pay attention and reduce our emission of carbon, so we can save the planet, many people and the nature.

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The weather is changing a lot because of Global warming. The climate is changing and it is getting hotter. This is mostly caused by the greenhouse effect. It is scientifically molecules that are uneven are getting heat and holding the heat and they move around like particles. The atmosphere keeps these molecules in which means they cant leave and because of that the heat never leaves. If this continues to happen many animals can die and lose their habitat like polar bears. We need to find a way to fix this.

Its crazy how the weather has gotten more powerful and destructive because of humanity's actions

Yes I agree with you that global warming is affecting many things like the animals and their habitats are starting to change, and we should do something to stop it.

I noticed that today climate change is a serius problem, for example where i live in winter it snows only 1/2 times a year and not even too much snow, here we have also a glacier (Presena)  that is melting because this temperature changes

I think extreme weather is a big problem because it is due to of global warming.
For example in my town this summer it was so hot in comparison to the other years and when it rained the wather created a lot of disasters like landslides.
Global warming is dangerous for the animals and the humans on the earth.
One of the biggest problems is also the glaciers that are melting, for example I live near the Adamello glacier, an old glacier that unfortunately is dying due to high temperatures

I noticed that today climate change is a serious problem, for example in winter it snows only 1/2 times a year and not even too much snow

I guess if we use more pubblic transports and less car for only one person it will better for our planet and there will less pollution

Extreme weather events have become increasingly frequent and severe, posing significant threats to communities and ecosystems worldwide. From devastating hurricanes and floods to intense heatwaves and droughts, these phenomena are largely driven by climate change, which alters weather patterns and increases the intensity of storms. The impacts of extreme weather are felt disproportionately, often affecting the most vulnerable populations who may lack the resources to prepare for or recover from such events. These incidents can lead to loss of life, displacement, and economic instability, underscoring the urgent need for robust climate adaptation strategies. By investing in resilient infrastructure, enhancing early warning systems, and promoting sustainable practices, we can better prepare for and mitigate the effects of extreme weather, ultimately safeguarding lives and livelihoods while fostering a more resilient future.

We have to use less fossil fuel.

I completely agree that reducing our use of fossil fuels is essential for creating a more sustainable future. Fossil fuels are a major contributor to climate change, air pollution, and other environmental issues. By finding ways to cut back—whether through using public transportation, investing in renewable energy, or adopting more energy-efficient technologies—we can make a significant impact. It's not just about individual actions; we also need systemic changes that support a shift away from fossil fuels. This includes advocating for policies that promote clean energy sources and encouraging companies to prioritize sustainability. Every small step counts, and collectively, we can drive the change we need for a healthier planet.

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Extreme events are occurrences of unusually severe weather or climate conditions that can cause devastating impacts on communities and agricultural and natural ecosystems. Weather-related extreme events are often short-lived and include heat waves, freezes, heavy downpours, tornadoes, tropical cyclones and floods. Climate-related extreme events either persist longer than weather events or emerge from the accumulation of weather or climate events that persist over a longer period of time. Examples include drought resulting from long periods of below-normal precipitation or wildfire outbreaks when a prolonged dry, warm period follows an abnormally wet and productive growing season.This type of probabilistic approach is applied in extreme event attribution to determine whether global warming is driving changes in the frequency and intensity of extreme events.
The second approach is more widely applied by the climate adaptation community and uses impact-related thresholds to determine if an event is extreme, and to inform adaptive solutions. A common example here is the number of consecutive days over 100˚F, which can be used to quantify heat waves. There has been a substantial increase in most measures of Atlantic hurricane activity since the early 1980s, the period during which high quality satellite data are available. These include measures of intensity, frequency, and duration as well as the number of strongest (Category 4 and 5) storms.
The recent increases in activity are linked, in part, to higher sea surface temperatures in the region that Atlantic hurricanes form in and move through. Numerous factors have been shown to influence these local sea surface temperatures, including natural variability, human-induced emissions of heat-trapping gasses, and particulate pollution. Tornadoes are outgrowths of powerful thunderstorms that appear as rotating, funnel-shaped clouds. They extend from a thunderstorm to the ground with violent winds that average 30 miles per hour. Also, they can vary in speed dramatically from being stationary to 70 miles per hour. With a loud roar that sounds similar to a freight train, tornadoes in the United States typically are 500 feet across and travel on the ground for five miles.
Every state is at some risk from tornadoes and the severe storms that produce them. These same destructive storms also cause strong gusts of wind, lightning strikes, and flash floods. In my life, I haven’t experienced much extreme weather, the only thing that i’ve really experienced is extreme cold. Every year, we tend to have a lot of snow days and really cold school days. We also get a lot of ice on the road which is the reason for the snow days. Blizzards can also lead to power outages. Many people who live in big cities and towns lose power due to these heavy amounts of snow, wind, and freezing air.

The burning of fossil fuels and car emissions returns carbon back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide according to the understanding Global Change from ugc Berkeley. This is significant because the carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere results in climate change issues which can lead to extreme weather conditions.On the account of Earthjustice.org, “Hurricanes are growing more powerful as global temperatures rise because these storm systems draw their energy from warm ocean water.” If there is no change made to stop the carbon dioxide output into the atmosphere from around the world, the ocean waters will continue to become warmer. This is a big concern, weather wise, for coastal regions all over the globe. Stronger hurricanes can destroy cities and lives, setting people so far back that some may never recover fully. This is not only a research matter but it also affects me personally for I am from Puerto Rico, which is essentially an island surrounded by ocean water; heavily affected by hurricanes and other water related catastrophes. Hurricanes getting stronger due to climate change strike fear into my heart, because once hurricanes happen, especially strong ones, food sources are limited, chances of reaching safety in time are low, and the damages to structures are devastating. With that being said, we can look at helping nations such as Puerto Rico in other ways than we have before. Currently I feel like the main focus for preventing hurricane damages is by putting up guards to protect windows and beams. I am not saying that those strategies are bad in any way. But what about preventing strong hurricanes in the first place? If people around the world individually would pay more attention to their carbon footprint and do little things to reduce it, combined with more laws and innovations to help industrial plants still people able to produce goods. The earth will be less contaminated with carbon dioxide, causing global warming to decrease. Over time this will call for smaller storms and less significant damage.https://ugc.berkeley.edu/    https://earthjustice.org/

Extreme weather like heat waves, droughts, and heavy rainfall, create a long list of effects to the environment. It is affected by the climate, which then affects individuals, and so on. For example, hurricanes tend to occur in warmer climates. This is because evaporation intensifies as the temperatures rise as well as the transfer of heat from the oceans to the air. So, as the storm travels over the oceans, it pulls in more water vapor and heat, which means stronger wind, rain, and flooding. This is important because human-caused global warming makes the storm surges worse, and more damage will be done to these “hurricane prone” areas. As the climate gets warmer, the hurricanes and storms will be worse. It takes months or years to rebuild these communities in the warmer climates after they have been hit by a storm, and citizens can lose their homes or their lives because of it. With that being said, there are many ways to reduce our ways of global warming, like using less electricity, and even eating more vegetables. By eating more vegetables, it can lower the amount of greenhouse gas emissions and it requires less energy, heat, and water. By doing just this, you can reduce your carbon footprint by almost 500 kilograms of CO2e per year. Another way to slow down global warming would be simply cleaning up your environment. Humans as well as animals and even the land around you are all affected by improper waste disposal. If you have trash, throw it out properly, and try to only use what is necessary. You can also volunteer to help in local clean-ups around your community. Speaking up and being a leader is one of the best ways you can help and slow down human-caused global warming and climate change. It will be very beneficial towards extreme weather and communities that are affected by it.

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The reason why extreme weather happens is because human activity is causing rapid changes to our global climate that are contributing to extreme weather conditions. When fossil fuels are burned for electricity, heat, and traps solar radiation, is released into our atmosphere. Over the past century, massive increases in carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gas emissions have caused the temperature on our planet to rise. That spike in global temperatures is fueling climate disasters that will only get worse unless we take action. Experts warn that we are running out of time to dramatically cut pollution to avoid climate catastrophe.
Extreme events are occurrences of unusually sever weather or climate conditions that can cause devastating impact on communities and agricultural and nature ecosystems. A common example is the number of consecutive days over 100 F, which can be used to quantify heat waves. This portion of the Climate Hubs website expands on the types of extreme events that impact the different climate hub regions. Climate change is expected to worsen the frequency, intensity, and impacts of some types of extreme weather events. There can be as many as 40,000 thunderstorms each day around the world. They are most common in the U.S., where they can produce tornadoes, floods, lightning and damaging winds. A thunderstorm is classified as “severe” when it contains one or more of the following: hail one inch or greater, winds gusting in excess of 50 knots (57.5 mph), or a tornado. Thunderstorms are most likely in the spring and summer months and during the afternoon and evening hours, but they can occur year-round and at all hours.
Much about tornadoes remains a mystery. They are rare, unpredictable and deadly. The U.S. has more tornadoes than anywhere else in the world. Tornadoes occur in many parts of the world, including Australia, Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America. Even New Zealand reports about 20 tornadoes each year. Two of the highest concentrations of tornadoes outside the U.S. are Argentina and Bangladesh. The truth is that we don't fully understand. The most destructive tornadoes occur from supercells, which are rotating thunderstorms with a well-defined radar circulation called a mesocyclone. (Supercells can also produce damaging hail, severe non-tornadic winds, frequent lightning, and flash floods.) Tornado formation is believed to be dictated mainly by things which happen on the storm scale, in and around the mesocyclone.
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Our thoughts about the connection between climate change and extreme weather events are that scientists use a combination of climate models and land, air, sea, and space-based observations to research how extreme weather events change over time. First, scientists examine historical records to determine the frequency and intensity of past events. Many of these long-term records date back to the 1950s, though some start in the 1800s. Then scientists use climate models to see if the number or strength of these events is changing, or will change, due to increasing greenhouse gasses when compared to what has happened historically. As Earth’s climate changes, it is impacting extreme weather across the planet. Record-breaking heat waves on land and in the ocean, drenching rains, severe floods, years-long droughts, extreme wildfires, and widespread flooding during hurricanes are all becoming more frequent and more intense. Climate change continues to expose more of the global population to more frequent and severe extreme weather events. Recent research shows that these changes in extreme weather have not, as yet, consistently motivated changes in opinions about climate change or changes in climate-related behavior. Extreme weather may reinforce opinions among people who are already worried about climate change, yet be misattributed or misperceived by those who are unconcerned. However, the characteristics and severity of personal experience may influence its impacts on climate opinions. Future research should consider appropriate research designs, such as matching or panel data, to disentangle the effects of experience from other factors, while also respecting ethical considerations for research among disaster survivors. As the impacts of climate change become increasingly evident at the local level, it becomes increasingly important to understand how these experiences interact with other factors to shape mitigation and adaptation decisions. Human activity is causing rapid changes to our global climate that are contributing to extreme weather conditions. When fossil fuels are burned for electricity, heat, and transportation, carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that traps solar radiation, is released into our atmosphere. Long-term changes in climate can directly or indirectly affect many aspects of society in potentially disruptive ways. For example, warmer average temperatures could increase air conditioning costs and affect the spread of diseases like Lyme disease, but could also improve conditions for growing some crops. More extreme variations in weather are also a threat to society. More frequent and intense extreme heat events can increase illnesses and deaths, especially among vulnerable populations, and damage some crops. While increased precipitation can replenish water supplies and support agriculture, intense storms can damage property, cause loss of life and population displacement, and temporarily disrupt essential services such as transportation, telecommunications, energy, and water supplies.
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The CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) levels in the air change how plants “breathe”. Plants “breathe” through the Stomata. These are the microscopic pores that plants take in CO2 through, in turn, releasing H2O (water) and O2 (Oxygen) into the atmosphere. These pores are then affected by the CO2 levels in the air, with higher concentrations leading to the closing of these pores. This leads to plants keeping in more H2O, meaning they release less into the atmosphere.
Subsequently, this affects rainfall patterns. Researchers note, “the reduction in water released by stomata through transpiration will result in changing rainfall patterns across the tropics.” (Asher). Although it changes the rainfall patterns, it has drastically different effects depending on the location. For example, in South America, rainfall patterns are influenced heavily by the amount of moisture released from plants. Meaning, that if plants retain moisture, it could lead to longer and deeper droughts. Forests in Indonesia, for example, are surrounded by humid air, and warm oceans. Reduced transpiration would mean that more warm air rises, which draws in the ocean's moistened air, leading to heavy rainfall. Researchers concluded that although their models lead to a dryer South America, and a wetter Indonesia, it is impossible to predict exactly what will happen.
Other researchers argue the claims of this study, even though the average of all models used predict the same thing. Douglas Sheil, a tropical forest ecologist at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, points out that climate models are known for being poor at accurately predicting the water cycle. “Personally… I don't think [the study conclusion] is convincing.” (Sheil). But, even with his disagreements, he still agrees that the study addresses an important issue.
In conclusion, plants retaining their moisture drastically change the rainfall in some regions, causing extreme weather conditions and patterns. Even if some researchers don't agree with the study, the study still addresses an important issue. An issue, that we as a global community, need to figure out how to fix.

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Extreme weather events are getting more common, more expensive and harder to accurately predict. The cost per event has increased nearly 77% over the past five decades. July 2021's floods across Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands generated an estimated $43 billion in damages and killed 200 people.In Sudan in 2020, more than 700,000 people were displaced by the most severe storms since 1962. Floods in central China's Henan province killed dozens and displaced more than 250,000 and significantly disrupted economic activity. While extreme events have increased more than five times over the same number of decades, the cost of extreme events has increased nearly eight times globally since the 1970s. Also natural disasters can cause a lot of damage and require a lot of money to rebuild. Snow removal, rehabilitation and repair efforts and costs. For example, the city of Buffalo budgeted approximately $9 million for snow removal alone in 2014-2015. This just goes to show how extreme weather is affecting countries in huge ways. It is also admitting a lot of carbon. Jerry Brown recently proposed a $1 billion plan that will bring aid to the communities hit the hardest by the current statewide drought. This will create jobs locally. So extreme weather can stimulate economies while also costing the city, state and national governments great amounts. This is just one way that we can help improve the issues at hand. Again, Regardless of one’s personal views, there is no doubt that extreme weather can have profound effects on local, state and national economies. Economic harms from extreme weather and climate events have become more commonplace due to increasing temperatures, sea levels, and economic development in areas vulnerable to these events. In recent years, the United States has experienced, on average, more than one disaster that has caused over a billion dollars in damages each month. To put this in perspective, until this past decade, the country rarely experienced a year with more than a handful of billion-dollar weather and climate disasters. Because of this it is crucial to come up with ways to help improve the effects of extreme weather.

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extreme weather is influenced by climate change. For example the amount of rain in the sky is due to ice caps melting and more water getting released which in turn make rain more heavy and more dangerous. Another example is droughts which have been increasing at an alarming rate due to the fact that water is getting sparce in some areas and the heat from the sun is increasing due to greenhouse gas emmisions.

I also think that extreme weather is caused by climate change and is something that can be avoided or less extreme if the world made more effort to battle climate change. Some places are drier and are reaching dangerous levels of high temperature and heat while others are experiencing extreme cold weather. Yet there are still people with higher power that are convincing other people that climate change is not real.

I 100% agree. In Maine we didn’t have any snow during Christmas and now it’s spring and we’re about to get dumped on with predictions of 2 feet of snow. We also had 3 100 year storms. 3 times in the last few months we’ve been completely flooded, roads blocked and unable to leave our driveway. These storms are so uncommon they happen every 100 years. This all has to with climate change and how we’re getting less snow throughout the season and getting rain instead.

I agree! We burn about 40.9 million tons of fossil fuels each year, and we've been burning fossil fuels all the way since the 1800s (of course, the yearly emissions have increased a lot since then). With these emissions, we're releasing so much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, leading to the air and oceans to warm. The warming of the air and oceans increases the rate of land and sea ice melting, leading to a rise in sea level. With the rising of the sea level, we're going to see a lot more coastal "high-tide" flooding, as well as flooding cities through inlets and rivers. On the flip side, as the earth warms, drier climates (including, not limited to deserts) are going to get drier. The hotter air will lead to more evaporation of water from the ground, and droughts get more severe.

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Extreme weather events are getting more common, more expensive and harder to accurately predict. The cost per event has increased nearly 77% over the past five decades. July 2021's floods across Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands generated an estimated $43 billion in damages and killed 200 people.In Sudan in 2020, more than 700,000 people were displaced by the most severe storms since 1962. Floods in central China's Henan province killed dozens and displaced more than 250,000 and significantly disrupted economic activity. While extreme events have increased more than five times over the same number of decades, the cost of extreme events has increased nearly eight times globally, inflation-adjusted, since the 1970s.

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Did you guys notice that it has been so hot lately? It is just April and I could die of heat. AC are on everywhere I go. But, why is this? The reason is because of GLOBAL WARMING. It is is the long-term heating of Earth's surface observed since the pre-industrial period (between 1850 and 1900) due to human activities, primarily fossil fuel burning, which increases heat-trapping greenhouse gas levels in Earth's atmosphere. Because of global warming, many animals are dying. The polar bears in North Pole are dying because of the heat. The ice that they are living on are slowly melting. In a few decades, or even less, they are going to be no ice. They are all just going to die!

The polar bears are not just going to be the target of global warming. We, humans, are also going to be targets. This is because in a few decades, the temperature on Earth might be 50 degrees or more. Can humans survive this temperature? I don't think so. Maybe humans can't even survive 40 degrees. Don't say that this is not possible. These few days in Taiwan are 30 degrees. It is only April!!! So maybe next few years will actually be 40 degrees!

Global warming is actually a cycle. First, people invented the AC because it gets too hot during the summer. When people used it in the summer, the inside stays cold, but in contrast, hot air will be released into the atmosphere. Slowly over time, it gets hotter and hotter everywhere around the world. Humans can't stand a little hot, so they will turn on the AC. So it goes on and on and on. Until maybe the winter won't be cold anymore. No more spring, fall, or winter. Summer all year!

In conclusion, global warming is a serious issue on Earth. If we don't fix this problem, we are all going to die. You can reduce this issue by saving energy, such as using fans instead of AC or turn off the light if you are not using it. You can also walk to places if they are close to your location or prevent driving cars and take public transportation with many more people. You can stop wasting food and reduce, reuse, and recycle. By accomplishing these steps, you will not only make a huge change to yourself, but also a huge change to the world.

For not have the extreme weather in summer like the others summers, We need to recycle more for not having a bad weather.

I agree with you but I think that recycling isn't the only reason for extreme weather. 1.3 billion metric tons of CO2 emissions are generated annually when the trash that could be recycled goes into landfills. Based off this drastically high number you would think this could be a leading cause of the extreme weather, but really a lot of different CO2 emissions weigh into it, not just people not recycling. I think if we are trying to stop or slow down these weather events there are a lot of other measures we could also take. Some examples are, taking a bike or electric car compared to gas cars, eat less meat & dairy, and reduce your energy usage.

You are correct but the same time recycling wont compleatly change the weather it will help but we need to limit other things as well. We need to stop burning as much fossil fuels, trash, and stop flying so much and the weather will improve.

Yes, while this is true it does not fully affect the climate. This may make a change but in the long run it will take a lot more then just recycling. It does have a massive foot print on climate change but so does things such as over heating houses, and heating a house when it is not needed. With things like driving and flying have a huge foot print. So while recycling more will help it will not be a fix to climate change.

Blizzards, heat waves, floods, and strong storms are examples of extreme weather. Though human activity, such as actions that alter the climate, may also worsen these extreme events, natural causes like volcanoes or variations in the sun can also cause them. Severe weather conditions can hurt the environment, people, and businesses, among other things. The frequency and intensity of these extreme events must be understood, and steps must be taken to improve conditions in order to protect communities and the environment.

Exactly. An example would be here in Maine we have had 3 hundred year storms. These storms happen once every hundred years and we’ve had 3 in just under 4 months. All the extra co2 in the air is causing these storms.

Hello everyone,

My name is Miguel, and I hail from Badajoz, Spain. I've observed a significant shift in our local climate over recent years, which has prompted me to share my experiences and thoughts on this matter.

I've been discussing these changes with my colleagues at my job in PYMES HACKS Badajoz, and we've all noticed the same trends. Traditionally, Badajoz experiences distinct seasonal variations, with relatively cold winters and hot summers. However, the pattern seems to be altering. The winters are becoming noticeably milder, with fewer instances of the biting cold that was once commonplace. On the other hand, the summers have intensified, with temperatures soaring to new highs, making them increasingly unbearable.

This change in weather patterns is not just a subject of casual observation but raises concerns about the broader implications for our environment, agriculture, water resources, and overall lifestyle in Badajoz. It's evident that these climatic shifts may be symptomatic of global climate change, reflecting the broader environmental challenges facing our planet.

I invite discussions and insights on this topic, hoping to foster a better understanding of local climate changes and their global ramifications. It's crucial for communities worldwide to share their experiences, as this collective knowledge can be instrumental in addressing the environmental crises we face.

Warm regards, Miguel from Badajoz, Spain

Your post made me think about a government program (I think a state of California one) that gives rain gauges to private citizens.  This allows individuals to monitor and report data on local scales, which of course are the scales at which people actually live!  This is crucial, because current climate models don't translate well down to local scales. 

So participating in programs like these allow citizens to engage in important scientific data gathering that will improve our "collective knowledge", as you say Miguel.

Hello, I'm Alex Moscardo Ibañez, I'm from Denia (Alicante) and I study at the IES Historiador Chabas and I'm going to talk to you about extreme weather. Extreme weather is a destructive meteorological phenomenon. It is a term usually used to refer to strong storms and related phenomena, such as tornadoes, hail, and whirlpools. This concept has many problems such as erosion, reduction of organic matter, salinization, loss of biodiversity of soil, landslides, desertification and flooding. We have to try to solve extreme weather with these tips Walking or cycling, instead of driving, reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
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I'm agree with you. We need a change.

extreme weather is influenced by climate change. For example the amount of rain in the sky is due to ice caps melting and more water getting released which in turn make rain more heavy and more dangerous. Another example is droughts which have been increasing at an alarming rate due to the fact that water is getting sparce in some areas and the heat from the sun is increasing due to greenhouse gas emmisions.

Extreme temperatures are affecting many areas of the planet such as: Europe, Asia, America, etc. Many of these environmental catastrophes are arising because of global warming.
The average global temperature has increased significantly since the industrial revolution and the last decade (2010-2019) was the warmest decade on record. Of the 20 warmest years, 19 have passed since 2000. Data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service show that in 2022 Europe experienced the second warmest year in its history and its hottest summer on record. Most evidence indicates that this is due to increased greenhouse gas emissions from human activity.

Extreme weather refers to when temperatures are above or below normal.
The main effect of this is the greenhouse effect, which occurs when some gases in the Earth's atmosphere act in a similar way to the glass in a greenhouse: they retain the heat of the sun and prevent it from escaping into space, thus causing global warming.

The weather is changing very fast because of the climate change and in Iceland we can se it there has not been snow fall in all autumn and now it is December and not even now there is no snow

I agree that the weather is changing and it is a big problem. In the USA, especially in California where I live, we have been experiencing record breaking heats almost every summer. There have also been massive wildfires, heatwaves that can last into September, and an increased amount of deaths due to heat exposure. We definitely need to take action and do something about this before it's too late.

Yes, unfortunately carbon emissions have caused the average temperature to increase by 1 degree Celsius from the pre-industrial age. Though this may seem insignificant, a 1 degree increase in temperature is actually a extremely big deal. If the average temperature of Earth were to increase by another .5 Celcius, there may be more frequent heat waves and other natural disasters. Furthermore, ice glaciers could melt and cause flooding to many coastal areas. In short, small amounts of average temperature changes can create significant impacts to the weather.

Is this really something that can be fixed? Weather is a huge problem all around the world right now because of climate change, sure we can lower all of our carbon emissions in hopes of slowing climate change. This process has already started can it just stop or even slow down enough to show good results concerning weather across the globe.

I agree our weather is changing fairly quickly due to climate change,  Over here in California where i live it’s been warm even during the fall the hot weather barely stopped about a week or so ago.   But all we can probably do is lower our  carbon emissions in hopes to slow down the climate change even just a little bit.

I have observed similar things, the weather is becoming more and more unpredictable every year. This year in California, the weather has been continuously warm through all of September and October which is extremely strange compared to last year, when it was storming constantly. This is due to our usage of fuel and our carbon footprint as humans; to emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, thus warming and moistening the air, we are tilting our nonlinear climate system towards greater intermittent instability. So, if you notice great changed in weather where you live, the increasing carbon footprint is likely responsible.

I am also observing drastic changes in the climate here in Spain. This autumn has been extremely warm, with temperatures above normal for this time of year. It has barely rained in the last few months. The heat and drought have caused severe forest fires in some areas of the country.

Experts warn that these atypical conditions are due to climate change and that we can expect increasingly hotter summers and milder winters in the future. Heat waves will become more frequent and intense. This will have serious consequences for our agriculture, forests and water resources.

I believe governments must take urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But we also need to adapt already to the impacts that are inevitable. Policies are needed to better manage water scarcity, protect coastal areas from rising sea levels, care for our forests against fires, etc. The citizens can also contribute, for example by reducing our energy consumption. This is a global challenge that requires action at all levels.

Everyone knows that the extreme weather Earth is experiencing right now that has increased in regularity and severity due to climate change is just a trailer. A preview. A warning of the threat that climate change poses to us; all of the extreme weather events are going to get worse. The wildfires, the monsoons, the tsunamis, the hurricanes, the tornados, the droughts, etc. And with these worsening weather events, the question of access to energy comes into the picture. Unfortunately for many people across the world, and specifically in the USA, access to energy has been prevented due to extreme weather events. The California flooding power outages, the Texas winter power outages, and many, many more. What if I told you there was something you could do about it?
Introducing: The BIG WIRES Act (Building Integrated Grids with Interregional Energy Supply). This piece of legislation which is being lobbied for right this moment in Congress, would provide " . . . reliable, resilient grid that can provide affordable electricity in the face of ever more extreme weather events" (CCL 2023). This act works to speed up the approval process of energy transmission lines, so that different regions across the country can assist the others with supplying energy during the horrific climate change extreme weather events.
Advocate to your representative today to support the BIG WIRES Act!!!

Works Cited:
https://citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/n … wires-act/

Year after year I'm seeing the increasing of catastrophic events, floods, melting glaciers and enormous damage to flora and fauna. The bees are going disappear and the soils are increasing fragile due to drought!!!

I totally agree, temperatures are increasing year by year, winters are getting shorter, and floods and fires are frequent occurrences, and this significantly damages the environment.

I also agree with this. The main cause of these historically bad floods and major glaciers melting is climate change. Because of the on and off torrential downpours our sea levels are rising at a historical rate. The reasons there are rising are not only because of the rain but also because of the glaciers melting. Our spring and summer season are extremely hot because of climate change and winters are shorter. This is causing rapid melting of the glaciers. Many people are dying each year because of floods and the cost of fixing a flood damage is mind boggling. In 2021 the Northeast experienced an average of 8 high tide flood days, which is a 200% increase compared to the number of flood days in the year 2000. Another huge problem we have is the increase in hurricanes. In the Atlantic area there are multiple hurricanes looming. It is looking like soon there could be the biggest year for hurricanes.

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/03/11149811 … %20a%20lot.

I totally agree with everything being said... climate change and global warming is the cause to villages being destroyed and brought to rubble. I feel as if we, as a community tried to limit the amount of resources or at least be more mindful about how we use the things we have access to, then we could make an impact, even if it's minor. For instance, people should start using their air conditioning services only when absolutely necessary for any health issues or due to extreme weather. Another thing people could change is the way they shop for clothes, instead of buying new clothes, maybe thrift them and buy them (lightly) used, as a way to conserve the amount of machinery needed to produce material for clothing, which harms the environment entirely. Clothing is a big factor to climate change and global warming due to the high amount of carbon dioxide that is released into the atmosphere when the clothes are being produced... diminishing these actions could greatly impact not only humans, but animals that are going extinct due to the inhabitable environments that are being changed to submit to human needs. Small things like this, that most people could afford to acclimate to could greatly and positively impact our Earth and how the small villages, as you were talking about, can stay safe from any natural disasters agitated by climate change.

source used: https://www.sciencejournalforkids.org/w … rticle.pdf

I 100% agree with what you are saying climate change is destroying villages and nothing is being done about it too.

I agree with everything that has been said. Climate change and global warming had a big effect on United States and other countries. Drought conditions have impacted numerous of Southern and Midwestern states. There was a massive damage to the field crops from lack of rainfall. Ranchers had to sell off their livestock due to the high feeding cost. The drought also made the Mississippi river experience low water levels, with in the end impacted the water quality in Southern Louisiana. There was also a big hurricane near Keaton Beach, Florida. This hurricane, also known as Idalia, caused heavy damage to homes, businesses, vehicles, Etc.

Source used: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billio … ?disasters[]=all-disasters

Totalmente de acuerdo, una solución para este tema podría ser la lámina impermeabilizante https://www.estilguru.com/laminas-imper … ater-stop/

I agree. We're seeing more floods, melting glaciers, and damage to nature every year. Bees are in trouble, and drought is making soil fragile. We really need to take action to tackle climate change and protect our environment.

Extreme weather events, from hurricanes and wildfires to heatwaves and floods, are imposing growing challenges on our world. Their causes are diverse, with human-induced climate change standing out as a leading factor, exacerbated by natural climate variability and urbanization. The consequences of these events are severe, ranging from devastating disasters and environmental damage to significant health impacts. Climate change is closely linked to the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather, emphasizing the urgent need for mitigating its effects. Mitigation and adaptation strategies are key to addressing this issue, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions, resilience planning, conservation efforts, and international cooperation through agreements like the Paris Agreement. In confronting extreme weather events, we must collectively recognize the causes, anticipate the impacts, and proactively take measures to build a more resilient and sustainable future.

https://www.noaa.gov/
https://climate.nasa.gov/

Extreme weather is something that is getting more and more common today. For example, There has been an immense amount of rain this year compared to years in the past. Some main causes of this extreme weather that is arising is humans, carbon, climate change, and more. This extreme weather has arose fairly quickly with research going about 20 years back. An article, Attribution, found the main studies of extreme weather over the past 20 years which were extreme heat, rainfall or flooding, and droughts. These are all examples of the extreme weather we have been experiencing and will continue to experience however, this does not always have to be a bad thing because these different types of weather that come by through the seasons are necessary to keep the Earth balanced and safe. This explains extreme weather and how it is caused by climate change, humans, carbon, and more.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-how- … the-world/

I agree with what you have stated specifically the part where you said climate change is one of the reasons why extreme weather is arising. Climate change has a major imapct in today's world by heating up earth and making most countries lead to droughts,and with no water there is no way for agriculture to work out.

Extreme weather is mainly caused by climate conditions due to human activity. Climate change caused by humans create a rise in greenhouse gases which is increasing the frequency and intensity of weather events. Massive increases in greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere causes the earth to grow warmer. As it gets warmer, wildfires start to grow which create hazardous air pollution affecting many living organisms. Hurricanes form as global temperatures rise and storms draw energy from warm ocean waters. Higher temperatures also create droughts, moisture evaporates from water bodies and soil; these droughts are becoming more severe due to climate change. Glaciers and ice caps start to melt adding to a rise in sea level causing floods. This is all due to the burning of fossil fuels causing gases to trap heat warming the earth.

People should take this all into consideration knowing that it’d definitely affect their lives. Extreme weather events demolish homes, deteriorates health, and destroys environments.
Sources: https://earthjustice.org/feature/how-cl … atmosphere.
https://climate.nasa.gov/extreme-weather/

High carbon footprints, caused by the emission of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide contribute to extreme weather. Climate change is also one of the reasons for hurricanes, heatwaves, and intense rainfall. Having extreme weather also has a negative impact on our environment like property damage, agriculture, and risks to our safety etc. Reducing our carbon footprints by using clean energy and conserving resources can help mitigate the impacts of climate change and potentially reduce the chances of extreme weather.

Natural disasters affect the way that the weather comes.

Natural disasters affect the way that the weather comes.

There are a number of social and political challenges to addressing climate change events.
These include a lack of public awareness and understanding of climate change as many people are still not aware of the severity of the climate crisis, or they do not understand the science behind it.  This can make it difficult to build public support for climate action.
Climate change is also a highly politicized issue in many countries, with different political parties and groups holding widely different views on the causes and solutions to the problem. This political polarization can make it difficult to pass and implement effective climate policies.  Another thing is some powerful economic interests, such as the fossil fuel industry, oppose climate action because it would threaten their profits.  These interests can lobby governments and spread misinformation about climate change in order to block or delay progress.
Climate change is a global problem, but its impacts are pretty much not felt evenly.  Developing countries are often more vulnerable to the effects of climate change, and they have fewer resources to adapt and mitigate the impacts.  This global inequality can make it difficult to reach international agreements on climate action.  Climate action should be fair and equitable, but there is a risk that it could disproportionately harm vulnerable populations and communities.  For example, some climate policies, such as carbon pricing, could increase the cost of living for low-income households. It is important to design climate policies in a way that minimizes negative impacts on vulnerable populations and communities.

Learn more about Climate Change and Social Challenges: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/

People who are more aware of the risks of climate change and who perceive themselves to be more vulnerable to its impacts and who trust their government (depends) are also more likely to support climate action.  It is important to address the social and political challenges to addressing climate change events in order to build public support for climate action and to ensure that climate policies are fair and equitable.  In your country, does your government care about climate change?

As the emissions of greenhouse gases increase, the temperature of our planet continues to rise. This increased warming of the earth causes weather events (hurricanes, droughts, heat waves, etc.) that already have a bad effect on the planet to worsen and fall outside of normal patterns. They are becoming longer and more frequent due to the effects of climate change. By reducing your carbon footprint, it lessens the severity of these events and lowers the impact on communities.

Every year, California experiences extreme wildfires that greatly impact the environment and everyone in it. These wildfires seem to get worse and more frequent each year. Even though the fires are mainly in the mountains and forested areas, where I live, in the valley, every summer, there will be a few weeks where the air is completely toxic due to smoke from all the wildfires. The smoke is thick and heavy. You can't even go outside without your eyes stinging and your throat being coated with smoke. The areas where the fires are happening have it even worse. This is a big problem that needs to be fixed. The fires pollute the atmosphere, burn down wildlife, and kill animals and humans. This will only get worse as climate change worsens. If we want a good future, we need to work to prevent wildfires and take care of the environment.

I believe that climate change is impacting the weather vey greatly. We have all felt that the temperatures rising every now and then. And now hot the summers have become  form the previous years. So yes, we should get worries about climate change. You won’t know what the future will come with, but our graphs and data are good predictions that tells us what the earth’s environment will be like in the near future.

Climate change is one of the reasons our weather is worsening. climate change is leading to more drastic tempurature changes, and with more drastic tempurature changes come more drastic weather changes. We can prevent this by lessening carbon emissions, and lowering your overall carbon footptrint.

Extreme weather is usually caused by fossil fuel being burned, carbon dioxide, and greenhouse gases. Fossil fuel is burned throughout many things like electricity, heat and transportation.Fossil fuel is still common around places and it is used around the world. When burning fossil fuel it creates large amounts of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases. Carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases are a main source of Earth heating up. Earth's high temperature is abnormal so it will affect normal weather conditions. Global warming will cause harsher hurricanes, flooding, wildfires and other extreme weather conditions.

https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/weather-climate

https://climate.nasa.gov/extreme-weather/

https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/

I think climate change is a big factor in our weather. It happens when we have a lot of carbon dioxide  and waste we punch a hole in the O zone layer.

Unfortunately, extreme weather that used to be fairly rare, is now something that is becoming increasingly more normal and common in the world. Examples of extreme weather are extreme drought, deadly heatwaves, incredibly destructive wildfires, record-breaking hurricanes, relentless rain that leads to flooding, and also intense winter storms.

The heat is becoming more and more unbearable. The already hot places are getting even hotter than they were before. This extreme heat requires the need for more air conditioning, which can lead to blackouts and loss of power. Wildfires were already an issue before. Now, they burn longer and are much larger. The damage that is done is also much worse than it could be because of how dry and ead the land is from the heat. Since hurricane are energized with warm seawater, they are becoming much more intense and damaging. As stated above, the hotter places will get hotter. The same can be said the other way around; the wetter and colder places get more wet and colder. With the world warming, the ocean is also getting warmer. This causes the glaciers to melt and the sea levels to rise. As a result, there is more flooding. 

To try and fix this, we need to stop burning fossil fuels and use electricity for energy instead. This electric must be accessible to everyone. Otherwise, having it wouldn’t help as much as it could and should.

Source: https://earthjustice.org/feature/how-cl … me-weather

Climate change had a great impact on United States and the surrounding countries. Due to the extreme droughts, there was a massive damage to crops. Ranchers had to sell off their livestock due to the high feeding cost. There was also a great hurricane also known as Idalia, who has brought a heavy damage on homes, businesses, etc.

Extreme weather has been happening before climate change but climate change has been making it more frequent and more intense. Places that are usually warm are getting warmer which causes environmental problems such as droughts and forest fires which harms farmers and it pollutes the air. Places that are usually cold are getting colder which causes disasters such as blizzards.

I agree, even some places that are usually cold have been heating up exponentially.

I agree, I think that because of the sudden uprising of carbon emissions, we can see that the surface of the earth has been getting hotter and the environment is suffering terribly from it.

the extreme weather is caused by the increase in co2 in our atmosphere, because humans burn fossil fuels.

What are some examples of extreme weather events, what is causing them, and how can they affect our planet?  I took it upon myself to research and find out. 
One example of extreme weather that I have seen firsthand in California is heat waves.  A heat wave is an extended period of irregularly hot weather.  According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, heat waves have been becoming longer and more frequent across the U.S. in recent years.  In fact, major cities across the U.S. have seen an average increase to six heat waves per year which is a massive change from the average of two per year in 1960.  These heat waves are a product of increased greenhouse gas emissions which are becoming trapped in the atmosphere, subsequently causing the planet to warm.  According to the Center for Climate and Energy Solution, they can have devastating effects on our planet including worsening drought and drying an environment which can lead to wildfires.  Also, heat waves can negatively affect plant growth and increase the demand for electricity which will worsen our situation. 
One other example of an extreme weather event is drought.  Drought is defined as a lack of precipitation followed by a period of dry weather.  Drought has been becoming increasingly common and more severe across the U.S. in the past century.  In fact according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, in the past 20 years, around 20 to 70 percent of the U.S. land mass experienced drought at any moment.  Like heat waves, drought is also becoming more frequent and severe as a result of climate change.  Earth’s average temperature has increased and as a result, the water cycle has hastened.  This has increased the processes of evaporation and transpiration, leaving less moisture in the soil and more in the air.  These areas losing abnormal amounts of moisture will experience prolonged droughts while areas historically prone to receive more rain will get large amounts that will result in flooding.  Drought negatively impacts many parts of society including agriculture, animal health, and water supplies.  For example, plant growth is sedated and many die.  Reservoirs and rivers may dry up leaving plants and animals helpless. 

Sources
https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/ … heat-waves
https://www.c2es.org/content/heat-waves … te-change/
https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/ … rs-drought

Places that are hot, are getting hotter and places that are cold are getting colder. This is all a result of climate change. Climate change is causing all sort of extreme environmental events such as forest fires, hurricanes, floods, droughts and so much more.

Extreme weather is extreme climate events that include unexpected, unusual, severe, or unseasonal weather. Some examples of extreme weather are tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, lightning, hail storms, dust storms, blizzards, and ice storms. Tornadoes are dangerous vertical funnels of spinning air that are formed when wind variations with height support rotation in the updraft. Hurricanes are giant, spiral, tropical storms that contain heavy rainfall. They are formed when warm air over water begins to rise. Floods are when there is heavy rainfall in a short amount of time, resulting in water overflowing in normally dry areas. Lighting is extreme weather during thunderstorms. Each bolt of lighting can have up to one billion volts of electricity. Hail storms are when pieces of ice fall from the clouds. They can happen whether it's warm or cold. Dust storms are when strong winds carry dust over an area, making it hard to see and breathe. Blizzards are when there is heavy snow, ice, and freezing temperatures over a long period of time. Ice storms are when rain freezes as it lands. These are examples of extreme weather.
Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/acti … -on-earth/

Extreme weather has been increasing rapidly recently. As we know, there are a few big examples of extreme weather that are somewhat consistent. One are tornadoes, which are vertical tunnels of rapidly spinning air. The components of a tornado are clouds, strong wind, rain, and occasionally, some hail. They can move speeds 16-32 kilometers per hour which is roughly 10-20 miles per hour. But their winds can top up to 402 kilometers per hour. (Around 250 miles per hour) Another common example of extreme weather is hurricanes. These beasts are also known as cyclones, and are essentially giant, spiraling tropical storms. They include strong kinds of 257 kilometers per hour or 160 miles per hour. They also can come with heavy rains and can drop around 9 trillions liters or (2.4 trillion gallons) of water.

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/acti … -on-earth/

Since the 1960s, Earth's atmosphere has seen a skyrocket in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration. The levels climb higher and higher every year. All of this extra CO2 in the atmosphere absorbs infrared heat, trapping it in the atmosphere and raising Earth's temperature. The rising temperatures that we have experienced for half a century have shown themselves through drastic impacts on the amounts of ice and snow on Earth's surface.

Climate change has a large impact on the snow and ice on Earth. The higher air temperature melts snow and thaws ice, while also making winters too warm for significant new snowfall and freezing. One example of a lack of snow and ice, provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, is the Alaskan Permafrost. Permafrost is a combination of either dirt or rock mixed with ice that typically stays frozen for 2 years or more. However, over the past 40 years, 14 out of 15 monitoring stations in Alaska have reported substantial increases in Permafrost temperature and earlier Permafrost melt. These changes are most prominent in northern Alaska, and are mainly caused by long-term influence from higher air temperatures. This is not an isolated problem. Many of the same patterns have been seen throughout Arctic sea ice, Antarctic sea ice, glaciers, lake ice cover, ice sheets, snowpack, and much more.

The loss of ice and snow is impactful to our lives because of the shelter snow provides for vegetation and wildlife, dwindling water supply for many regions on Earth, and a disruption of cultural lifestyles. In addition, this has global consequences, as snow and ice affect sea level, ocean currents, air temperatures, and storm patterns. Without intervention, the constantly disappearing snow and ice will soon become a problem too big to solve, and will begin amplifying the effects of climate change that we already see. The best way to keep the ice and snow we have is to limit CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions that cause the water loss. By keeping the greenhouse gasses in our atmosphere stable, and even reducing the concentration (by planting trees, for example), we can replenish the stores of ice and snow that are so essential to our life on Earth.

Source for my research: https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/snow-ice

Extreme weather events that keep occurring in the USA have become quite normal even though it's not considered a typical sight to see. The USA sees these weather phenomena due to many geographical disadvantages; surrounded by two oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida Pennisula, and the Rocky Mountains.  All this creates crashing weather patterns which result in horrible storms. Moreover, the changes in climate have created even more disruption in US weather. Some of the effects of climate change have been Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Flash floods, Droughts, Wildfires, Blizzards, Ice storms, Nor’easters, Lake-effect snow, Heat waves, Severe thunderstorms, Hail, Lightning, Atmospheric rivers, Derechos, Dust storms, monsoons, Bomb cyclones, and the dreaded polar vortex. One example that is the most prevalent in the USA is hurricanes. There has been an increase in hurricanes since the 1980s this includes measures of intensity, frequency, and duration as well as in the number of strongest category storms. This has been happening because of the sea surface temperatures in the region that Atlantic hurricanes form and move through. This is happening due to some factors that influence these local sea surface temperatures, including natural variability, human-induced emissions of heat-trapping gases, and particulate pollution. This is not the only factor it also has to do with the atmosphere that has changed too. This change in the atmosphere is due to the pollution that allows more sunlight to warm the ocean and human-caused heat-trapping gases which lead to sea surface temperatures rising. 
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/wh … tastrophes
https://nca2014.globalchange.gov/highli … me-weather

Over the last 150 years, the rise of the industrial era and the rapid growth of the human population has led to various devastating changes on our planet. Over the past century there has been an increase of 2 degrees farenheit in global average surface temperature. Although this number may seem small, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), "Rising global average temperature is associated with widespread changes in weather patterns". Of these changes, a prominent increase in extreme weather has had a detrimental effect on the world and the people that inhabit it. For example, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, from 1851-2004 the total number of hurricanes recorded was 273 and of those, 92 were major and caused severe damage. The EPA says that large storms are likely to continue to become more frequent and more intense with human induced climate change. Another extreme weather case can be observed here in California which has suffered from severe drought that was first recorded in 1924 which corresponds to the beginning of the industrial revolution and our recent climate crisis. According to the World Health Organization over 55 million people globally are affected by drought each year, and water scarcity affects over 40% of the world. The increased temperature of climate change enhances water evaporation and dries out soil and vegetation leading to longer, more frequent, and more potent droughts. Around the world billions suffer from this climate crisis. People must be aware and educated on the climate crisis, and action is required now before it worsens.

Sources:
https://www.c2es.org/content/drought-an … ailability.
https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/weather-climate
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdec.shtml

Extreme weather events that keep coming on the news in the USA have become quite normal even though it is not a typical site to see. even though the USA has some disadvantages in its geography because of the two oceans, the Gulf of Mexico and the Rocky Mountains this creat much-crashing weather which creates horrible storms. This is not all that creat these extreme weather events it is also the addiction to Climate change that has created this. some of the effects have been Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Flash floods, Droughts, Wildfires, Blizzards, Ice storms, Nor’easters, Lake-effect snow, Heat waves, Severe thunderstorms, Hail, Lightning, Atmospheric rivers, Derechos, Dust storms, monsoons, Bomb cyclones, And the dreaded polar vortex. one example that is most prevalent is hurricanes there has been an increase of hurricanes since the 1980s this include measures of intensity, frequency, and duration as well as the number of strongest. this has been happening because of the sea surface temperatures in the region that Atlantic hurricanes form and move through. this is happening due to some factors that influence these local sea surface temperatures, including natural variability, human-induced emissions of heat-trapping gases, and particulate pollution. This is not the only factor it also has to do with the atmosphere that has changed too. this change in the atmosphere is the pollution that allows more sunlight to warm the ocean and human-caused heat-trapping gases which lead to sea surface temperatures rising.
https://nca2014.globalchange.gov/highli … me-weather
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/wh … tastrophes

Extreme weather events such as heatwaves, hurricanes, floods, and droughts are becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change. As global temperatures continue to rise, so does the likelihood and intensity of these extreme weather events. This is because the increased heat causes more water to evaporate from oceans and other bodies of water, leading to more intense and frequent precipitation. Additionally, warmer air can hold more moisture, leading to more intense and prolonged droughts. These changes in weather patterns have significant impacts on our communities, economies, and ecosystems, highlighting the urgent need for action to address climate change.

Yes, I completely agree with the statement above. As many know, and as I have learned in the web sites below, greenhouse gasses specifically trap heat in the atmosphere to make temperature and weather perfect for the mass amounts of life on Earth. Yet, human activity has caused the rate of greenhouse gasses emitted into the atmosphere to increase a great deal, only leading to global warming. Though temperatures rising isn't the only problem, as it creates many more problems throughout Earth's climate change, more specifically seen in the extreme weather. Like Gavin said, the increase in overall temperature leads to faster evaporation of water, leaving more and more places in droughts. With this evaporation occurring more frequently, hurricanes will become more and more intense, just like we have seen with hurricane Katrina 18 years ago. Though climate change is causing droughts, it also causes the complete opposite too, flooding and snow storms. Which is also due to the extreme increase in water vapor throughout the atmosphere. That is exactly why I agree with Gavin, about the fact that society needs to identify and solve our part in global warming, before extreme weather destroys more.

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https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2021/ … l-warming/
https://www.nationalacademies.org/based … e%20season.
https://keelingcurve.ucsd.edu/
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Heat waves are occurring more frequently, going from an average of two per year in the 1960s to six in 2010-2020, this is a result of climate change. The greenhouse gasses trapped in Earth's atmosphere are causing climate change, this is because the more greenhouse gasses there are, the more heat from the sun is trapped. Usually, the sun would warm up the earth during the day and the heat would leave in the night, but due to the high amount of greenhouse gasses, the heat can't leave during the night and gradually the temperature of the earth began to rise. Source: https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/ … heat-waves

Many people recently have noticed that hurricanes have become more and more intense. This change in pattern however is not random or a coincidence at all. It is caused by climate change. These storms are becoming more intense, because the oceans are heating up. When oceans grow warmer, there is more evaporation (such as a pot of boiling water). Therefore, the increased evaporation and moisture in the air creates a space for increased rain (NASA, 2022). With this increased rain, it causes storms to be pulled in, making hurricanes significantly more damaging and risky once they hit land.
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I completely agree that the intensification of hurricanes is a result of climate change. You pointed out that warmer oceans lead to increased evaporation and moisture in the air, resulting in more rainfall and intense storms. A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that the probability of a hurricane becoming a Category 3 or higher has increased by about 8% per decade over the past 40 years due to human-caused climate change (Emanuel, 2017). The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says since the 1980s, there has been an increase in Category 4 and 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic basin, likely due to warmer ocean temperatures (NOAA, 2021). I believe that it is important that we recognize the role of climate change in the intensification of hurricanes and take action to reduce our carbon footprint and mitigate its effects.
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I agree with you both. Both of you mentioned how hurricanes are becoming more intense and dangerous. You both pointed out that ocean temperatures are increasing. To add to that, Climate change makes hurricanes more dangerous. Climate change is making flooding and wind damage from hurricanes more common in the U.S. That means dangerous storms are getting more frequent, even though the total number of storms isn't changing (Hersher, 2023). It is important to recognize how hurricanes are not increasing or decreasing in the amount there are, but instead increasing in their intensity. This increase in intensity can cause more damage to the homes, cities, and states they are hitting.
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When one thinks of climate change, one thinks of our planet getting warmer, so then why are snow storms and hurricanes getting more severe? It’s true, most natural disasters, including wildfires and storms, have been getting worse along with the rise of climate change. In addition to the planet getting warmer, it’s also getting wetter. This is because warm air has the ability to hold more moisture than cooler air. The atmosphere holding more water is one of the main factors that cause harsher hurricanes and storms. Hurricanes are also becoming more and more dangerous because of the rising oceans. When land ice melts, it causes the oceans to rise. This means when there is a storm or hurricane, it is imperative that it’s mild. The water has no place to go if the oceans are full, causing severe flooding. Along with the ever-rising climate concerns, comes a financial burden for the government and individuals. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimates that climate change-caused weather disasters have caused 355 weather disasters since 1980. These disasters have resulted in over 2.54 trillion dollars worth of damages.If the mass destruction of our planet isn’t enough motivation to make major changes, the financial impact should be.

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Global warming refers to the long-term increase in Earth's average surface temperature due to human activities, particularly the emission of greenhouse gases. The primary greenhouse gases responsible for global warming are carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, which trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere and cause the planet's temperature to rise. According to NASA, the Earth's temperature has risen about 1.1 degrees Celsius since the late 19th century, and most of the warming has occurred in the last four decades. This rapid increase in temperature is causing significant impacts on the planet, including rising sea levels, melting glaciers, and changes in precipitation patterns. One of the primary drivers of global warming is the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas, which release large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), human activities have caused an increase of approximately 1.0 degrees Celsius in global temperatures since the pre-industrial era. Furthermore, the IPCC projects that global temperatures will continue to rise, and if emissions are not significantly reduced, the Earth could warm by more than 4 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, which would have catastrophic consequences for ecosystems and human societies. In addition to rising temperatures, global warming is also causing other significant environmental impacts. For example, the Arctic sea ice has been rapidly melting in recent decades, with the extent of sea ice in September 2020 being the second-lowest on record. This loss of sea ice has a significant impact on Arctic ecosystems and wildlife, such as polar bears and walruses, which depend on the ice for hunting and breeding. Furthermore, as the sea ice melts, it exposes more of the dark ocean surface, which absorbs more heat and causes further warming, creating a positive feedback loop that could accelerate the rate of global warming.(https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/)

Rising global temperatures can cause higher sea surface temperatures, which give hurricanes more energy to intensify. Furthermore, climate change can modify atmospheric factors such as wind patterns and moisture content, which can affect storm development and behavior. I think it will raise concerns in the US.

Extreme weather may or may not have been caused my climate change. This may be true but however we cannot deny that climate change and greenhouses gasses definitely have a effect on extreme weather conditions that have happened over the world in the last decade. Rising sea levels is not exactly an extreme weather condition but is a effect of climate change that will cause a threat to humanity in the future.

I agree with your point that extreme weather is a virtue of climate change. Events from flash floods, to extreme drought are all being intensified by climate change. It is understood that the 2021 drought which was experienced in the western United States was 6 times more likely to take place due to climate change. Rainfall rates have also been seen to climb 7% each degree (Fahrenheit) of warming which takes place on earth, intensifying flooding, and hurricanes. Currently living close to the ocean, it gives me concern that we could see substantial sea level rise, resulting in coastal flooding, which has already been experienced in my our town. All of these issues bring to light the fact that with the catastrophes come a cost, physically, mentality and monetarily.

I agree with your point, I believe climate change is what heavily affects the weather and gives us these extreme weather conditions. Things like heat waves and big storms will continue to happen if we don't try to stop climate change and fix our choices.

Extreme weather is natural, but also can be effects of climate change. The extreme weather can be unseasonal, and therefore harmful for a majority of times. This weather can be unusual, which makes it so extreme. There can be long lasting affects of extreme weather, for example effects of hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts and wildfires.

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I totally agree with you and what you said because for me if we don't do anything it's for the farming that will be hard so i believe in the young people for that.

I agree with you. People throw out their dishes in the nature and it causes climate changes.

With fuels messing with the greenhouse gases and new weather coming to play how do we stop this or make sure it don´t get worse. How do we keep others and us safe from these extreme weathers.

I think that the most important change to make towards preventing dangerous weather events is to transition away from fossil fuels. Using different power sources such as solar energy and hydropower instead of fossil fuels, which got us into this mess in the first place, seems to be the only way out. We  definitely aren’t going to see any improvement if we continue burning fossil fuels at the rate we are now! Of course, switching the world’s main energy sources isn’t something students like us can do in our own, but if people can put enough pressure on governments to move in a more sustainable direction, I think that they will have to listen eventually.

Global warming is an extreme change in weather. It’s happening due to our pollution. Global warming causes us to have extreme heat waves and is extremely bad for our environment. Implementing small habits such as recycling and trying to walk more often can help with our pollution problem. Less pollution will equal global warming to slow down and hopefully one day end.

Global Warming increases the heat trapping in earth's atmosphere. It is mostly caused by human activities, primarily burning fossil fuels. This is catastrophic to the environment, as it increases pollution. It affects other ecosystems as well, ruining habitats. To reduce climate change, saving energy or fueling it so that it's reusable is necessary.

I agree. we need to start doing something now and start changing the way that we are doing thing. we need to start caring about our planet and what we are doing to the environment. I also believe that we need to start using different energy sources like saving energy and start actually doing things differently other wise the next generation won't have a world t live in.

Global warming is caused by all the greenhouse gases trapped in the atmosphere. Burning fossil fuels and transportation create the greenhouse gases which as a result, heat up the atmosphere. As the temperatures rise, the ice in the Arctic, Greenland, and other places, starts to melt. This isn't only affecting the animals that rely on ice for survival, but it also affects us. As the sea levels rise, cities start to flood. Currently 50% of the population lives on coasts and if all the ice melts, it will leave 4.5 billion people homeless. If we don't want all of this to happen, we must take action before its too late.

i live in Vancouver where we have super long and wet autumns that slowly transition to winter. this year, it didn't start to rain until late October which was confusing because it usually starts to pour buckets in September.It felt weird and dry and definitely not normal. about a week after we started to have normal rain it immediately started to get cold. it snowed in November!most years we either get snow in January or not at all.i don't think there is any other possible reason for these unexpected weather conditions other than climate change. and all though the conditions in Vancouver are only unexpected not unsafe, Im sure there are places that are seeing changes that come with consequences.

Carbon emissions and climate change have caused more drastic weather, like warmer summers and colder winters. The summer this year  was especially long where I live. It was warm and sunny until October, and only now in November did it get cooler. There have also have been a lot of higher temperatures, over a hundred degrees (Fahrenheit) for a few days in September, if I remember correctly. These changes are likely caused by climate change.

Acid rain is a big problem for the environment. While most of it is not caused by carbon emissions on a large scale, it is still caused by emissions of other gases. Carbon dioxide does make the rain more acidic though, and this has a huge effect on what species can live in an ecosystem. Too low of a pH can prevent some aquatic species like mayflies from reproducing and kills off the species.

Climate change and extreme weather events are related because, before all of this climate change, extreme weather events were much rarer than they are now. But because of this new pollution and climate change, they are much more frequent.

Hello Charles! You are right. I live in the mountains, in northen Italy, this summer it almost never rained, in Agust it started to rain a lot, a small village (CASE DI VISO, Ponte di Legno) was overwhelmed by the river that crossed it, destroying road, houses and the nature that surrounded it. The problem is that we are having no rain at all or flooding.

Every time an extreme weather event occurs we can't just blame it on climate change. Does climate change lead to extreme weather maybe, but not all weather events are climate change-related. Most are caused by natural events. That being said climate change is affecting extreme weather that can cause catastrophic events. I feel like we need to stop talking about what we need to do and start causing a change instead.

Once climate change started to show up the weather started to get worse. People should see the effects of climate change now and act now before it’s too late. Once it’s too late then they might reconsider then but then there isn’t anything to do.

I definitely agree that we must take action against climate change immediately because the longer we wait the worse that affects are and the harder it becomes to reveres. As a first step i feel that each of us could try to be more sustainable.

Greenhouse gases directly contribute to the increase in global warming, which is having a catastrophic affect on our climate. For example warmer air causes more evaporation, which means there is more water vapor in our atmosphere for storms to pick up and turn into rain or snow. This is effecting the life of thousands all around the world.

US citizens and other residents will not take climate change more seriously even now that there are extreme weather events. Floods, hurricanes, or any other weather event citizens will not act until it truly affects them. Even then they will only care for  a short matter of time. May 22 - 24, 2004 a Tornado Outbreak across South Central Nebraska to 2022 $20 billion drought and heat wave in Europe. Are humans really taking climate change seriously if more events like these keep happening? The answer itself is self explanatory whenever one turns on the news.

Our carbon footprint that's worse as we have to deal with more Heating and Cooling. As it gets hotter we need to spend more energy making it colder and as it gets colder we need to spend more energy making it harder which is making more greenhouse gases which is making the problem worse. In order to solve this problem we just need to cut down on our greenhouse gas uses on other appliances and resources So that we can stop this ever-growing problem. Then we will be able to not  make as much greenhouse gases from Heating and Cooling our homes so that we don't have to worry about it as much on other things.

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Hurricanes can be affected by climate change. Warmer oceans fuel storms. As storms travel across warm oceans they pull in more water vapor and heat, which could cause stronger winds, heavier rainfall, and more flooding.

There is a significant connection between climate change and extreme weather events because rising temperatures on earth has led to severe changes in weather patterns leading to hotter summers, colder winters, and stronger storms. I think US residents should take climate change more seriously now because warmer average temperatures can lead to the increase of many diseases. As well as climate change leads to a rise in sea levels, as glaciers and ice caps melt because of this many habitats will be lost.

It is a pity that people are not aware of the importance of climate change.

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I think that it is important for all people to be informed of climate change and ways to lower their own and their families effect on climate change by putting up ads that show the consequences of climate change and in the ads write about them and their family's condition if climate change fully happens and ways to lower their impact on climate change like carpooling, using less meat, recycling more and encouraging companies to actually do recycling rather than just putting signs of Recyling and throwing away all of the things that were supposed to be recycled.

I think that it is important for all people to be informed of climate change and ways to lower their own and their families effect on climate change by putting up ads that show the consequences of climate change and in the ads write about them and their family's condition if climate change fully happens and ways to lower their impact on climate change like carpooling, using less meat, recycling more and encouraging companies to actually do recycling rather than just putting signs of Recyling and throwing away all of the things that were supposed to be recycled.

We can affect how harsh weather can be. No, it's not some wizardry, but unfortunately, it's true. How we live our daily lives can affect how much greenhouse gases we produce, which then can affect the weather. For example, driving everywhere you go instead of biking or walking produces a lot more CO2. That CO2 will allow more sunlight to enter the earth's surface, which causes global warming. Global warming then causes extremely harsh weather. I live in an area that doesn't get affected by natural disasters as often as other areas, but there have been weathers that I experienced that were very harsh.  For example, a couple of months ago the weather temperature went up to 118 degrees Fahrenheit, which is not very usual. Global warming is caused by the enhanced greenhouse effect which is rooty caused by human activity. We have to unite as a world, as a species, to stop this from destroying our planet earth, which by the end of the day will probably destroy us. Millions of people have already lost their lives and their homes to these extreme weathers, so what is stopping these extreme weathers from destroying the rest of us too? Before doing anything that might produce greenhouse gasses, ask yourself, is it worth it?

Hurricanes that being formed now are very much influenced by climate change. Flooding will be more severe because of the rising sea levels caused by melting sea caps. The higher temperatures can also cause heavier rainfall as the warmer air temperatures are, they hold more and more water vapor, which will eventually condense and fall. Hurricanes are spirals that suck in warmer air, and the more warmer air is available, the more the hurricane becomes intensified and spirals even more. Since this warmer air retains moisture (water vapor), the hurricane also contains these high levels of water and during these storms will come intense rainfalls. There may be lesser rainfalls, but these hurricanes will become much more stronger and server, reaching Category 4 or Category 5.

Weather patterns have become more extreme over time due to the increase in climate change.  This has increased  the prevalence of severe heat waves, worsened droughts due to additional evaporation, and has exacerbated storms by creating more moisture in the atmosphere.

Global warming was first recognized in 1975 in a science newspaper. Since then, global warming and climate change has only gotten worse every year. Global warming gets worse when human activity affects greenhouse gases and makes greenhouses warmer, which then emits toxins into the atmosphere and causes the earth to warm up. Industries burning fossil fuels also releases CO2, which then makes the atmosphere humid. Because of the toxic chemicals being emitted into the air and events like deforestation happening, the earth is getting warmer, and it is estimated that Earth will hit its limit by 2030.

Climate change has introduced a large amount of new factors in weather, such as heat waves, they were a thing before, however now they are worse and happen more often. On top of the already heating globe heat waves cause droughts and even death in many warmer climates.

Some people don't believe global warming is real. What proof could I show "these people" that global warming is real?

Hello, i agree with you, a lot of people today don't belive that global warming is real. To convince these people i could talk about the place where i live in the north of Italy. In this area last summer there was a flooding, the river has came out of his bed, it flooded the country and blocked the streets for days. In my area there are ski resorts and there is a glacier where we can ski, in the last 30 years the glacier has melted a lot because of high temperatures.

Hello, there are various examples of how global warming exists, just look for information on the internet, such as:
-The increase of temperatures, which since 1880 the average global temperatures have increased by 1,2 °C;
-The increase of CO2, as from last April, that the Earth’s atmosphere has a carbon dioxide (CO2) content of 420 parts per million (0,00042%);
-The snowpack, which is very sensitive to the rise in temperature, in fact satellite data show that with the rise in global temperatures, the extension of snow decreased to a rate of 550 thousand km2 every decade: an area slightly larger than the Spain.
These are some examples of how warming is real and affects us closely.

I believe climate change is real because it is having as many effects on the world, as forest fires and ice melts. I see the situation in Italy, in my country where the last winter it hasn't snowed and in summer were high temperatures;there had never been there.
I also believe it's mostly man made because we have contributed more and haven't done much to try and stop residents from doing something about it.

Hello, I don't know how some people do not see global warming, I live in the mountains, does it seem normal to you that it is 20 degrees in NOVEMBER ?! Another example, last summer there were  really high temperatures that caused drought. And the glacier Presena is melting and that will cause problems to local economies.

Hi, I belive global warming is real. Where I live, in a small village ;in Valle Camonica in Italy, in the mountains, global warming is having terrible effects;for example the melting of glaciers or storms that are more and more frequent and that will cause problems to the local economy. These natural disasters are caused by rising temperatures that also affect the ecosystem, animals, plants, people, weather and our life.

Becuase climate change is effecting us in a big way, heat waves have gotten a lot common than it has ever been. This is due to the heat from forest fires are making it a lot hotter than it should be in the fall.

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I agree with dylan, heat waves are definitely a huge thing to think about when fighting against climate change.

Indeed, heat waves are due to forest fire, but are also due to the overall human activities. it's a fact that forest fires are one of the many consequences of the climate change, and we could also think about the temperature  changes throught the seasons or the rising water of the oceans.

hi, I'm Silvia, I agree with Dylan, the heat waves are ruining the nature of our country, in my opinion the heat waves are also due to human pollution and this heat will not make us experience the winter as we would like, seen that due to the high temperatures it will snow much less.
just think that we are in November and in the mountain there are 18/20 degrees.

How do we know that climate change is why we have more extreme weather? Could there be other reasons too? Is climate change contributing to this problem and if so, how much?

Hello, I think the climate change affects a lot the weather, for example, I live in Italy, in  mountain place and it's always sunny and temperatures are quite high, that's unusual for us, it snows less and less. In the past it snowed more, but now the rainfalls are less frequent and, when they happen, they always cause damages, here you can find what happened near where I live.

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Acidic Oceans are caused by CO2 which make the ocean warmer. Warmer oceans cause hurricanes and acidic oceans also cause the coral reefs to die. When there are hurricanes they kill so many people and destroy so many things. It’s important to keep the ocean at a balanced temperature.

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Although hurricanes happen naturally, climate change makes them worse. They have gotten so bad that we have had to change the scale to record new hurricanes.

We saw a hurricane build up more strength because of the heat of the water and hurricane Ian caused so much damage because of how strong it was because the water had been so hot because of climate change.

I agree, we are causing hurricanes to get worse and worse, and they will continue to if you don't do anything

I agree, climate change has a huge affect on hurricanes, but if we can change that, we could save lives.

I agree. We could definitely be making a different if we could help take natural disasters down a notch.

I agree because hurricane requires warm ocean water and when there are global warming, the ocean water is going to get warmer and warmer and soon the hurricane is going to get worse.

Climate change has made things like flooding and drought much worse. It's time to do something about it, because it's completely unfair to the environment, animals, and communities it is affecting.

I agree. A perfect example of this is the flood(s) in the middle east. Another example of this is how much Lake Mead has dried up.

Even though that floods can happen naturally, climate change has a contribution to the flooding by making it rain more. Climate change has made the floods worse because when it floods it is a lot worse than they have ever been.

If earthquakes are common causes of tsunamis, do they cause other natural disasters too? What disasters cause other disasters?

There have been many more hurricanes recently caused by global warming. As its getting worse more communities are being destroyed and it takes years to recover from. At some point there is not gonna be enough room for all these people without homes.

flooding happens naturally but climate change makes it a whole lot worse. This is a big issue as it destroys homes and is caused by melting icebergs which is taking away land from animals such as polar bears.

I have heard about the hurricanes over the years but they seem to have gotten especially bad recently due to the oceans warming up.

I am now noticing how much climate change is affecting more extreme weather like hurricanes.

It seems like there is a trend of hurricanes getting worse and worse

I agree, it seems there is always some sort of hurricane going on in the news every month or so which isnt good

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The connection between climate change and extreme weather events is real. This hurricane season has made me realize that climate change is worsening. I think people will take more action to prevent bad hurricanes.

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As climate change continues to ramp up how much is weather being impacted. Is it just another hurricane, flood, or forest fire a couple times of year or is the weather getting more destructive/deadly? Is it both? What is your government, country, and people in your community doing to advocate or prepare for this weather?

As many new APIs and repositories are becoming open source, I wonder if we could use any of that gross information to identify weather-biomass patterns that would allow us to predict dengue, zika and chikungunya outbreaks.

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Is your community doing anything to prepare for sea level rise? If so what have they done. Do you know if they have thought of ways to give homes to people who might losses their homes to water rise? Are you worried about your home?

I haven’t heard or seen anything about our community dealing with sea level rise yet. I think we need to, many families and businesses will be affected. Many people I know and myself would be in danger of losing their homes and jobs with sea levels rising.

I also don’t know if anybody has really even thought of a plan because we don’t really know exactly what’s going to happen. In the western world we have this notion that if we put enough money into something we can solve it, which works for some things, but one cannot buy a planet.

Sea level rise solutions can save communities and habitats, but they take time to execute.

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One solution that cities employ to decrease flooding from tides and storms is constructing seawalls. These barriers are often built to a height of five to six feet above sea level and cost approximately $600 to $2,000 per linear foot. When seawalls age or become damaged from constant exposure to saltwater or the impact of waves, they need to be replaced. They also need to be replaced or built higher as sea levels continue to rise.

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The weather has changed a lot in the just the last years. 2020 was recorded to be the hottest year all over the world. Why is this happening? Why are we having such extreme weather such as fires and floods? And more importantly how do we stop it? This is causing global warming and I don't know how much long our planet can take it.

Hi! These are some great questions. The extreme weather that we have been experiencing in recent years is actually a result of global warming instead of the other way around. As the entire world warms, even a fraction of a degree can change a lot of things that eventually factor into the extreme weather in a sort of chain reaction. One example of this is the super drought that has been going on in California for years. This drought has dried up California land which makes it much more susceptible to fires, and then those fires make the ground all dried out and less stuck together so when it starts to rain landslides can occur. The warming of the planet is also causing ice and snow to melt off of the land and into the water which is a common cause of floods. The extreme weather that we are experiencing is a symptom of the bigger problem of climate change, so the best thing to do is to try and reduce your carbon footprint as best as you can and spread the word for others to do the same.

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Hello! I think these questions are fantastic questions. The main reason these issues are happening is because of global warming. I think that the main reason we are experiencing these issues is because of global warming and climate change. Many things that occur today include: Land slides, wild fires, and droughts all over the world. In California these things tend to happen pretty often. As of now there is a pretty severe wild fire in New Mexico, this fire is occurring because of the dryness of the grass in that area. This all correlates to global warming, the reason the grass is so dry is because of the increasing temperature of our earth. Main ways we can stop this is by removing dying trees, although trees provide a lot for our environment the ones that are close to dead can ruin our environment. I also agree that people need to make a change and try to diverge from things such as; Gas cars, fossil fuels, removing dead trees, and waste in general. Overall I completely agree with you and I found some sources that might help answer your questions.
https://www.c2es.org/content/wildfires- … te-change/
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/global-warming-101

Extreme weather is a huge problem that will keep getting worse if we don't do anything about it. This is due to climate change caused by human activity. The carbon from our transportation, farming and deforestation is getting trapped in our atmosphere and heats up the Earth. This is causing many horrible problems to arise. The increase of temperature is causing harsher droughts, heat waves, heavy downpours, floods and hurricanes... We need to have something done about this. Not just sit and watch as our planet gets into worse and worse conditions.

I agree. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55416013 This article talks covers many of the extreme weather events in the past year. There were fires in Australia and California, to extreme flooding in China and South Sudan, and high heat waves and storms all around the globe. Right now the US is watching its southern states get hit hard by extreme winter storms. These events are all brought on by human activity and we really need to focus on healing our planet before our impacts become irreversible.

Extreme weather is an event when the weather is significantly different from the average weather. I absolutely agree that extreme weather is a huge problem and will keep on getting worse affecting animals, plants, humans, cities, and countries. Scientists studying this topic; extreme weather, have determined that there is a strong connection with global warming affecting the weather. Global warming is the long-term heating of Earth’s climate system observed from fossil fuel burning. The more burning of fossil fuels, the more it causes heat-trapping greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere. The average temperature of Earth is rising close to twice the rate it was 50 years ago. Examples of some extreme weather caused by global warming are as follows: Tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, dust storms, floods, hailstorms, and ice storms These events have been getting worse affecting cities and countries.An article shows what states in the United States have the most severe extreme storms and shows that these extreme weather events caused by global warming are affecting more things than most people think. An example of a state with extreme weather is Bismarck, North Dakota. This city occupies about an estimated 75,000 people with monstrous hurricanes and blizzards. In 1981, a huge hurricane hit and destroyed over 2,000 homes and the following week came a huge blizzard. Keep in mind that this was in 1980. The weather is getting worse and there are definitely worse extreme weather events now. There are many more places in the world facing events like this and we need to find a way to stop these events.

Extreme weather events have been increasing due to climate change. There has been a large increase in droughts, wildfires, heatwaves, hurricanes, flooding, snowstorms, hail, and much more over the past 20 years. In places like California, we see severe droughts and fires caused by warmer weather evaporating more water and drying up the area. In Texas, Louisiana, Florida, and other places there have been devastating hurricanes and floods. More water is in the atmosphere because the warmer weather evaporates it, which causes these storms to be far worse than they have ever been. Some hurricanes have created hundreds of billions of dollars in damage. The extra moisture in the air also results in harsher snowstorms, when it gets below freezing, there can be huge amounts of snowfall. It is very important that we take action because these extreme weather events will continue to get worse, in turn destroying many homes and costing the USA billions.
https://www.c2es.org/content/extreme-we … te-change/
https://www.edf.org/climate/climate-cha … me-weather

As of recent, the frequency and duration of wildfires in California have increased dramatically. An article by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions writes that the current surge of wildfires is a repercussion of climate change. A number of factors contribute to wildfire risk: temperature, soil moisture, the presence of potential fuel, etc. Global warming, a type of climate change, raises global temperatures, consequently drying out soil and plant life, a potential fuel for fires. The rise in temperatures also creates drier conditions because of drought and elongates fire season. Combining all these elements, the number of large fires has doubled between 1984 and 2015 in the western United States. As a person who lives in California, I have experienced the effects of the wildfires firsthand. One day when I was in middle school, the sky was turned orange because of a convergence of wildfire smoke and fog. The issue of wildfires is a serious issue that must be addressed by society as a whole. Some ways communities can reduce the impact of wildfires is by giving more resources to firefighting and fire prevention. Another way wildfires can be avoided is by discouraging developments near fire-prone forests and removing fuels, such as dead trees, from forests that are at risk.

Extreme weather is a result of the changing climate. From the website https://www.c2es.org/content/extreme-we … te-change/
Some examples of the extreme weather in the United States today are heavy downpours, heat waves, and hurricanes. All of these have continued to grow more and more common due to global warming. Not only is this changing and destroying some of our environment, it is also harming humanity. Homes of thousands of people are being destroyed by these hurricanes- either flooding or being completely washed away. The extreme heat waves are causing fires across the country right now, and they have ruined homes as well, causing people to have move entirely. This is causing upturn in our economy, since new homes are having to be built on the little natural land left.

I am not directly effected by the hurricanes but I hope people will start taking climate change more seriously because people will have t leave there homes and if a lot of people have to move than areas will be even more overpopulated then they already are.

I totally agree. People really should start to take climate change more seriously. I can't believe that it is still happening. I am also not really effected by it, but I am sure it would be very frightening and miserable for those people and animals.

think that you are right, climate change has risen to the top of many people of powers agenda and It is now becoming a huge topic of discussion. I think it is a understatement and undermining the work of the people at the highest order trying to push for eco friendly world the people should start to take climate change seriously. it think that 60-70% of people in North America consider climate change a very big problem. the problem is the 30-40% get more media coverage cause the media promotes the bad over the good.

Yuh, I also agree. People should take it more seriously.

I agree that climate change should be taken more seriously, and I also noticed the correlation between climate change and extreme weather events. For example, according to the Environmental Defense Fund, climate change leads to increased risk of drought because higher temperatures boost evaporation, which dries out soil, leading to more droughts, such as the one that we are currently experiencing in California. Climate change also increases the risk of storms, such as hurricanes, and floods. One example of that is Hurricane Harvey, which struck southeastern Texas and Louisiana. The rainfall was 15% more intense, and three times as likely to occur to the the increased moisture in the air. Overall, climate change has a great impact on extreme weather events, and we need to take immediate action to prevent extreme weather from harming people in the future.

Source: https://www.edf.org/climate/climate-cha … me-weather

Living on an island make people vulnerable to climate change, such as the rise in the water level.

Great observation. I totally agree with what you said and I noticed the same problem. However, those people who live on those islands are far less contributors to the problem than someone who may not feel it as much. For example, according to the i2sea website, a school in Taiwan has an average carbon footprint of 10525 kgs, while a school in Nebraska has an average carbon footprint of 28045 kgs. This is part of the problem because those who are most affected by climate change, aren’t the main contributors. On the other hand, those who contribute the most, don’t understand what they are doing to the planet. In general, living near big bodies of water can be risky, and it’s not just islands. Places like California, Louisiana, and Florida all have big coasts and they are also affected by the change in sea level. Overall, make sure you think about everything you do and how it contributes to climate change.

Source - https://depts.washington.edu/i2sea/iscfc/compare.php

What are ways to help prevent sea level rising or what are ways to help defend our coastal towns and cities from it?

Good question. Greenhouse gases are a major contribution to rising sea levels. If we as humans become more conscious of our effect on climate change and begin cutting down our carbon footprint, sea levels won't rise as much. You could recycle more, grow your own food, take shorter showers, etc. Just simple things like these make a big difference. To defend coastal towns, setting up buffers would help protect the people living there. Some scientists have even begun creating something called "soft walls" which, according to Mach, are "shore-protecting techniques and technologies involving mostly natural materials". These would help soak up the incoming water.

We can not use as much fossil fuels and use renewable energy so it doesn’t impact the eco system

Good question. The biggest contributor to sea level rise is Greenhouse gasses. Greenhouse gasses cause increased temperatures and land ice to melt making levels rise. However there are simple ways to do your part to lower your carbon footprint. First is to switch to solar or wind energy. With switching you can reduce your household emissions and save money on your energy bills. Another way is to turn off the lights when not being used. It may seem small but it makes a huge impact on lowering your carbon footprint. You could also use LED bulbs that use much less energy. Ways to defend sea level rising are flood walls. Flood walls will minimize damage from flooding and storms.

Sources:
https://www.futurelearn.com/info/blog/h … print-tips

https://sealevelrise.org/solutions/

Preventing Rising Sea Levels are probably one of the biggest threats to low lying countries like The Netherlands, and Denmark which have few mountains and (especially in The Netherlands Case) huge parts of there land are below sea level. Some ways we could defend our low lying cities and countries are building barriers which The Netherlands(again) are extremely experienced in doing. In other examples such as the San Fransisco Bay Area we could Damn off the Golden Gate and save much of the Bay from going under the waves. But for some other areas in the world unfortunately there are very few ways to actually defend against the rising sea levels. A few that come to mind are many Pacific Island nations and Bangladesh. Pacific Island Nations are usually situated on atolls that are only a few meters above the waves and even in a minor sea level change hundreds of thousands would be swept under the waves. Bangladesh though have a very similar situation to The Netherlands, is MUCH bigger and there is too little time to completely save the country where over 100 million people would be displaced by the waves and a huge humanitarian disaster would occur. Though there is some ways to mitigate the impact of the humanitarian crisis by preemptively evacuating their populations.

Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2019 … sing-tides

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/clim … s-n1276394

https://dutchreview.com/culture/society … therlands/

In California, wildfires have been consistently been getting worse and worse. For example, according to the state department of forestry and fire prevention over the past 5 years, an average of 3263 acres of land have been burnt by fires but in the past year, it has doubled to 6507 acres. This is also no coincidence because heating up and fires are easily started in hotter and drier climates. This is why we need to curb our carbon emissions as a state now so that more of our beautiful state doesn't burn.
https://www.fire.ca.gov/stats-events/

The connection between weather events and climate change are very close. They both impact our lives greatly. For example, Hurricane Katrina took a toll on a lot of people’s lives. Many lost their homes and shelters. The hurricane season has increased my concern about climate change. It shows me how big of an impact global warming plays on our environment. Some things as simple as littering can lead to these disasters. That’s why people have to be more cautious about what they do with their products when they’re finished with it. I think a good amount of people will take climate change more seriously, but not a lot. I think most people are just going to forget about it in a week's span and end up in this everlasting cycle as our earth gets warmer and warmer by the decade.
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https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops … 0be%20sick.

We need to try and stop our carbon footprints from getting bigger. Since climate change is starting up, many forest fires moved their smoke over to my city. A few days ago has also been very hot. Fall is the type of weather where there is breezes and cold seeping into your skin, this however isn’t the case as it was around 90 degrees Fahrenheit in the first week of October. The ice caps are melting, and so is my hope for the world.

I totally agree with you, you have to let everyone know, I think it is necessary to rely on someone who can spread this information on the network, luckily I know someone, go with Randys and contact with him, I know he can help us spread this all over the internet.

I agree climate change has become a really big problem.

Californian here (Sacramento). Thankfully we recently made it out of the hot, dry, fire season. Reflecting back on it, I feel like the summer seasons are slowly becoming worse and worse. Some of the weather we got here was absurd, easily reaching the high 100s (degrees in Fahrenheit, of course). It's hard to enjoy the summer sometimes when you can't even go outside to play basketball in the day. Not only were the hot temperatures bad, but the fires as well! There were plenty of days where the AQI (Air Quality Index) score reached over 100 (which is unhealthy for sensitive groups). There were also a handful of days where it reached 150 (unhealthy). Finally, I remember one day specifically where the air quality reached over 200 (very unhealthy). This is of course due to the smoke from the fires that were having a field day here in California. Undoubtedly, climate change has allowed for this to happen. I'm kind of sick of these fires and hot days. Thus, I'm kind of sick of climate change.

Hi! I live in Maine, so I do not relate to your issues with heat and fire, but I have noticed that our winters have been getting warmer and warmer each year and we have been getting less and less snow and I am constantly wondering if by having people try to attempt to lower their carbon footprint levels, then some of these problems could be solved or at least dampened.

Hi! I’m sitting behind Maggie and the snow started to go away right at the end of February which is way sooner than when i was younger, i believe that we as a whole need to lower our carbon footprints and reduce pollution in other ways too.

Our planet is getting hotter every single year and it wasn't until this year as where i noticed it being almost 90 degrees in the coldest part of winter. Our carbon footprints are affecting the heat of the earth. Also creating more drastic weather such as hurricanes, tornados ect. These weather systems have serious affects every year in areas that people are prone to them and every year it is getting worse.

https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/environme … te-normals

I agree, these past winter months have been getting hotter and hotter. Which is making more crazy weather like hurricanes. Most of the students in my class are suggesting that we should not drive less to reduce our carbon footprint. How do you suppose we can give the message to lower our carbon footprint?

We must take climate change more seriously by taking it into our own hands by using renewable energy like for example(solar,wind and hydropower). This will make it so that less fossil fuels will burn, and that this will lower the chances of wildfires. How this connects to extreme weather is that the heat makes water vapor which fuels storms. Not only does that water vapor create storms but it dries up our water sources by evaporating.

El artista del graffiti Cobre ha plasmado en la pared a la joven activista Greta Thunberg, la cual mira directamente a cada uno de los transeúntes de la ciudad de San Francisco, y hacerles saber, que el temido cambio climático tal y como nos recordó la obra de Banksy en su momento, es un hecho y que debemos actuar ya, o los efectos serán drásticos para el planeta.

El graffitero Cobre comentó en una entrevista;  «Mi arte callejero sobre Greta Thunberg, no es un tema político, es la referencia al ser humano, no nos importa lo que la gente piense de Greta, este mural es la obra que ensalza su palabra, el cambio climático es real y si no hacemos ya lo que nos toca, no hay futuro para nuestros hijos».

El artista argentino fue llamado por la organización climática One Atmosphere al saber que cobre querí pintar en san francisco. Cobre es conocido por su street art de caras tan famosas como el de Robin Williams, Frank Sinatra, Prince o Dalí, entre muchos otros.

I've been hearing about deadly hurricanes and tornadoes more and more on the news. Even if we drastically cut out emissions, will extreme weather still persist? I don't feel that reducing coal usage will automatically get rid of it.

It will be very slightly reduced but it will definitly not stop until we restore the earth itself.

We have made bad things happen becuase we greedy

insightful post robin

-flynn

thamk yu

As the years go on, we are seeing more wild fires and natural disasters around the world. You might say that wild fires are directly caused by humans and not by climate change (which is also caused by humans) but the truth is that climate change promotes these wild fires. The air is drier and the temperature is increasing which makes it more easier for wild fires to start. This brings me to my next point. If I recall correctly, hurricanes that hit the United States start in Africa and get bigger by gathering warm moist air that comes from the Atlantic ocean's waters. If temperatures are rising around the world, there will be more warm moist air in the ocean which causes more hurricanes to hit eastern North America.

Very well said! I believe that climate change has really affected our planet and the natural disasters that occur in it. I really agree with your statement about how they start in Africa and progress from there by moving to places with bigger populations and other climate issues. Very good point!

Global warming increases the water temperature. Which causes for hurricanes to occur. Unless you like dangerous situations and wants hurricanes instead of  rain, help reduce the carbon emissions!

In the recent years there has no doubt been a huge spike in fires across the globe. But in particular the Golden State has been hit hard and I feel as if it is slowly burning to a crisp. I believe that it is happening because of climate change. We used to have hot summers. But now we have 110 degree+ summers. This starts large fires and moves them quickly across valleys because of our gusty winds. This is just one example of how climate change is affecting us and our lives right now.

Hi. I agree with what you said. The fires in California have been very large fires that have caused lots of bad air quality for the state. I also agree that climate change is playing a part in these cases of extreme weather. As you said, there have been other instances of extreme weather around the globe that may have been caused by climate change. To reduce these instances of extreme weather, we need to reduce climate change and our carbon footprints.

Hi, your point is very much true. Indeed there has been an increase in natural fires, and it is definitely getting worse from global warming. The more the time goes by, the more gases we send into the atmosphere, which results in increased temperatures at different places.

Extreme weather that is caused by climate change is a major problem. Extreme weather causes many bad things, like loss of lives, loss of valuable resources, and loss of shelter. Examples of extreme weather are wildfires, hurricanes, and tornadoes. A recent example are the fires in California. These types of weather are getting worse and worse because of greenhouse gases causing climate change. A possible way to reduce these cases of extreme weather could be to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases getting released into the atmosphere.

Very much agree with you on this, on how green houses cause climate change. The example you showed was really good.

Our Weather is starting to get warmer and worse. Our atmosphere has substances called Green house gases. These gases are very protective of our planet, but when there is too much in one area, it leads to an increase in temperatures and dangerous disasters. We need to make sure we are not letting too many of these gases into our atmosphere so that we can protect our planet.

In 2018, Cape Town, South Africa experienced a severe water shortage after a few years of droughts. The city almost reached what was called “Day Zero”, when the dam levels were close enough to 0% of full capacity, that extreme water restriction almost had to be implemented. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, “human-caused climate change” was the cause of this. The unfortunate thing is, South Africa has very low annual CO2 emissions compared to other, larger countries such as the United States and China. This just shows that the consequences of our actions, and our own greenhouse gas emissions are not limited to ourselves, and can greatly harm other countries.

Hurricane Katrina and other such super storms have become commonplace because of global warming which raises the temperatures and makes these storms much more likely.

In the southern United States, the hurricane season has been getting progressively worse year by year.  They have been forced to endure more frequent, and more severe hurricanes every year.  This is largely due to climate change.  I believe that if we don't do anything to limit the effect of climate change, the whole area will be uninhabitable during the summer within a couple decades. 

thoughts?

yes we should unchange the climate to make the hurricane less

es, it really is too hot for PE. But that’s not the point. Lately, in California, wildfires have gotten out of control. Sure, it’s common to have long-lasting wildfires, but it’s been too much. Even in areas miles away from the actually fires, dust and ash coat the air, and the sun rises as a beautiful, yet ominous, red color. With the fires came hotter temperatures, a heat wave even. Temperatures have gone past 100 F (abt 38 C). It’s been getting better this past week though. Hopefully these fires will die down soon.

- AS (ML)

As the human population continues to use products that harm the atmosphere, the weather gets progressively more violent and unpredictable. How can we fix the damage we've done to our atmosphere, if it's even possible at all? When did this first start and how long did it take us as a species to realize?

It’s very true that mostly wherever you live, you have been experiencing some weather that should just not be happening. Summer days in winter, and rainy days in summer. A reason for this could be the climate change issues. We humans are wasting our resources; we waste a lot of this, we use too much of that. All these actions have effects. You don’t understand how they happen, but you can tell they are there. Using cars to go grocery stores that are 10 minutes walks away from our house contributes to the cause of dying animals. It’s time for everyone to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

As we've noticed, the fire season in California and Oregon are starting earlier and lasting longer. This is caused by the lack of rain and the world temperature increasing. Longer and harsher conditions are affecting our living conditions and out health as the smoke is hanging around longer. I'm trying to cut down on my own carbon footprint but what else can we do about this?

One persistent problem we face on the west coast, especially northern california is wildfires and extreme heat. They are quite seriously impacted our lives, during fire season we cant even go outside sometimes. During the summer the heat waves also prevent us from going outside. Something serious needs to be done and fast, earth becoming uninhabitable is not something in the near future, it is happening now.

Extreme weather or extreme climate events includes unexpected, unusual, severe, or unseasonal weather; weather at the extremes of the historical distribution—the range that has been seen in the past. Often, extreme events are based on location's recorded weather history and defined as lying in the most unusual ten percent.

It's been extremely hot on the west coast lately. Every day from June to September is over 100 degrees Fahrenheit/37.7 degrees Celsius. The heat causes a lot of fires, and sometimes it is so smoky the sun looks red and there is ash everywhere. This makes me concerned for my sister who has asthma. We need to do something about climate change now.

Is the sharp increase in temperature to blame for extreme weather or is simply that there is an increase in temperature that causes the weather.

The sharp increase in temperature is causing irreparable damage that in a few years will trigger major problems.

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The sharp increase in temperature isn't the only thing to blame for our extreme weather, we need to think of who is warming our plant. We as humans burn too many fossil fuels which in result is releasing tremendous amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and yet we think "oh the plants can absorb it and release oxygen back out to us." But the reality is that the plants can if we weren't cutting them all down, about each second an acre of forest is cleared away due to deforestation to raise cattle. And our oceans can absorb carbon dioxide but the sea waters are now getting to a point where they are so acidic that they can dissolve shells. So we can't just be putting all the blame of extreme weather on increasing temperature if we are the ones causing it.

The sharp increase in temperature may be the cause of our extreme weather, but we are still responsible. Deforestation, burning and mining for fossil fuels and other human activity release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Carbon traps heat in the atmosphere which causes it to warm up.

The California wildfires are caused by buildup of organic matter such as dead trees and other plants, that dries out in the sun and becomes very flammable.
What are some ways that we can prevent this buildup?

I think that if you got enough people on board you could create a cleaning crew. Many people for example recent high-school graduates who want to take a gap year but still want to do something in the meantime. They could be in this program. It would be for a good cause and give people something to do.

Well, a possible way to slow down or maybe even stop forest fire buildup during a fire is to maybe put a gap every 100-200 yards so it will take longer to spread and it can't transfer the fire between the gap because theres no trees or other objects it can spread to. it might be able to continue spreading if it somehow connects through a fallen tree, but it will at least slow down the spread so we have a higher chance to stop the spread and put it out.This is one out of the multiple ways to stop them if you research yu can probably be able to find better and more efficient options.

interesting approach. Would that mean planting less trees or cutting trees down?

Prescribed burns could potentially help prevent huge forest fires from happening in California. A prescribed burn is a fire that is small and lit on purpose to burn extra organic matter on the forest floor. It takes away a lot of fuel for wild fires and makes them less dangerous. This technique was used my Native Americans for thousands of years, it outlawed by the government, but more recently more people have realized the many benefits of prescribed burns.

The recent fires on the West Coast has severely increased my concerns about climate change. The now warmer and drier conditions of the West Coast has effected the risk of wildfires breaking out. The long fire seasons are killing thousands of people, homes, and habitats.

I agree the fires are very dangerous and they are only going to get worse as the carbon in the atmosphere increases. The fires are not only wrecking homes and habitats but the smoke from the fires is a serious risk to health. The devastating wildfires in BC this summer resulted in many destroyed homes and people being displaced. Entire communities and livelihoods have been lost. Climate change is a serious threat to humanity and if we don’t find a solution soon we are all going to suffer, as the situation will only get worse.

Extreme weather is dangerous for all of us, but people living in developing countries and poorer neighbourhoods are disproportionately affected by these events. They will not have the money and or resources to repair the damage the weather does to their homies, cities, etc. As well as the injuries and deaths, the injured may not be able to be cared for properly. If we can work to reverse climate change and its effects we can protect people in developing and poorer countries.

Reversing climate change effect will be super difficult, and will take maybe even hundreds of years. We can works towards it but it won't be easy. To the conversation of how it will effect the less fortunate, i agree. We can maybe even make a petition to put s certain percentage of tax money towards it when the weather gets more serious. But the main issue with that would be that there would be a possibility that they will have to raise taxes. Will may cause some disagreements between the government and the people who live in the area.

what are your thoughts about climate change and or global warming.

I dont know.

Living on the same planet, we are all on the same boat. Extreme weather caused by global warming is a big problem and it affects some people more than others. If we don't help the cause NOW, it will eventually affect everyone. The extreme weather kills biodiversity, destroys habitats and its killing millions of people.

It also throws the people and animals who are affected by it into chaos, breaking their routines and harming their daily lives.

That is definitely true. Not only does extreme weather kill habitats and people, it disproportionately has an effect on poorer/less privileged communities who are not even contributing to the problem as much as more privileged people, because they can't afford to move away from unsafe places or receive the help they need.

Climate change is causing forest fires in the west coast.

The fires on the west coast are polluting the air and the smoke is reaching states far away from the fires.

very not fun, I got sick from the smoke a few weeks ago in eastern Washington. -8/10 would not recommend

Fires are not only bad because of the smoke, but it continues to burn many oxygen-producing trees.

the fires produce smoke and also destroy trees which help produce oxygen

We are seeing a lot disasters around the world. Here in Spain, forests are burning. The topic I want to discuss is the fact that there are floods even in New York (an many others around the world ie. Filipinas, Spain, Japan...).

Your thoughts on this?

I share a vídeo with you about this. I think it's climate change acting:

- Roman

Climate change (cambio climático en español) is the main culprit in the doubling of natural disasters around the world over the past two decades, according to a report by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction , or UNSDIR, released on Monday.
Since 2000, 7,348 natural disasters have been recorded in the world, causing 1.23 million deaths and affecting 4.2 billion people. Asia is particularly affected: China (577) is the country which recorded the highest number of disasters between 2000 and 2019, ahead of the United States (467) then India (321), the Philippines (304 ) and Indonesia (278). Eight of the top ten countries with the highest number of disasters are Asian.
Droughts, floods, storms, fires, extreme temperatures
The years 2004, 2008 and 2010 were the most devastating, with more than 200,000 deaths in each of these years. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was the deadliest, killing more than 220,000. And the report shows that the progression of these disasters is mainly linked to the increase in climatic disasters. Over the period, the number of major floods more than doubled and episodes of drought, fires and extreme temperatures also wreaked havoc. While floods and storms were the most frequent disasters over the past two decades, the UN estimates that the worst problem will be heat waves .
"Heat waves have increased 232% since 1999. This is huge , says Debarati Guha-Sapir, Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Leuven in Belgium, who co-wrote the report. And the floods in the world, especially in France at present, have increased by 134%, so they have more than doubled " . According to her, "if this acceleration of extreme weather phenomena continues for the next twenty years, the future of humanity certainly looks very bleak . "
Urbanization or deforestation also involved
"More and more people are feeling the effects of this developing climate emergency , " said the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori, at the meeting. of the presentation of the report. She called on governments to invest in early warning systems and put in place risk reduction strategies.
Global warming is the main culprit in the doubling of natural disasters, the report concludes, but other factors are involved: poorly thought out urbanization, deforestation or construction in risk areas.

We are currently in a climate crisis with one in four countries not having the resources to protect themselves from emergencies such as typhoons, fires, drought, and other extreme weather events.(https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/12/one-in-four-cities-cannot-afford-climate-crisis-protection-measures-study). Funds to create these climate protection plans would cost money that certain countries just do not have.

Recently the snowstorms in Texas have made me wonder if the climate was able to change this much in Texas, could the bay-area also have this extreme weather? Extreme weather events like heat waves or storms can be a indicator for more intense human-induced climate change. This is important because extreme weather can be disruptive and sometimes deadly for human life. For example, heavy precipitation has begun to increase in the United States in the form of intense single-day events. From 1910 to 1980 the number of intense single-day events have been steady, but has risen by a lot since then with 9 of the top 10 years for these intense single-day events having occurred since 1990. Climate change affects the number of heavy precipitation events by warmer oceans increasing the amount of its water that is evaporated in the air. This air mixed with evaporated water moves over land or merges with a storm system that allows it to cause heavy precipitation such as large storms or snow storms. The impacts of heavy precipitation like storms can include damaged property, population displacement, disruption of essential services such as transportation, or loss of life by drowning. There are several other types of extreme weather that are connected or can be an indicator of climate change.
Source:
https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/weather-climate

Living in California, I was thinking about the upcoming fire season. I was curious how much wildfires contribute to climate change.  From an article about wildfire's contributions to climate change on www.3.arb.ca.gov, I found out a lot of interesting facts. Wildfires contribute to higher amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, specifically carbon dioxide. However, it is hard to determine how much more greenhouse gases are in the atmosphere due to wildfires because they are part of the terrestrial carbon cycle. Despite the extreme loss and damage that can come from wildfires, it should not be the goal to eliminate them because they help with maintaining healthy forests, supporting several ecosystem functions, stimulating tree growth, and many others. California's Air Resources Board (CARB) work with other agencies to track greenhouse gas emissions from wildfires and work on developing an ecosystem carbon inventory for natural working lands. Looking over data collected from the inventory, they can see carbon-loss trends over the years, specifically the loss caused by wildfires. CARB has previously focused on limiting fossil fuel emissions but now is more focused on achieving carbon neutrality (balancing all sources of green house gas emissions). Their 'scoping plan' will focus on what forests need to be more healthy and what will promote carbon neutrality. More information about CARB and wildfires contributing to climate change can be found here: https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/pub … ns_faq.pdf

I think that the extreme weather events that we have seen recently show that global warming is a real thing and that It can cause more extreme weather. for example, the snowstorms in taxes were crazy. from the things that I saw on the news it looked like there were just crazy amounts of snow, people even lost power in their houses. I have never seen it snow in the bay area but I wonder if with this extreme weather it might be possible.

It's snowing in Texas right now, roofs are caving in, and there are blackouts. I think this is a sign that climate change is real and happening, affecting us in all types of ways. Will this happen in the Bay Area next?

I totally agree. I find it astounding that some where that usually know for its heat and sunlight is being hit by more snow then I have all year in Canada. I live in BC so it hasn't usually been that cold but we used to at least get a couple days of snow on the ground here. This year I think I've seen a total of two days with snow on the ground and one of them was mostly slush. In the last couple days I've even already seen buds starting to pop up like its becoming spring.

These are really good examples of how climate change is having a major impact on places all over the world. It also shows how different it can be. For example, places that are usually cold are becoming warmer, and places that are usually hot are becoming much colder.

I agree climate change is really impacting the weather right now and its only going to get worse if we dont try to stop it. Last year in california the temperature got up to 121 degrees F (49c).

I definitely think that this is true. What happened in Texas is a great example of extreme weather. Climate change has drastically impacted weather in many different parts of the world. I live in California and the extremely warm and dry weather has caused many fires over the last couple years. It has just gotten worse too. In the fall of 2020 the smoke from the fires blocked out the sun in the Bay Area even though the fires were many miles away. The sky turned orange and red because of the smoke blocking out the sun. This is also happening in other parts of the world. For example, the Union of Concerned Scientists predicted that hurricane are likely to be more intense due to climate change.

I agree. Although some ecosystems do need fire to stay healthy and regenerate, many of the biggest fires are not prescribed or controlled burns, and because of this and also due to climate change, wildfires are becoming a much bigger problem. Smoke is often carried very far from where the fire originally was, which decreases air quality and can be dangerous for both those with respiratory conditions and completely healthy people.
Here are some articles I found interesting:
https://smokeybear.com/en/about-wildlan … ibed-fires
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti … with-fire/
https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/ … 45695.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/arc … ng/616889/
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/202 … ealth.html

In February of this year, Texas experienced and endured severely cold conditions. This weather, named a "polar vortex" or a cold snap, almost took 200 people's lives in a span of 2 weeks. Although it seemed to shock a lot of the media and people have tried to use this as an argument towards the climate changing, Texas has a history of recorded cold snaps all the way back to 1895. So, my question is: Are the cold snaps an effect of climate change or is it an unusual occurrence of weather in Texas?

Although many people know climate change can cause extreme weather, not everyone is aware of how exactly climate change increases the likelihood of certain events. Examples of activity that could be boosted by climate change include hurricanes, droughts, and wildfires. and many more. According to the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, warmer sea surfaces can increase hurricane wind speeds and add to the amount of precipitation in the storm. Sea level rise also causes more damage from flooding along the coast. In terms of droughts, C2ES explains that warmer temperature causes more evaporation from soil, overly dry soil and plants negate the effects of rainfall, and alterations to the climate can damage atmospheric rivers, which carry moisture to the atmosphere. Lastly, for wildfires, C2ES describes how the changed climate creates warmer and drier conditions that help fire, increase the length of the fire, and kill more plants to create kindling. This new knowledge will hopefully enhance your understanding of the factors climate change affects and how they increase the likelihood of natural disasters.

I believe that climate change and global warming are both real, and it should also be realized that it is real. People should realize that our climate, that's changing, should be helped out because it needs to stay "healthy."

I fully agree, and and one of the main things that global warming does is create major weather events, such as tsunami's, floods, and hurricanes, because of all of the new warmth and moistness in the atmosphere and over the ocean. These extreme weather events cause much destruction to property, the land itself, as well as buildings, and they are also very deadly to humans as well.

Also, because these weather events are now so common in most of the world, it need to be recognized that time and money needs to be spent on both ways to combat climate change, as well as combating the direct and devastating impacts that climate change is having on communities all over the world

I agree. People must realize that it's real since if we don't do anything we will end up killing the planet. Here in my country, we had floods that ruined a lot of people's houses, destroyed a lot of buildings and killed people.

I completely agree, everyone needs to realize that climate change is one of if not the biggest problems facing the world today. People need to unify and help put an end to this. Califorina alone had around 52,000 wild fires in the past year.

Many natural caused disasters are more common in the recent years because of rise of temperature in the world and in our oceans. Co2 affects our entire world especially the weather because the weather depends on what the world is like and what we put in the air. Lowering our carbon footprint may help prevent these natural disasters and they may become less and less common and save many lives.

I agree, many extreme weather events are caused by global warming, which is caused by Co2 emissions like you said. This is a big issue that we need to make people aware of and help them lower their carbon footprint.

Yes, climate change has also caused the water to rise,and hurricanes only really occur when the water is warm, so when it gets hotter, it might occur more often. And Co2 emissions cause global warming, so that can lead to even more disasters.

Natural disasters but may I say not natural disasters because natural is referring not by the intervention of the human being. This change in climate and the ecosystems, of course, is the effect of the irresponsibility of natural resource use.

Now more than ever, and we don't have time. We need to be conscious about the damage that we are doing to hearth and start to think about technologies that help and co-exist with nature.

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I think hailstorm is very dangerous for everything in particular for the plantations.

In Spain, more than a year ago, we had a serious storm named Dana that flooded a lot of cities. A lot of people died, houses were destroyed, buildings were ruined, etc. Is this a cause of climate change?

In Maine, we had a drought over the last two summers. This is very unusual for us because we’re used to rain once in a while, and the temperature not being too hot. One thing at least half of the state relies on is the public water system. Our state is also made up of 90% woods, and we don’t want our forests to die off.

Recent years have been the hottest in the history and in Iceland we are seeing glaciers starting to melt.

It was snowing last week in Iceland, though it doesn't sound that strange, it was mind you in the middle of April, we didn't have any snow last year in December, it kind of feels like winter has moved a few months forward, I don't know exactly what this means, but I doubt it has nothing to do with climate change.

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I think People should take climate change seriously because it has to do with the extreme weather, people should take it seriously and help the planet before it's too late. Yes, the hurricane season has increased my concerns about climate change because the climate has a big part in the hurricanes and if the climate keeps changing there might be more hurricanes and more hurricanes mean more destruction and it will affect the cities and communities that it hits, that's why other people should be concerned and help out.

I think People should take climate change seriously because it has to do with the extreme weather, people should take it seriously and help the planet before it's too late. Yes, the hurricane season has increased my concerns about climate change because the climate has a big part in the hurricanes and if the climate keeps changing there might be more hurricanes and more hurricanes mean more destruction and it will affect the cities and communities that it hits, that's why other people should be concerned and help out.

I live in the south of Spain, and here the summer is getting stronger and stronger. Likewise, the number of cold days is decreasing. It is impossible to sleep without air conditioning in summer, and that is not very healthy either. I think that we can do something to change the situation, but the most important thing is that our world leaders do it.
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climate change can affect many places.

It seems like each year we are getting more information on climate change and more situations to prove that climate change is real. So far California's wild fires, Florida's hurricanes, Texas' snow days, and Antarctica's ice caps melting are only the tip of the iceberg (no pun intended) of what's happened and what's to come if we don't minimize our carbon footprint.

I agree and believe that these serve as a warning to get our stuff together.

Both climate change and global warming are real. I believe that people do not take it seriously until it affects them. I think we are all capable of helping out with this problem just by doing something small, like planting your own garden in your backyard or reusing, reducing, and recycling. Simple steps can take us a long way if many of get together to see change.

I believe that global warming and climate change is real and that it has been caused by human activity. I also think that people should care about the issue and how to do small things to help because even though it might not directly affect everyone at the moment it will eventually catch up and cause harm to your area as well.

I think hurricanes are linked to climate change. I think they might have been worse in 2018 because climate change is worsening. In my opinion, people should be a bit more concerned about climate change.

Yes, I am concerned about the severe weather that is rising. There are also hurricanes and snowstorms that can impact many people. The latest snowstorms in the state of Texas, which could be related to climate change, the residents there are not used to the snow, and since they were not ready, many have lost power and water.

Studies have shown that more and more extreme weather conditions are linked to global warming, as the planet warming causes more evaporation, which causes more storms and other extremities, such as hurricanes, floods, and tsunamis, as well as water vapour itself being a greenhouse gas. This means that the more pollution and the more greenhouse gasses we emit, the more extreme the weather will become. All of these different types of weather are very dangerous for humans, as they can easily destroy infrastructure, as well as are deadly to those caught up inside of them.

I think that climate change and these extreme weather events are definitely connected, and science supports this thought. According to Earthjustice (earthjustice.org), an environmental organization, the increasing global temperature is causing more evaporation. And, as a result, more moisture is present in the atmosphere which makes extreme weather events more likely. I think that this year’s hurricane/fire season has made me very concerned about climate change and the extreme weather events that happen because of it. As a US citizen, I hope that all who live here start to take this problem more seriously. Though I do see many people talking about it and treating it as a real issue, there is no overwhelming agreement amongst all of us that climate change is the problem. And, until we can all agree, not much can be done to prevent the inevitable. What do you think should be done to prevent these disasters? How does this relate to helping climate change as a whole?

Hi @weberm25 ! I totally agree with what you said ,  climate change touch the world and some country start to fall victim to extreme weather like hurricane ( In US , Japan) , flood in Venise. As a FR citizen , the big city like Paris contaminate the air , lots of people die every year due to pollution and even the agreement of Paris as been signed , the temperature increase every year , the rising water continue to increase , the glaciers melt every day. So the world need to change quickly for the future generation and for us. Because the world would be shut off.

I definitely agree, there is so much evidence that relates extreme weather to climate change! However, some people who are lucky enough to not experience these tragedies don't treat them nearly as much of a serious threat as they should. In addition, the people who have experienced these disasters and know that it's caused by climate change can't do much because they are still recovering and getting back on their feet. Because of this, not enough people are taking action because even though it's obvious what climate change has caused. They either don't realize how bad it actually is or they can't do anything about it. Action needs to be taken immediately by those who can or it'll just worsen from here and cause suffering for everyone.

I am very worried about the more extreme weather occurring due to climate change. Stronger storms, hurricanes, and floods mean that people along the coast will be in more danger, and the destruction caused by these events will be a lot greater than before.

I am also worried about the increasing extreme weather. There's also droughts and snowstorms that will affect people that are vulnerable. An example is the recent snowstorms in the state of Texas that may be linked to climate change, the people there are not used to the snow and many have lost power and water because they were not ready. If that is linked to climate change, it shows how quickly and randomly it could happen when you least expect it.

I agree with KassieKnudson7 and i think there is very good reason to be worried about extreme weather. Because of climate change weather is becoming less and less predictable and becoming more and more extreme. As of right now there are already climate refugees that were forced to flee their country due to floods, droughts, fires and storms caused by climate change. And the more this continues the worse it will get and more refugees will be forced to flee their homes.

I think that climate change is real and that it's happening and increasing more and more and time passes. The more carbon is put and released into the atmosphere the more climate change will happen. And penguin's lives are getting more and more endangered because of climate change their habitat is getting warmer when it's supposed to be cold.

My thoughts about this subject are about somewhere in the north during 2017 and 2018, there is massacre weather that had been increasing which was called the hurricane. Even in Florida when you in the bottom of Florida. You might experience terrible and extreme weather and hurricane

With extreme weather, either it being prepared for or it just happens on the spot, you need to be on the look out to make sure you have what you need, protect belongings, and making sure you are safe from the disaster

Climate change doesn't always affect everything. extreme weather can happen whenever. I haven't heard of to many hurricanes this years so no it doesnt change my thoughts on it. So people will care about it more than others.

Climate change is not the only reason that extreme weather happens. For the most part, extreme weather just happens naturally. Sure, all the gases and plastics emitted by humans don't help the environment or weather but that is not the only reason of why extreme weather happens.

¿Qué vale más la economía o el clima? esto es la pregunta más difícil que se hace el mundo y los políticos en general. El cambio climático está cada vez mas fuerte el calor llega con mayor fuerza a las zonas tropicales y nuevas etapas invernales sacuden a la población de países del norte en tiempos inesperados.

Aunque no sé quiera aceptar la huella de contaminación se redujo muchísimo tras el coronavirus. Pero la vida financiera de países como China quedó en cero por algunos meses. Pero pensemos ¿esto que consecuencia trajo?

Pues pudimos ver nuevamente delfines en Italia, crecieron muchísimo las poblaciones de peces y animales y se redujo drásticamente la venta de animales exóticos por el virus. Los humanos sin lugar a dudas no somos los únicos dentro del planeta y creo que debemos pensar como podemos equilibrar la contaminación con la economía sin la necesidad de que un virus mortal nos ataque.

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I probably think that human is the worst enemy of nature because when it comes To extreme weather is a big part of the equation. Who is the gases released by industries and electric generator we heat up the planet Then the weather will get worst and artic areas will soon disapear with them animal that help a lot to mantain the food chain and then all the planet will colapse in a terrible catastrophe.

I’m bothered by politicans who dont want to admit that our planet is suffering and I think we shouldn’t just watch while we sit comfortably. As a ordinary human being I cant to goverment-procedures and order with the law what people should do, BUT I can inspire my family to take care of our nature a little better, as everyone should

Indeed the governement don't use there power properly to fight against this world wide situation insted of using all there money for the coronavirus emergency(wich is important to show the humans that they are weak).We should apply for greater  action that are more frequent.

when is it going to be time to try and solve the problem of global warming.

The actions need to be applied now because  if we do not do it now we will just accumulate so many that we will be destroid( wich is nota good thing because animals will be harmed to).

I totaly agree with Zenone

But people are not doing that bad for the environment now when the coronavirus is going on. For example in china are there less co2 going in the air and thats good.

And when it's going to stop every thing bad will reapear

Unfortunately, climate change is not going to just "stop" or "disappear". We can slow it down quite a bit, but it will never go away. People have made permanent damage and that's almost impossible to fix. Corona has helped with releasing less toxic emissions into our atmosphere, but that does not solve many things. Also, not everything bad is going to reappear. Yes, there are bad things that will not go away, but that does not make them reappear if they were already there from the beginning. If people start taking action and fighting for our planet (political leaders in specific) we can fix this one tiny step at a time. (Also, for a reference on how rapidly the Earth's temperatures are rising take a look at this graph from https://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resour … re-record/ )

I was talking of the reduction of  CO2 caused by the coronavirus lock down

It is our fault if nowadays the effects of climate change are more visible. Then what we deserve finally appeared: a virus.  I think that coronavirus is the best friend of environment. In fact, everything coming against humans has a good effect on the environment. During the lockdown, there is a stop in every human activities, then of course, we were afraid of this virus, but if we take a look at environment: big effect that we thought it could never reappear was a blue sky in China (yes for a short period), or the stop of deforestation in Forest. Maybe we should more focus on the aspect of environment when it directly comes to us, when it directly affects us. Extreme phenomena will make us transform our society, sooner or later.

I totaly agree with this big subject because this disease has already showed we can survive without using public transportation so we can keep it habbit. Then maybe it is more comfortable but walking the short distances will help contrast the ever growing obese population.

I also want to clarify something we say a lot humans do not do all the work in global warming equation but it is all our fault because earth reacts to what we do.

Omg? I totally agree with all of you. I truly believe that the climate change such as the extreme weather is one of the big consequences of humankind, we can feel it. Nowadays, it have repercussions on us like diseases, death, high temperature and more. I feel that Mother nature take back her rights, then she make us pay it and I'm not against. As Hia said " Coronavirus is the best friend of environment". If I remember I've seen that the temperature and the CO2 gas emissions had decreased during the Covid-19 and it was beneficial for our earth. Unfortunately, at the end of quarantine both of these have radically increased. So we have to do something to change things, we are the new generation so we have to do it for our future generations.

Omg? I totally agree with all of you. I truly believe that the climate change such as the extreme weather is one of the big consequences of humankind, we can feel it. Nowadays, it have repercussions on us like diseases, death, high temperature and more. I feel that Mother nature take back her rights, then she make us pay it and I'm not against. As Hia said " Coronavirus is the best friend of environment". If I remember I've seen that the temperature and the CO2 gas emissions had decreased during the Covid-19 and it was beneficial for our earth. Unfortunately, at the end of quarantine both of these have radically increased. So we have to do something to change things, we are the new generation so we have to do it for our future generations.

Well i live in paris and we had a big strike so i have taken habbit of walking everywere i go so i think it is important fr every ne to stop using the car/public transportation and start walking

I agree with a lot of the points made here. Change needs to happen soon. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't fully comprehend the extent of the damage that has been done. That includes the people who are making the most important decisions for our world. We just have to hope that the acceleration of these events will convince people that climate change is a serious issue that deserves global attention. Scientists have been spreading the message for a long time, but it's the responsibility of the people (and all governments!) to listen.

I agree most of what humans have done is mostly harming the world. Even some acts to help have done nothing or a minimal job. There should be better ideas and people should really think about what they do and how it will impact the environment. Even if its something small like throwing a straw on the ground they should still realized every little thing can have an impact.

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Living in California and being directly affected by the wildfires, I can safely say that climate change has to be causing the fires. Climate change now has a tangible impact on my daily life. I used to think it was something that would only have an effect in the future, but now I know better. I hope that all of the natural disasters occurring lately will act as a wakeup call for the higher-ups, and the population in general, and I hope some action will actually be taken to save our planet.

I am so sorry to hear that you were affected by those wildfires and I agree with you when you say that climate change has to do something with this, because it truly does. But I do feel like that this is quite sad to see that people need such events to occur so that they can finally realize that climate change is no joke (or something created by some of us )and is happening right now.
So do authorities need to see those effects before making decisions? Wouldn’t it be too late then?

As the weather gets progressively worse, so does our climate. I believe that climate change directly effects the Earth's weather pattern. This is because with fluctuating temperatures, comes inconsistent weather changes. Recently, we have been experiencing higher temperatures which also correlates to negative climate change.

Climate change is one of the most serious public health issues facing America today. The annual average temperature in the United States has increased by 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit from 1901 to 2016 and is expected to rise an additional 2.5 degrees, according to the U.S. Global Change Research Program. This has led to increased drought, more frequent wildfires, and other effects of climate change that can’t be stopped.

I totally agree that climate change is one of the most serious public health issues in the modern world.

climate change is for sure getting a lot worse and serious, especially in the US.

I agree Greenhouse gases have caused the temperature of the earth to rise faster than it ever has in history.  Some people believe it is natural but scientists have said that the increase is too fast for it to have happened naturally.  This increase in greenhouse gases have partly been caused by the burning of fossil fuels by companies and factories around the world.  People need to start to realize before it causes too much damage to ecosystems.

I completely agree that climate change is a massive problem for the world and more needs to be done to try and slow it down or solve the problem.

This is so smart! I totally agree, climate change is such an important issue and we need to be focusing on it to save our planet while we still can.

Global analyses show that the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere has in fact increased due to human-caused warming. This extra moisture is available to storm systems, resulting in heavier rainfalls. Climate change also alters characteristics of the atmosphere that affect weather patterns and storms.

I believe that with the increase in carbon foot prints the weather gets more extreme. There are more storms and fires than past years. Reducing the carbon footprints of humanity is key to preventing the weather from getting even more extreme.

I believe the increase in temperature(resulting from the increase of carbon footprints) is the chief cause in the increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events. With global warming and ocean heat accumulation, tropical hurricanes of greater intensity are more likely to form, resulting in more destruction than previous hurricanes. Hurricane Irma and Maria are two great demonstrations of the increase in the frequency/intensity of tropical hurricanes: it is rare to see two deadly degree 5 hurricanes occur within a span of two weeks. Another important thing to note is that an increase in extreme weather events has great effects on precipitation, depriving drought regions of water and overwhelming wet regions with record rainfall; thus, to combat this effect, it is important to establish water collection/flood prevention technologies, especially in urban settings that lacks a sufficient storm management system.

With extreme weather, either it being prepared for or it just happens on the spot, you need to be on the look out to make sure you have what you need, protect belongings, and making sure you are safe from the disaster

I strongly agree with this statement. Where I live, we have very extreme weather. I really believe that my community should protect their belongings!

The buildup of greenhouse gases that are heating up the Earth are also causing extreme weather. Hurricanes and dry seasons are becoming more common and detrimental because of climate change. Many peoples lives are being changed because of the extreme weather and to stop it we need to do find a solution to climate change.

The rising of temperatures due to greenhouse gas emissions is having a detrimental effects on the weather. The rising temperatures can cause things like an increase in coastal storms and extended droughts. The international panel for climate change predicted that by 2040 there will be a 1.5 degree Celsius increase.

Extreme weather is most likely caused by the amplification of temperature caused by people. The way natural disasters form, like hurricanes, are formed by warm ocean water and humid air. With temperatures getting hotter, hurricanes are being formed more often.

Global warming has a huge impact on why we have such extreme weather conditions. Heatwaves, droughts, heavy rains, floods, hurricanes, etc. are all examples of global warming effects. According to GlobalChange.gov, Human-induced climate change has already increased the number and strength of some of these extreme events. Over the last 50 years, much of the U.S. has seen increases in prolonged periods of excessively high temperatures and extreme weather conditions. In conclusion, global warming is the main cause of extreme weather.

I totally agree with what you are saying. In a similar note climate change due to our human activities are also affecting the biodiversity and ecosystems in the world we live in. According to Lauren Harper, it is our works that can negatively impact the environment for us as well as other organisms that live on earth as well. As Harper states, "Turning natural areas into cities or agricultural fields not only diminishes biodiversity, but can make warming worse by chopping down trees and plants that help cool the planet". With the lack of our natural resources to sustain our environment it causes factors like global warming to rise at an exponential rate. With that being said, due to climate change drastic extreme weather changes could appear such as droughts, erosion along the coast line, and the diminishing of the natural resources in order for humans to survive. Although humans are part of the blame for the extreme weather shifts and climate change there are some possible smaller actions humans are able to help the environment. For example, switching over to LED lightings, unplugging unused appliances, and growing native plants can benefit the environment by reducing the greenhouse gas emissions being sent into the atmosphere.   

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I agree that humans must start to realize that what they are doing is hurting the environment and that it is p to everybody to help try to fix it. The climates will only worsen if it continues to go ignored so it is important that we start to acept that this is real and then focus on how do we solve it.

The summer of 2020 in California and neighboring states was impacted with wildfires and earthquakes. We were literally on fire. 8,100 cases of wildfires so far with over 3.7 MILLION acres of land burned. According to Cal Fire, “As of Sept. 6, California passed the record for the worst year in history for the amount of damaged land.” It is proven and can be seen that each and every year that passes, the temperature in the summer increases and the amount of wildfires have increased. Just as of today, September 28, 2020, there are currently 27 major wildfires with around 18,00 firefighters fighting the fires. A few weeks ago, the air was literally unbreathable. Ash coated housetops and car roofs, the air was thick with smoke. It only recently got better to where it is healthy to go outside. What do all these statistics tell you? The amount of fires are growing increasingly dangerous. What is the root cause of fires? Extreme heat. The connection between climate change and this extreme heat is fairly simple. The greenhouse gasses in our atmosphere is currently too abundant, causing more heat to be trapped onto earth. The more heat trapped, the higher the temperatures increase. It then becomes a high risk for wildfire occurrences in places with large amounts of dry land. I feel that California residents already know that climate change is an issue, and we take it seriously. However, I can’t say for the politicians in today’s society.

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Climate change is ongoing right now and if we don’t recognize this issue soon, our planet will be in a lot of trouble. When us humans burn fossil fuels for electricity, heat, and transportation greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere. With too much greenhouse gases in our atmosphere, heat is trapped inside Earth, making the overall temperature hotter. This causes ice caps to melt and sea levels rise. This forces humans to live more inland and destroys habitats of organisms. We need to take change now before it gets too late.

Climate change is making a huge difference between making too hot for a certain area or too cold for a certain area.

As the weather starts to make awkward changes, we begin to ask why there are such weird weather patterns currently. The answer is sad but true, greenhouses gases in the atmosphere can cause global temperature change, as a result, it is known as global warming. Greenhouse gasses are caused by too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. All this carbon in the atmosphere is can be caused by all these companies throughout America. When we increase carbon dioxide emissions, we increase the amount of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere which then causes extreme weather. As citizens, we can do our part to keep global warming from worsening, by limiting our contribution to carbon dioxide emissions which include gas, meat, and dairy industry. 
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news … l-warming/

I agree the green hous gases in the atmospere have made the global temperature rise which has made the weather patterns unpredictable and even more deadly. On an article written and posted on the NASA website they state "The planet's average surface temperature has risen about 2 degrees Fahrenheit during the last century." As the temperatures continue to rise the weather patterns with continue to get worse.

I believe climate change is most definitely real and is happening now more than ever. Although many may disagree, the human race is responsible for climate change and the recent weather disaster's around the world. When humans burn fossil fuels for electricity, heat, and transportation, carbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas) is released into the atmosphere. The author of the article "How Climate Change Is Fueling Extreme Weather" agrees that, "massive increases in carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gas emissions have caused the temperature on our planet to rise."(earthjustice.org) The increase in temperature has caused climate catastrophes and explains the cause of the increase in hurricanes because hurricanes are caused by the energy from warm water. More than likely humans probably won't take climate change more seriously, some will and others  won't, because the human race cares more about politics and money than the Earth they live on. Humans need to start taking climate change more seriously because humans are the only one's who can help lessen this serious situation.

I also believe that climate change is happening now more than ever. Humans are causing more carbon emissions now than any time and destroying the environment. We are experiencing weather disasters which most are getting worse because of the climate change.

Where I live, it used to snow somewhat often in around December. The summers were hot but bearable. Now, the summers are even more hot and some areas are becoming more dry. It’s even worse in other areas because there are now droughts and extreme weather has increased. This behaviour definitely has something to do with climate change and the amount of carbon being released into the air. Ocean levels are rising due to melting of glaciers which causes an increase in floods or tsunamis. Overall the earth is getting warmer

Yes, it is unfortunate to think that most don't assume we have a role in the way the earth is currently responding. I think with enough education and willingness to accept beliefs and ideas as they are can help with forward thought. With enough determination, we can make the changes necessary to help fix some of the damage caused.

Human pollution has caused some sorts of extreme weather but is it too late to reverse the effects? The answer is no but many are unsure of where to start. We can start by slowing the flow of greenhouse gases. the next thing we have to do is learn to adapt to the current climate we have. Although in some places it is not suitable it has to be done. This will include behavioral change. Things like recycling and electric cars are behavioral changes.

link to information-https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/16/is-it-too-late-to-prevent-climate-change/

I do not want to sound pessimistic but, as our global climate is raising with all the pollution as well as the gas emissions, the arctic circle is also melting and within it a lot of trapped gases that are highly efficient on the GreenHouse effect.
To go with this idea, the less ice we have on Earth, the less sun ray are reflected into space and so it maintains the rise of global temperatures.
So we can say that the more we wait,the more difficult it will be to handle our environmental crisis
Of course that is only my own opinion and I wish we can find a solution in the future.

PS: Sorry for my english

Pieces of informations : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/envi … e-feature/

Unfortunately, extreme weather seems to be getting worse and worse. It is an effect of global warming and there is science to prove this. As of this week in the United States, the temperature in Colorado has change 50 degrees Fahrenheit overnight. There are also many many storms in the Atlantic right now. We must take action.
Ryan Jones, Florida, U.S.A.

Weather not only in the U.S but all around the world has been changing. There have been floods, droughts, and heatwaves. All of these have had a huge impact on the world we know today. Floods are when a certain area of land gets overpowered by an extreme amount of water. A drought is when land lacks a certain amount of water which causes it to dry up. Heatwaves are very common, especially in California. It’s when the temperature levels of certain places rise to extreme temperatures.

I agree with your sentiment, I as someone who lives in a place known for its droughts has been trying to keep on eye on our weather. I believe that we also need to look at what is causing these changes. The most obvious answer being the climate crisis. This crisis has brought about sea level rise which can be connected to the melting of the ice caps but more importantly thermal expansion. This thermal expansion is creating a large group of warm water known as "The blob." The blob is around a thousand miles wide and 300 feet deep. This blob is part of the reason for the droughts. The rise in temperature and having a dry winter has affected the amount of snow fall. This can overtime affect our water reserves and is currently affecting the growth of plants like the sequoia tree which saplings depend on the slow melting nature of snow to grow.

https://www.decodedscience.org/the-cali … structure/

According to nca2014.globalchange.gov in the last 50 years our planets climate has risen and this results in many occurrences such as downpours and hurricanes. Heavy downpours in the US has increased by a large amount within the last 30 years. The places where the downpours have increased most are Northeast, Midwest, and Upper Great Plains. One main reason for why hurricanes have become more frequent and more destructive is because of the warmer seas. Although there are other contributors to the more frequent hurricanes warming seas is part of the problem.

https://nca2014.globalchange.gov/highli … me-weather

There are various versions of extreme weather such as heatwaves, droughts, and floods. Heatwaves are when there is an unusual amount of heat for a temporary period of time. A drought is when an area is left dry because there is significantly less rainfall. A flash flood takes place in small watersheds, mainly ones with steep hills.

https://nca2014.globalchange.gov/highli … me-weather

As I looked at the website that you linked I found it fascinating that the difference of our Earth is completely different from 20 to 30 years ago. And I noticed that reading the article in the past 50 years these problems starting to occur more and more often, excessively high temperatures, heavy downpours, and in some regions, severe floods and droughts. But there is one thing that I noticed that started to confuse me is, that why are heatwaves more occurring in the states in the South than any other place in the World? This really makes me think that the states in the South are doing much worse activities than states in the North, East, or West.

The severity of our weather on Earth had increased rapidly in the past few decades. This comes in the form of higher overall temperature, rapid floods, and increased storm activity. For rainfall, studies have shown that there has been an 0.08-inch increase of precipitation per decade over land areas worldwide.
An increase in temperature has occurred in the now common, unusually hot summers from the 1970s to today. Also, the regular cool-downs during the winter have not prevailed recently. Additionally, storm activity has increased in the gulf in the past 20 years due to the escalation in temperature. We need to take action in helping control these extreme weather conditions and save our Earth.
https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/weather-climate

I am very surprised to see this information and as I read the document from your link I was shocked to see the rise in our temperature so high in the past 30 years. This is showing that something that us humans is not working. I think that this got way out of hand and when we noticed something we should have done something about it right away. This is coming to a point where it's scaring others and scaring me as well. This really makes me think that every little thing I do may somehow affect the Earth. I don't think that many people around the world actually consider what effect their action has on our planet and that needs to change immediately if we want to have a healthy and safe environment to live on.

Lately, the weather has been much more sporadic and random. We have experienced this first hand and seen it become even worse in the news. We often see content about the ice caps and the polar bears. But why is this happening? In a short answer, heat is to blame. The planet is becoming hotter and hotter and this is what is causing all of this destruction. It's called Global Warming because we are warming the plant every day because of all the fossil fuels and gas that we use tons of daily. More scientifically, the reason for the warmth is Carbon Dioxide. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news … l-warming/

Im finding the weather way more extreme. Like when I was younger in my city it would never snow in the winter but now a days in the winter its always going to snow. thats kinda the same for summer like when I was younger it wasn't as hot but now  its like 25C-30C. Im finding that ever since climate change has gotten really worse the weather has gotten way more extreme

Climate change occurs all the time, and there has always been extreme weather events on the planet. The difference now is that EVERYBODY knows when a single event occurs, because of our level of communications technology (this includes the internet). Because of this, people freak out when they hear about extreme weather events occurring at points on the planet on an almost daily basis. So they run around like Chicken Little yelling “the sky is falling!”. Then they make up bullshit claims about CO2 being the cause, since humans as a species can’t accept that there are some things that just can’t be fixed. I strongly recommend you do your own research into it if it concerns you, as you’re going to get outright lies from the green freaks, and skewed views from those that have axes to grind with the energy industry.

Although I understand the point you are trying to make about extreme weather events being natural, I have to disagree because the extreme weather in today's world cannot simply be blamed on the climate naturally changing.  Scientists have proved that there is a correlation between climate change and natural disasters being more intense.  For example, due to climate change, heat waves are hotter, droughts are drier and hurricanes are more damaging.  In the case of the hurricanes, Hurricane Harvey was 15% more intense due to human-caused climate change.  To make matters worse, the sea level has risen due to the polar ice caps melting, which also contributes to heavier hurricanes.  I find it hard to believe that people are overreacting about the extreme weather when scientists have proven that climate change is linked to the intense weather patterns.
https://www.edf.org/climate/climate-cha … me-weather

Although I understand the point you are trying to make about extreme weather events being natural, I have to disagree because the extreme weather in today's world cannot simply be blamed on the climate naturally changing.  Scientists have proved that there is a correlation between climate change and natural disasters being more intense.  For example, due to climate change, heat waves are hotter, droughts are drier and hurricanes are more damaging.  In the case of the hurricanes, Hurricane Harvey was 15% more intense due to human-caused climate change.  To make matters worse, the sea level has risen due to the polar ice caps melting, which also contributes to heavier hurricanes.  I find it hard to believe that people are overreacting about the extreme weather when scientists have proven that climate change is linked to the intense weather patterns.  Personally, I have seen the fires that have destroyed many homes and lives in California and I know that these were worse than they should have been because a drought dried the land out.
https://www.edf.org/climate/climate-cha … me-weather

it is true that weather is changing and climate change is a big factor to that change. things like rising temperatures are the cause of increase in hurricane activity this can happen because of how hurricanes work. hurricanes work by moving across the ocean and taking in warm air this is how hurricanes work. so why then would rising temperatures cause more hurricanes well a hurricane needs warm air in order to work well with rising temperatures comes more hot air and this is why climate change can make hurricanes

https://www.theguardian.com/environment … al-warming

There are different types of Extreme weather such as heat waves, droughts, and floods. Heat waves are periods of abnormal hot weather that lasts for two weeks. A drought is when there is not enough water on the earth. A flash flood occurs in small and steep watersheds and waterways.

https://nca2014.globalchange.gov/highli … me-weather

I think that all of us know how extreme weather can impact people severely. The specifics of it are a little unclear though. One of the many extremes kinds of weather is heat waves. Heat waves are periods of abnormally hot weather lasting days to weeks. The number of heat waves has been increasing in recent years. This trend has continued in 2011 and 2012, with the number of intense heat waves being almost triple the long-term average. This could also be somewhat of an effect of global warming. This is because the increase in heat gradually may be showing the earth is changing and what happens on it may be different as well. Another one could be hurricane which has had a substantial increase in most measures of Atlantic hurricane activity since the early 1980s, the period during which high-quality satellite data are available.

It has been well known and tested for some time now that climate change is impacting the weather of the planet, particularly what were once rare extreme weather events like hurricanes and tsunamis. This is concerning to me as a person living in the northern hemisphere which is more likely to be affected, and especially considering I have many family members living across the Hawaiian islands, which are very likely targets fro more frequent and devastating hurricanes and tropical storms. It is frustrating at this time to see the number of people across America, some even in our government, who still refuse to believe in the severity of climate change despite the fact that it's affects and magnitude have been scientifically proven time and time again. It seems like until we enact some changes in the way we as a society view climate change, devastating weather events and natural disasters will continue to affect and harm populations across the globe.

Humans are increasing the severity of extreme weather conditions throughout the world. Global warming continues to affect the weather, through events like heat waves, droughts, heavy rain events, intense hurricanes, flooding, and severe wildfires also occurring more frequently (Kate Richard from Yale). Especially living in an area that experiences frequent drought, I have seen how droughts have been occurring more frequently and with a more intense impact. With the increasing carbon emissions, the climate has continued to warm which impacts extreme weather events around the world including the extreme fires that happened in Australia between 2019 and 2020.

https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/n … g-climate/

If we don't start taking action in environmental problems the earth will not be able to keep us alive for much longer. The extreme weather changes are becoming more scary each time and do a lot more damage than before.

The weather is becoming more extreme year by year or even month by month. The winds are getting so strong that they can blow away anything in their way. Rain is more extreme somewhere in the world and somewhere the weather is getting colder. And somewhere much hotter. I think if we don´t do something soon for our planet to make this extreme weather chill, we will end up constantly moving places.

extreme weather has got a lot worse in the last few years. its probably becouse of pollution and climate change that made it worse and we chould take action as soon as possible!for example we can stop using cars etc for traveling and instead use bikes or go somewhere by foot. we can also make as little waste as possible.

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Hello nika12346, I agree that it has gotten a lot worse in the past few years. we can also tell that the weather is getting worse is because when its supposed to rain it doesn't, when its supposed to be hot it isn't. and we all get confused like " Why is it so hot in December or January". An example of extreme weather is when the Australia fires hit, the fires were so big it was as big as South Korea according to, https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/ … clnk&gl=us. Let me know what you guys think about the Australia fires.

I agree with you, the weather here in Iceland has at least been very bad past few weeks. Like you said, we should decrease usage of ours cars and only use them in needs. We should rather go by foot or use bikes.

I agree with you, the weather here in Iceland has at least been very bad past few weeks. Like you said, we should decrease usage of ours cars and only use them in needs. We should rather go by foot or use bikes.

Climate change is one of the most serious public health issues facing America today. The annual average temperature in the United States has increased by 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit from 1901 to 2016 and is expected to rise an additional 2.5 degrees, according to the U.S. Global Change Research Program. This has led to increased drought, more frequent wildfires, and other effects of climate change that can’t be stopped.

Climate Change makes me realize that extreme weather conditions are impacting people all around the world, even those who don’t contribute to climate change at all.

I agree with that. I fell bad for the people who are effected by climate change when there aren’t even the main cause of it and they’re only effected by it because of where they live. It’s sad to think of what the earth will be like in 20 years.

I agree, with the major losses in the Bahamas, not that we needed it to see how destructive natural disasters are but it really was eye opening. It flattened thousands of homes and killed countless people who now have nowhere to go.

I definitely agree. It not only shows how much of an impact we have on people in different countries, but the power we have to do something as major as destroying people’s homes and cities, whether trying to or not. It also shows how even though we are aware of the destruction we are causing and how much it effects people, we are not doing very much in our own personal life to make changes to try to fix that and reduce our carbon emissions.

Yeah, I agree as well, with what you're all saying, because all these different causes, pollution, poor care for the environment, and most importantly global warming are causing mass destruction by extreme weather to our world. According to CNN, it stated that storms and flash floods are going to be able to cause destruction to two regions across the U.S., which is also a major cause of safety in the world, taking into account how large a region can be. This is affecting the economy as well, as government agencies and people around the world are using millions of dollars, to fix problems the world is having trouble to prevent right now.

The video is showing just a simple major deep freeze in the South which seems, strange as the South is expected to be warm, which reveals how much of an effect global warming is having on the world. People, littering blocking storm drains, is actually a big deal, as it prevents water from reaching oceans, lakes, and rivers, allowing overflows of water , which could potentially create a flood somewhere. Many areas in the world have already been majorly affected by extreme weather conditions, whether that is a flood, tornado, earthquake from cold or heat, global warming which is still continuing to grow. These are all destroying our world today, which is a large reason why our world, could potentially fall apart in the near future.

There’s a lot of floods from global warming

That's because there is more water vapor in the air due to ocean evaporation, and more water vapor in the air causes more water to go to storms giving them more force

And if the floods are effecting the communities greatly, it can have a very big impact and can destroy families and communities as a whole

And theres also lots of droughts aswell that affects animal population.

Are there ways that humans affect the weather? Are there any ways that we can change the weather for good?

The human impact on climate during this era greatly exceeds that due to known changes in natural processes such as solar changejj

We need to switch over to renewable energy, cleaner resources, and more enviromentally friendly factories to reduce the carbon footprint, and greenhouse gases that we as humans create.

I think algae might hold as a suitable replacement

When I lived in Texas there where a lot of extreme weather. We had a lot of fires and tornadoes.

We suffer extreme weather condition these days and even though all the people complain about it, nobody does anything to change it. The easiest thing to do is lay back and complain but we can and we should be reducing our waste.

It is very true, when it comes to doing something, people give up because they think that with only one grain of sand, they will not plow anything without thinking that if everybody put our grain of sand,something can be done before this.

You both are right and if we were all a sand grain in the sahara and if we all changed something there would be a beter wether

I agree

I agree we should stop wasting things by recycling  more and if everyone does efforts it will change completely the world.

Is global warming real?

Yes

Yes marko

if we can't reverse climate change then thr increase in natural disasters will eventually wipe humans off the earth

What happens when climate change worsens and the poorer communities cant afford to build back their communities?

Then outside help would have to be sought, most likely from foreign regions willing to donate and assist those less fortunate.

I agree that donating to people in need will largely help people deal with this crisis. Also I think donating money will help build houses for them.

During extreme weather conditions, animals cannot easily leave the areas in the way that humans do. This can damage the food chain, which in turn, can directly affect the food that humans are also receiving.

Extreme weather can also effect plant life, effecting animals, and the carbon cycle.

Yes, I think you’re right: animals are in danger because of pollution and climate change. Not only the fauna is at risk, but also the flora is in a precarious situation. Both have to get used to the new climatic conditions, which are, however, too rapid to adapt. According to the Swiss government (https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/it/home/ … breve.html), efforts to preserve biodiversity (diversity among animals and plants) have not held back the decline. We also need step to step to intensify our efforts because the loss of biodiversity would complicate the existence of the human being.

It’s true that animals feel bad because “humans” pollute and change the climete but now is too late for notice it... I don’t know what we can do for do a difference, but I hope that animals will adapt to new life conditions, but I hope also that humans improve their habits

that’s true, sometimes you can find bees in the winter, just because there were some hot days and they thought spring had come

Not only do animals suffer plants do too. If we continue to do this type of damage to our environment then not only do the animals and plants suffer then we will too.

Hi. I agree that extreme weather can impact animals and other living things. Yes, it is not easy for them to migrate somewhere else. Some animals have special features where they can't live in certain ecosystems. Such as a polar bear if too much ice melts and there are no ice caps it can't migrate to Africa and for many reasons. Africa is a hot place, a lot of vegetation and the polar bear could not blend in with certain elements so it needs a certain habitat to survive. Everything goes the same way for plants. Let's go back to the polar bear's habitat barely any vegetation is there just because of the living conditions. The fact that global warming is also taking place just makes environments more of a dramatic turning pike. More and more animals become endangered because of illegal hunting and global warming itself. So, change needs to happen now.

The humans are the most invasive animals of the planet Earth.

I agree that we are also harming plants and animals by our disgraceful actions.

Wow! I never thought of the fact that animals cant escape natural disasters and declining habitat conditions as easily as humans can. This is a really good point

I agree. What can we do that will help these animals so they don’t get their homes destroyed

Yah, i also agree they were technacly here first and its unfair that we came here after, took over there homes and killed them off. It makes me want to do any think i can to help them.

For one to form, there needs to be warm ocean water and moist, humid air in the region. When humid air is flowing upward at a zone of low pressure over warm ocean water, the water is released from the air as creating the clouds of the storm.

In the past years we have seen huge hurricanes that cause such terror on people and their communities. This is a big factor that climate change is getting worse.

It makes me wonder how the hurricanes will effect people with climate change worsening and there being not much of a change

What can we do that will help us better predict the weather and how it changes the way we live.

It is an obvious trend that the strength of all types of storms is increasing, and that is likely due to human activity and releasing CO2. This trend is expected to increase in the future, and still we continue to increase our carbon emissions. What do you think will happen to residences along the coastlines? How strong do you think the storms will become over the next 30-50 years?

it's so true, every year the hurricanes are getting bigger and stronger. They are now able to go on land and stay really strong. In Louisiana, the rain is getting worse and it's a problem since we are a bowl that just collects water. I mean it does not help that we have old pumps but it's scary to think if there was just a really really bad storm and a lot of water was dumped on us we could be history

It is clear that global weather is changing and can sometimes cause lots of destruction in some areas. Human activity has caused weather to become stronger and appear in more unexpected places. One cause is global warming, which is mainly affected by human machines that release gases into the atmosphere. This will cause the temperatures of the oceans to rise and will have a huge affect on weather. Storms and hurricanes will become even more stronger over the years and the more the atmosphere changes, the more warmer oceans become in more areas that aren't as warm now, such as the Pacific Coast. Hurricanes and storms will appear more in those areas and cause more flooding and damage.

Well, after reading your post and question, I did some research. According to the Center For Climate and Energy Solutions, Category 4 and 5 Hurricanes have increased by 45-87 percent. Furthermore, they also calculated that the sea level will rise 1 to 4 feet during the next century. So, to answer your question, the residence along the coastlines are in danger from storms and floods. However, this problem is not a 30-50 year change anymore. This is happening right now, and that is terrifying, but there is much we can do.  If we all made small changes such as carpooling more, or thrifting our clothes instead of buying retail, or eating less meat, we would decrease our carbon foot prints dramatically.

https://www.c2es.org/content/hurricanes … te-change/

How exactly do elevated carbon emissions increase the severity of storms? If storm levels continue to increase areas in the coast will become uninhabitable. I myself live near a coast, something that can help prevent storm danger/ damage where i live is the natural rising and falling of the land that acts as a natural sea wall.

Recently there have been an increase of category 4 and 5 storms. Is there a correlation to climate change?

Possibly, but we can’t really know. Maybe we’re just having bad luck.

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extreme weather is caused by the burning of fossil fuels and adition of carbon dioxide in the air

As many may not believe it, climate change is affecting the weather. Depending where some people may live they are going through hurricane season, but it's happening more often and not to mention how strong they are getting. Regarding some U.S citizens, they might just not even care or say that it has always been like that and that everyone is overreacting.

Yes, I agree that people need to be taking climate change much more seriously even though it may not seem big. Climate change is affecting everyone already.

Within the past decade, natural weather disasters such as hurricanes have become more frequent. this is especially prevalent in places like Florida and other places near coasts. These drastic changes are most likely caused my climate change. These catastrophic events have changed the live of many people. This article will help shed some light on how to help prevent these changes.   

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news … vironment/

Due to recent weather conditions, I think it is important that we are all aware of the devastating events that are yet to come due to climate change. There has been a boost in extreme weather throughout recent years. These drastic weather changes have a huge affect on our life. This particular article gives in insight on all the things that we are starting to see drastic changes in. This information ranges from long periods of drought to an increase of evaporation causing rainfall to intensify.

https://www.edf.org/climate/climate-cha … gIJ3vD_BwE

yes this has increased my concern about climate change because in the past 2 years there has been a lot of hurricanes.

I agree with the fact that I have become more aware of climate change. Seeing many of the natural disasters occur around the world this last year came to my attention seeing tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, and more.

Also things like mass fires that pollute the air and cause issues for people. Things like lung cancer, etc.

The Earth is heating up, fueling hurricanes and tornados. The heat over big bodies of water like the Atlantic form the spiraling body of warm air and cold air. Floods are increasing because the ice caps are melting, raising the sea level. Difference in temperatures are negatively affecting ecosystems, changing the food web and resources. All of this recent increase of extreme weather is caused by the high CO2 + radiation absorbing gas levels. High gas concentration levels are caused by sources like airplanes, manufacturing factories, cows, cars, and much more. Gases like CO2 and methane absorb the heat from the sun and emits it back into space. Since more and more of these gases are in the atmosphere, more and more heat is being absorbed than emitted, causing Global Warming. Overall, all of this is caused by the industrialized human era. If we do not change how we create energy and products, in 11 years, the Earth will not be able to go back to it's original state , before extreme weather and heat levels. For more information, go to this credible source : https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/featu … /page6.php

This is a problem that greatly needs to be payed attention too. Many people ignore global warming and treat it as a hoax when it is destroying our world today. I believe we need everyone to work together to help the world and end global warming. Everyone can do their part and lessen their impact on global warming.

global warming is real and i cant believe people think it doesn't we have too many people on our planet we are ruining it and we dont even care or notice that the bad weather will get worse this is just the start but its not to late to realize that their is a correlation and that global warming is real we must come together as 1 to beat thanos from ending our planet

I agree wholeheartedly with you all. I think that the common misconception people have is that global warming means that every day is going to be super hot and that is the only thing that is going to change. Therefore, when it gets colder or more rainy during a hurricane, the severe weather is dismissed. Climate change on the other hand explains this phenomena much better to people who do not fully buy into the idea of global warming. I agree that it is terrible for our world that so many people can claim that science is fake news while whatever they are consuming would not be considered fake news.

I think that if people were educated that climate change contributed to more violent weather, they would take it more seriously. This hurricane season raised my concern a bit more because a lot of people were harmed in some way because of the weather.

my thoughts on the extreme weather has only increase in climate change because I have always believed in climate can and yes this year hurricanes have increased my concerns.I feel that people will start taking climate change more seriously because of all the people losing their homes and some people even getting hurt

I believe that climate change will continue to change how our weather works until we as a society cut back on what we are doing to the environment. This hurricane season was terrifying, it’s like mother nature is screaming at us to change and we just have our headphones in, ignoring them. I know for a fact, there will be a group of people that will finally start to realize what they are doing is terrible for the environment, but I also know that there will still be those who continue to ignore the signs and the destruction.

I think the connection is true . The hurricane season has increased my concern because these hurricanes have been happening more. I dont think US citizens will take climate change serious because majority of the US doesn't care.

Since the high CO2 emissions around the world, the temperatures are rising which causes extreme weather types such as tornadoes and hurricanes. For example, the water temperatures in the pacific reached an all time high, right around the same time Dorian hit the Bahamas. Not to mention there is another hurricane, Humberto. It isn't a coincidence.

Because we are releasing more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. we are trapping more of the sun's heat in the earth's atmosphere making it hotter and making the weather become more severe from droughts, tornadoes, and hurricanes.to even floods and wild fires.

When too much carbon dioxide is present in the atmosphere, it causes it to heat up. This is why weather conditions are so severe lately. I think that U.S residents are citizens are becoming more concerned about climate change now that they can see the effects of it. Hurricanes, floods, and wildfires are more common than ever. If we don't change something soon, it could get worse.

When too much carbon dioxide is present in the atmosphere, it causes it to heat up. This is why weather conditions are so severe lately. Hurricanes, floods, and wildfires are more common than ever. If we don't change something soon, it could get worse.

This will cause the climate change and weather will change like in spring the temperature will be low as in winters or the opposite.

Without a sudden change in CO2 emissions, we, as humans, will be killed by the very things we made. Not only will more extreme weather conditions affect humans, but it will also inflict pain on animals all over the world. These suddenly stronger storms will eradicate their habitats, and leave them to adapt or die.

I agree with this. Especially in tropical climates with islands and mainland that are very close or at sea level, civilizations may see themselves underwater within the next 50 years!

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I agree many habitats will be destroyed not limited to Humans.

I agree that we need to all be more aware of the damage that is being done to earth right now. CO2 emission is a problem that is slowly killing our environment. This not only affects our lives but the lives of the animals in the ocean.

The crisis of climate change has become a concerning topic around the world. The temperatures from the greenhouse gases are trapping heat in our planet, therefore, causing global warming. From research, the causes are divided into two categories which include "natural" and "human influences" of global warming. Natural causes of global warming include the rotation of the sun that changes the intensity of sunlight, moving closer to the earth and the greenhouse gases. On the other hand, human influences on global warming include our everyday actions. The effects lead to heat waves, droughts, heavy rainfall with floods, ocean acidification, and species extinctions due to shifting temperature regimes. According to the United Nations organization, it is said that we have 12 years to limit climate change. The biggest threat to humans is climate change, while the biggest threats to humans are humans. We continue to cause climate change which one day will cause our own death if we don’t stop.

Although some people may feel that extreme weather is not a concern for them, if we continue down this path it will affect everyone. The California wildfires and the cold spell in the Midwest are perfect examples. These extreme weather patterns will become more frequent. Remember, not only humans are hurt in the extreme cold! Animals like pond fish and house pets are not able to relocate like humans are. The strength of storms and hurricanes is rising due to CO2 emissions. We still have time to turn this around! Make sure to get involved with groups that support policies to help our planet, and stop this dangerous increase in extreme weather.

This is very true, we have already seen this in recent years. Usually, there was a hurricane or natural disasters every few years, now there is one every half a year or less.

In the place I live in some places are already getting effected and some already are having floods,tornadoes,extreme winds,wildfires,and etc. So this is really important

I agree that everyone needs to be worried about extreme weather. In our area, multiple fires have burned thousands of acres in the last couple years. In Northern California, we used to only worry about earthquakes, but the amount of harmful fires is increasing due to drought-affected land and intense heat.

I agree that although some aren't being effected right now, in time the effects of climate change could reach such a point that it becomes irreversible, unleashing an irreversible chain reaction causing such extreme weather events that (according to Greta Thunberg) could wipe out our whole civilization.

Climate change has been looked at by many scientists as the reason for such extreme weather events. Because of the rising temperatures, ice caps, ice sheets and glaciers are melting causing displacement of animals as well as rising water which is predicted to to increase 6 feet by the year 2100. Natural disasters are becoming more frequent and more severe. If climate issues aren't taken into consideration, the effects of extreme weather occurrences will soon affect everyone.

I strongly believe that global warming affects extreme weather. In Maine, where I live, the winters have been getting much more mild and also we have been getting more severe storms aswell. Maine is lucky though. I follow news on natural disasters and in 2018 alone costed the US 90 Billion Dollars. I am hoping that the US will take global warming more serious now, as we need to change the way do things, and fast.

I very much agree with you. If you look at the last three or four hurricane seasons, they have been some of the worst in US history. I also live in Maine and feel lucky that extreme weather has not yet reached our shores. This may be changing soon, because as global warming continues, the water in the gulf of Maine warms, making it possible for hurricanes and large tropical storms make landfall at higher northern latitudes. It is said that 2º Celsius of warming would change Maine’s climate to one that is similar to that of Virginia, increase the amount of storms we will receive.

I most definitely agree with you because we have this past few years the extreme weather keeps breaking records. Every storm is the "century of a lifetime storm." Another example of this is the lobster industry. All of the lobsters are slowly migrating north because of the waters warming. This is really good for the lobster industry in Maine but eventually it will be terrible since the lobster industry is one of the biggest industries in Maine if not the biggest.

When analyzing the recent occurrence of extreme weather in the United States, it is important to acknowledge the  source for this climatic pattern. The large scale carbon footprints which many students have recently calculated are in turn a large part of this issue and if respected an advanced part of the solution. By this, I mean the descions we make regurding our energy consumption, have a monumental impact on the extreme weather in which we receive. Turning off your lights when you leave the room, eating locally, or even riding the bus to school one day a week, can all minimize the effects of human generated natural disasters. Reducing carbon footprints can also have economic impacts on regions susceptible to extreame weather. In Camden-Rockport we back square into the gulf of Maine, the fastest warming body of water on the planet. This warming could lead to accelated evaporation, creating immense rain and snowfall. This together could degrade tourist seasons of which our community greatly relies upon to sustain its citizens and the overall character of each town. The  effects of our energy spending actions also have consequences to the southern United States where hurricanes are becoming more effective at destroying beach communities and wildlife habits alike. Overall, the descions that we make regurding our energy consumption and carbon footprint can have major implications if taken lightly. Small changes to our consumption habits will lead to major reductions in carbon footprint, inturn, preventing the increase of devastating extreme weather patterns from occuring.

Just think about the winter this year it was so unreliably cold. One day it could be 60° and one day it could be 15°. This is most certainly a result of our increasing carbon emissions

Hi everyone!! I’m Julia, i live up north in Maine and the worst weather we ever really get is 6 feet of snow, so I am not an export in this topic but would like to give you my 10 cents. I have been watching (to an extent) the disaster caused by some hurricanes and fires (Mostly in the USA) for a few years now (Off and on). I also have family/friends who have experienced the disasters first hand. My second cousin lost the house they were staying in and all their belongings last summer in the California fires an extrem lose for her as some of the stuff she lost where the only things she had left from her mother who died many years ago. I also have friends with family living in florida who have been struck multipule times by those diasterius hurricanes. It is tragic in my mind, to think that everyday of our lives we pruduced CO2 that makes the atmosphere/earth heat up and then causes those fires and hurricanes. I would like to help make a difference here but I am not entirely sure were to begin.

People don’t realize that there are very correlated patterns that are being forgotten about as new storms come.

With global climate change heating up the ocean, it is almost certain that storm power has increased. The current hurricane seasons have increased my concerns on climate change because the storms could increase further and cause massive damage across the globe. But I don't believe that US citizens would take climate change seriously until it starts affecting everyone, basically before it's too late and we are forced to take it seriously.

I agree and also believe that people aren’t realizing that there is a pattern, or a connection. People see the effect and are affected by these increasing storms, but as they pass, we as humans forget or don’t care about the reasons why these storms occur.

Recently, odd weather patterns have increased dramatically. In addition to the the Midwest cold spell, the Paradise, CA wildfire, and the on-and-off weather in the East, the hurricanes south of the US have increased to where we've gotten at least 3 in a much shorter time than it usually took a few years ago. This has been increasing in recent years, which runs suspiciously similar to the increase in climate change. Ignoring these problems (as many people are doing) can lead to devastating consequences.

last year in November we had some pretty extreme wildfires in California which is also a really big effect of Global Warming.

I feel that where most wildfires have happened, are the places where carbon dioxide were most effected

We recently had a couple of really bad wildfires here in California and Global Warming definitely has an effect on this. This an example of the many effects of Global Warming we don’t think about everyday

We should start using less polluting methods of living to stop climate change and that would stop wildfires

I don’t think using was polluting methods would stop wildfires ¿

Global warning does have an effect on it. I agree with @gavin_eisentraut because things like carbon monoxide emitted from cars encourages global warming. I do disagree to an extent with @rawrxd . It WOULD help slow down the amount of wildfires in the US, but it would not necessarily stop wild fires. Some wildfires occur because of electrical failures, which is not a product of nature. And from then on it's just a series of "ifs."

Wildfires are mainly a big problem in California because of the lack of water. These wildfires contribute to global warming by releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

I agree with most of the statements here, though one thing that wasn't discussed was how to stop wildfires, while preferably not increasing carbon footprint.

The wildfires in California are a very big issue that majorly affected many communities and families nearby. There are many causes of this, but one main cause is climate change. Although not all fires are caused by pollution and/ or greenhouse gases, it is a major factor that can truly increase the number of large forest fires and brush fires all over the world. According to an article by Union of Concerned Scientists, one reason this is true is because global warming causes shorter snow seasons, and the grass and brush dries out faster than usual. This increases the risk of a wildfire, and there is less time to prepare. Global warming is also changing the precipitation patterns in certain areas, which is changing the way the government needs to prepare for these wildfires.

https://www.ucsusa.org/global-warming/s … dfire.html

As someone who lives in California and has first handedly been affected by the California wildfire, I know that climate change has been affecting our world. The increase of production of CO2 has been steadily increasing the temperature in our atmosphere. It has also caused California and other states to go into extreme droughts. With the mixture of extreme temperatures and lack of water, fires became very common. These fires have destroyed miles of land. This left thousands of people without homes. Not only did people lose everything that they owned, but they had no where to go. The fires took weeks to put out causing many health issues and even deaths. The smoke was so bad that people weren't allowed to leave their homes. Ashes were visible in the air even one hundred  miles away. People lives began to slowly come to a stop because no one was allowed to do anything. These fires had such tolls on our everyday lives. We, as a world, need to stop producing more CO2 before it gets too far out of control.

I also live California and was affected by the unhealthy smoke in 2018. However, I don't think that the wild fires can be completely blamed on global warming and climate change. Yes, lack of water made it easier for the fires to spread and dry areas were perfect fuel for the fires to consume, but most of the blame for starting the fires should be accredited to people's careless actions. According to USA Today, 84% of wildfires are started by people, whether it was caused by a "downed power line, a flat tire or a tossed cigarette butt". In addition to decreasing our carbon footprint to make our environment less prone to fires, we need to be careful with small actions because, as exhibited by the wild fires this year, little mistakes can have disastrous consequences.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nat … 987691002/

I live in California as well and was dearly affected by the unhealthy smoke due to the forrest fires. But wildfires should not be blamed for global warming. In fact forrest fires are essential for large trees because they need them to spread their seeds. Forrest fires are part of the circle of life and they are essentail if we want more redwood trees to grow in our day to day life. Of course I am not suggesting that all forrest fires happen because of this I am just saying that they do need to happen for more trees to grow.

I agree with everyone. Yes, it is part of a trees cycle to grow because seeds were spread throughout fires, but I also think that the amount of fires we are having and the struggle to contain them is a completely different topic. We are having so many fires because the fossil fuels we let out into the air are not combining well with all of the wind that there is in forests. It is healthy for forest fires to happen once in a while, but also very unhealthy for ourselves and all other organisms to have to breathe and live alongside all of that smoke and unhealthy air.

I live in California and was affected by the previous wild fire. that filled up the air with a lot of smoke that causes people to have issues.I feel that people shoud take care of the earth better

Watching the news as of late and gaining a better understanding about climate change and how it affects weather is very eye-opening and thought-provoking. Living in the south, in North Carolina,  many coastal communities have been adversely affected by this climate change. Many of these communities are unprepared for the devastation that happens, sometimes in a very short period of time. If these events continue to worsen in the years to come as climate change and global warming increase, we can only hope that our communities, especially those that have been affected in the past will be better prepared and utilize resources effectively. My concern has significantly increased knowing that climate change is only progressing with the passage of time, it makes me wonder what the severity of hurricanes in the future will be, in comparison with that of the present and the past. The question comes to mind as to whether or not communities will be able to effectively rebuild after the effects of hurricanes. I hope that people take climate change seriously, but I am afraid those w ho are adversely effected by weather events will take it more seriously than those who have been adversely effected. Often times society takes on the mentality of "It will never happen to me" and because of this some people in our communities may not see weather events as a big concern.
Clayton, 15 North Carolina

Although I can't really relate directly cause I'm from Berkeley, I do agree that the fact that climate change in the world is creating so many extreme weather patterns is very eye-opening. It shows that the little things, when put in combination with all the other little things that the rest of the worldly population does, we realize that we are destroying the world, and we must stop, in order to at least slow down the destruction that climate change is indirectly causing.

I live very close to Berkeley and  would suggest that extreme weather has and is already affecting Alameda County, where Berkeley is. Two examples I can think of include the drought we had for several years in a row and the related very high level of fire risk. Smoke from a nearby fire was so bad this year that our family had to buy some specialty masks to allow us to breathe safely. We wore these for about half a week before the air cleared enough to be safe. Another extreme weather condition is the constant rainfall this year, which is not typical. While we don’t have hurricanes or thunderstorms, we are experiencing weather changes with more severe weather in our own way.

I feel that the crisis of climate change has lead to extreme weather events such as drought. Climate Change has a direct connection because if the world's climate is constantly changing, extreme weather events will directly follow in the same dramatic magnitude. The recent hurricanes have increased my concern because hurricanes instinctively are rooted to things such as climate change and environmental events. I feel that if there are events that directly effect the American population from a perspective of climate change, Americans will naturally take climate change more seriously. Simply because they become aware of the effects of climate change on extreme weather.

In my opinion, climate change is one of the main reasons for these extreme weather events especially hurricanes because part of the reasons hurricanes start are because of the change in temperatures near each other in a body of water.  Hurricane season has increased my concern about climate change because of how destructive the recent hurricanes have been, and if there is a way to lessen the amount of hurricanes I am all for it.  I do believe that US citizens and residents will take climate change more seriously if they know what climate change is doing to our Earth.

I think climate change is affecting our extreme weather events. Greenhouse gases are trapping heat in our planet and warming global temperatures. This is causing water temperatures to rise. As a result of the rise in water temperatures, there is more moisture. Extreme weather feeds off of this moisture and rises in intensity. This hurricane season has worried me because we are experiencing multiple category 3+ hurricanes. I think this season will make people more serious about hurricanes, because the damage to the state has been going higher and higher. Just in this season, water storms have cost the US over 49.975 billion dollars. I think people will be more concerned about how powerful these storms are going to get after this season.

I agree with this. Hurricane are immensely affected by weather and wind patterns and all of these greenhouse gases are also helping them. But do you think that with this information, how can it be used to better improve our readiness and understanding for hurricanes?

Global warming is heavily affecting storms because the rising ocean levels and a warmer climate is making storms stronger while they are in the ocean so when they hit and if there aren't any barrier islands the storms won't slow down and get weaker so  when they do make landfall they would be devastating to areas that aren't prepared for flooding. so the people that are stuck might either be seriously injured or they might either lose their homes and quite possibly their lives.

I do agree with your claim. Global warming is causing the ice caps at both poles to start slowly melting. Because of this, ocean levels are rising at a higher rate than ever before. And to add to that, hurricanes and other storms like monsoons form in more humid tropical weather. So with ocean levels rising, and warmer, more humid air, it is all just a perfect combination for disaster. And this is not good because for people who live in areas that get monsoons and hurricanes often, they could lose a lot more than their homes.

The climate is changing because of all of the greenhouse gases that are getting released into the atmosphere. Now we have so many wildfires and hurricanes because the earth is getting warm. Ways we can stop this from happening is to stop cutting down trees because we release carbon dioxide and the trees suck it in.  Or we can turn off lights  when we are not using them. I do not want to live in a world where we are going to suffer.

The increasingly dangerous hurricanes are frightening. The east coast of the US has some of its biggest cities and some of the worst tropical storms. The stronger storms are being caused by sea levels increasing and the ocean heating, both caused by global climate change. As the Earth heats up it causes ice caps to melt and the ocean to heat up, both cause the sea level to rise. Hurricanes and other tropical storms grow stronger on water and even a small difference in the water level could and is making hurricanes deadlier.   How should we try to fix this? if not how should we try to cope with it.

As most people know, the earth is gradually heating up because of carbon emissions into the atmosphere. How does this affect the world?

As our world slowly heats up, we are killing species and organisms that aren’t fit for those high climates. As animals die, this causes dramatic changes in our food chain and carbon cycle as it is thrown off by the loss of an organism.

Kateee this is not entirely true because those that die are supporting decompossers

If we continue to "destroy" like that our planet, we are killing ourself because we need biodiversity and if the earth is heating up again those things are going to disappear and the human too, we have to take care of our planet and of ourself too !

I agree with you

I agree with y'all the more we burn fossil fuels the hotter the planet gets which  causes global warming. And global warming causing many problems like deaths of species, ice caps melting and really really hot summers.

The blobal warming is the reason of the melt of the ice caps. And the died of the polar bears.

I agree the more we burn fossil fuels for our advantage the world will continue to get hotter and we will eventually lead to our own demise.

Defrosting the polar calotte affects ocean 's growth.

The hotter our planet gets from climate change the more the world is shifting and I don't mean literally. In Antarctica, the temperatures are dropping leaving polar bears to go to more woodland than their own artic resulting in mind bear babies coming about. The climate also affects our environment by causing more and more natural disasters such as forest fires that have been happening more and more recently especially in California where I live. The effects of climate change keep rising changing what we know as our environment into something that can only be considered a tragedy.

If we are releasing more carbon then that could mean a number of different things. For one, if there is more carbon in the atmosphere then the Earth will heat up which will cause more flooding, wild fires, heat waves, etc.

Global warming has caused a number of different thing to happen. One of those includes wild fires. They are getting more serious and more likely to happen as the world gets hotter.

So, Dio. Been a while. Could you possibly elaborate on how they are getting more serious? Statistics maybe? While I'll agree wild fires are getting more and more common, I'd like to know any ways they can populate more.

As someone who lives near where most wildfires happen, I completely understand and agree with this post. Not many people want to recognize that global warming is one of the factors responsible for mass wildfires. Wildfires are mass destructors and we need to find new ways to confront their origins and fight to find ways to ward them off.

I agree that global warming has caused many more wildfires in recent years but that is not the only driving factor behind it. Take California for example, in 2018, 44 people died directly due to wildfires and this is an atrocious statistic but the TIME Magazine only attribute them to global warming which they name as the cause for these fires. Wildfires have increased in deadliness and numbers on average but global warming is only a fraction of the cause of them and 44 deaths in California, 2018.
               Ultimately what fires are also caused by including global warming is humans interrupting the natural fire cycles present naturally. We have suppressed fires to the point that there is an abundance of plant matter present only waiting to be fuel. Then when a fire does occur, it is often much larger and deadlier than it would be if we had let fires naturally get rid of excess plant growth. In fact, fires are a key part of the ecosystem as demonstrated in Redwood trees which require fire in order to reproduce or plant their seeds within the confines of their cones. A lso natural fires continue many cycles mainly the nitrogen and carbon cycles in which carbon is released once again into the atmosphere (naturally which is good), and dead plant matter containing carbon and nitrogen is recycled by decomposers or microscopic organisms back into the ground. Causing a build up of natural plant matter due to the lack of fires because of human intervention only causes deadlier more widespread fires. This coupled with global warming only increases fires occurrences and people's population of fire danger areas at risk could could cause their death as a result.

Sources Cited -
http://time.com/4985252/california-wild … te-change/ - statistics
Second paragraph/claim I got information from a documentary (BTC Credit for Semester 1).

Another Source - https://www.vox.com/2018/8/7/17661096/c … ate-change

In California, global warming and the draught have meant that it is hotter and drier than in a very long time.  Even though there has been a lot of rain in the winter, but fall, everything that has grown during the wet winter and spring dies in the hot, dry seasons, and this tinder can be easily lit on fire.  An example of this is the fire in Paradise.  The final cause is PG&E, who run the electric and gas system in California, who allowed some of their equipment to break and cause the sparks that started the fire.  So while there are multiple causes, global warming does seem to be a big contributor to the growth in wildfires.

Sources Cited -
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/busi … -fire.html.

Were damaging our planet and it’s now really starting to show. Weather extremes such as tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc. are becoming increasingly stronger than the last. The amount of pressure the human race has been placing on the Earth with pollution of different types has lead to natural disasters swinging out of control.

Lots of natural disasters are an extreme issue. Especially when it comes to wild fires in western states. Earthquakes also are a major issue as well.

It's so important for people to understand that even though these natural disasters cannot be stopped, we are only increasing the number and intensity of these disasters through the pollution and greenhouse gases we produce, which affect the climate. Where I live, there's a lot of wildfires because of the overall temperature increase, which makes things hotter and drier, thus creating more chance for wildfires which are extremely devastating for a lot of people!
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/envi … -wildfire/

All of this is so true, there have been so many natural disasters that have happened over the few years that have greatly affected the whole world. I have been doing research on the earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan, and they just continue to get worse. To prevent this, humans need to be far more careful about our waste consumption, pollution and the spread of greenhouse gasses.

This is so true. I can't believe how people still don't think climate change is real when the evidence is right there. For example, Trump doesn't think climate change is happening when he has the mass amount of recent California wildfires in his own country. People need to start looking at the facts and evidence and start taking action

Flood are becoming more often and extreme as climate change/global warming gets worse. When carbon dioxide is emitted into the atmosphere from cars, factories, and more, not all the carbon dioxide can escape the atmosphere. With the carbon dioxide getting trapped in the atmosphere, creating a blanket of it, the temperatures rise and weather becomes warmer. This then leads to the ice caps melting to cause a rise in ocean levels. These high ocean levels then can lead to floods. If this continues, many animals, like polar bears, will go extinct because of their habitat melting. It will also in the future wash away coasts of land, like Florida.

When I was little I remember me that in winter I always went out to make the snowman and to play with the snow. But now that some years have passed the snow there is not almost more. There has been a winter where it has snowed little. This is not beautiful, because the winter is characterized by the cold and the snow. Because of our actions everything this there is not more and sins.

I agree, I have noticed that the snow is slowly depleting and we need to take better care of the environment to help stop this.

I have learned about this multiple times in middle school. Due to the heat being trapped in the atmosphere from the amount of carbon dioxide, the ice caps melt. Therefore, there is no snow because of the amount of heat trapped.

I know: it's truly scary. It's sad that it has gotten to this point and still nothing major has really been done to remedy this. If we're already experiencing the after-effects of disrespecting our environment, what will the world look like a century from now if we don't do anything about it? Unfortunately as a population we don't seem capable of looking that far in the future, and we selfishly prioritize ourselves in the present moment as opposed to looking at the bigger picture. But hopefully we can change!

Along with seeing the dramatic amount of heat being trapped in the atmosphere and the lack of snow in wintry places, we also see weird phenomena in specific areas.  For example, I live in the Oakland Bay Area and have never really been to any places that are supposed to snow.  However, one weekend in January I went to go see my sister in college in Washington where it is usually cold but not cold enough.  While I was up there, there was a large snow storm and roads became very icy and because Washington is not prone to that kind of weather, there were no snow plows or anything to help out with the roads.  People usually see global warming as the Earth heating up, but along with that, we also need to acknowledge the change in weather all over even if it has to do with heat or not.

The weather has changed because of the pollution. Nowdays we do not have 4 seasons.

Recently there have been several wildfires in California. This can be attributed to global warming. This not only effects wildlife, but also people, life’s. Hopefully this will make people change their actions.

I Agree the problem is fires in California are meant to happen, but not to this extent. Many plants rely on smaller fires to spread and to regrow or to get rid of the overpopulating evasive species. Some of the plants need the fire to grow better and to be able to live, but this has been prevented because of modern farming techniques and this has been very bad for the plants because more dead plants are lying about on the ground, which then makes the fires worse, affecting the atmosphere in a catastrophic way.

As we keep emitting CO2 and other greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere our world is continuously getting hotter. How will this affect the world in the future?

Climate change is one of the main causes of extreme weather events for example El Niño. I feel that the hurricane season has brought some concern but people are not fully into it. U.S citizens know that its a problem but since we are not dramatically affected they we don't prioritize it

I agree I think it would take something big to happen for the U.S. to realize what a big deal climate change is.

Yes, we need to take steps as a whole world not just a class or city.

With our current president it will be hard to convince our country or the world  that climate change is real.

We really need to find good solutions to limit greenhouse gases to create a more sustainable environment.

I agree with you and its something we need to fix.

We need to stop pollution

Most of the people around the world are worried about extreme weather but only some are trying to do something  that helps having fewer.  More: there are people saying it's not proved that this events (hurricane, earthquake, avalanche,...) are caused by human beings...It's all natural (!!). That's a big problem: it's difficult to demonstrate that this events are directly caused by our exploitation of our planet.

Once a hurricane of some degree happens people are quick to raise awareness and speak on behalf of many, but what about when the confusion and chaos die down. People stop campaigns and stop the worry. People affected by the storm move elsewhere or stay behind and rebuild. Hurricanes and the effect climate change is giving should be a topic that stays in the discussion. It is a real problem that is always on the move. The conversation should never die down.

Is it true that at times that people are causing extreme weather or is it natural and how we can sustain the weather so we have a right amount of weather, at this time it has mostly been sunny and not much rain, could this be a problem if we can't do anything about it

We need to watch how much carbon we’re release in our earth’s atmosphere. Or else we’re going to keep having hurricanes, extreme winters and warm waters. These all factor into the decline in our Earth inhabitability.

This is important because the change in climate can also affect the ecosystem, which can affect the food chain.

Recently in California there has been huge wildfires all over the state. All these fires we manmade and now they are unable to control them. With all these fires burning it's not only destroying the state but the carbon footprint as well. The fire itself not only produces a hint of carbon but the fire extinguishers that they are using to put out the fires are full of carbon to contain the fire. This is just one of the many examples of humans destroying the carbon footprint. If we don't be careful we are going to create some dangerous issues with our environment.

Our climate has changed significantly over the past few years. When I was younger I remember taking weekend ski trips with my family, seeing huge amounts of snow. Now, only a few years later we get early snowfall and the rest of the winter is dry and cold. We have also faced major drought issues and wildfires every year where I live. While the place I am is becoming drier, other parts of the world are flooding. What are some ways we can help fight climate change?

My Boy Scout troop did a drive early this month to help with the Camp Fire in California, we went out and gave food, clothes, and toys for children to families that lost everything they had in the fire

The climate change is a direct consequence of the global warming. The destructive events happened in the north america are due to the amount of the CO2 in the atmosphere, that traps the heat increasing the global temperature. I have not directly been stricken from these events, but they have increased my worry. I think that the global warming and the climatic changes are the actual most serious problems and that the man must mostly sensitize him to find a solution to these problems.

I totally agree with you Lorenzo. For this reason I believe that today the main objective of the policy must be the environmental problem. All the states in the world should work together, because we are talking about a serious and global problem.

I don't understand why the governments don't think that it's better to invest to stop global warming. If they do this they will save a lot of money because theses crazy extreme climatic events have terrible social costs. They have to have a long term vision and they don't have to think that is right what is apparently  convenient economically.

I agree. As the heat is being trapped there is a big difference in the weather.  I live in California and we have only recently had rain. Our state was consumed by smoke for a little while and the rain finally helped clear it.

Climate change is being caused by the amount of C02 being released into the air creating a thick blanket in the atmosphere, trapping all the heat causing the earths tempratures to rise (global warming). Global warming is causing all these extreme weather conditions. It is a direct link.

yeah, and so many people that dont contribute nearly enough as others are being impacted. Just like the huge power outage in puerto rico. They had a hurricane leaving their land a mess and its still not back to normal. so many people have died all around the world. climate change is pretty much a murderer.

We already have alternative ways to power our homes and cars that are much better for the environment, and they’re cheaper than coal and safer than nuclear power, it’s just a matter of weather or not people are willing to use those alternatives.

I am indirectly affected by these increasing storms. I have worry because it is the future in which I will live so how would I want this world to be dying during my life time. I feel that we are put under stress because we need to be the ones to change the ways of humans, and while we are, no one is helping. This affects me directly because It will affect my way of life in the future

I agree, everyone is saying that our generation is going to be the one to get hit most by climate change. Our whole generation needs to become aware of this problem and see what they can do to fix it. We’re the ones that have been adding to the problem the least, why are we the ones to get affected by it the most?

All of our carbon emissions are leading to warm waters. If we don’t cut back now; animals, coral reefs and us humans are going to suffer. Animals and coral reefs are starting to decline because of the increase in water temperatures and hurricanes are happening more frequently causing homes and lives to be lost and ruined.

Besides reduce carbon emissions is there any other way to help stabilize the condition or improve it to help our aquatic environments?

the extreme weather patterns caused by global warming are having horrible impacts on life. they are destroying habitats and homes. the reason we have had so many hurricanes this year isn't a coincidence its because of global warming. they're killing people, animals, homes and habitats.

Weather has extremely changed in the past 20 years. The worlds temperature has increased by six-tenths. Sea levels have risen 3 inches, and extreme weather has increased by thirty percent. In Greenland and Antarctica, ice sheets have lost 4.9 trillion tons. Since 1992, there have been more than 6,600 major climate, weather, and water disasters worldwide. These disasters have cause about 1.6 trillion dollars in damage, and killed over 600,000 people. In the US climate extremes (hot, cold, wet, dry) have jumped by thirty percent. The oceans have also increased their acidic levels by half a percent. The ice caps have also lost 790,000 square miles since 1992. The weather is being extremely effected with the climate change and heating of the world.

Climate change can effect human health, weather patterns etc. We could do things that could reduce climate change by reducing our carbon footprint, and this could easily be done by doing things like cutting down on electricity and water use, what you eat, how you travel to places, etc. But it is hard to get the whole world o contribute.

Addison, 14, North Carolina.

I agree cause even the little things can help our carbon foot print lessen

I agree with this. It's very hard to get everyone to contribute and do their part. I think that this is very important and we should spread awareness about this

There has been a lot of extreme changes in weather in California. I believe that this could be due to climate change. US citizens should be taking climate change a lot more seriously now. Energy Upgrade California is making it easier for people who live in California to reduce our carbon footprint by providing different ways to save energy and water. We can take action to help prevent climate change.

I agree with you. According to the U.S. energy information Administration, in 2015 California had 364.0 MMT of carbon dioxide emissions. These carbon dioxide emissions contribute to extreme weather. Especially in California because our carbon dioxide emissions are so high.

I agree with you on how the US citizens should take it a lot more serious especially if it well help stop the weather from being as extreme as it is sometime. I also like how California is acting on their carbon footprint and I think all the other states can and should do the same

I agree with what you said about people needing to take it more serious. It can extremely  affect the weather which can have negative affects in the long run. I feel like more states should work on lowering the carbon footprint.

I agree because climate change can have lots of negative effects on the earth

I feel like there are two sides to Climate Change those who deny it's existence even though extreme weather has occurred more often and is physical evidence of change occurring world-wide and then there are those who believe it exists and are actively trying to improve the conditions world-wide by reducing their part in releasing carbon into the atmosphere.

I think climate change is part of why there is extreme weather because the warm weather causes the oceans to warm up.  The Hurricanes use warm, moist air to generate the huge amounts of wind and rain.  This Hurricane season has increased my concern about climate change because more and more hurricanes are going to be created due to climate change.  These Hurricanes are going to keep hitting us and doing lots of damage.

I agree with you. With the rise in temperatures, storms can be come more powerful and more frequent.

I agree, the warmer the weather gets the more hurricane threats there are.

I agree and think that the warmer weather is because of too much carbon in the atmosphere.

I agree that climate change has a large impact on extreme weather.

I also agree because the rise in the amount of carbon in the atmosphere affects the weather because it reflects the sun rays to the earth which causes ocean temps to rise which cause more frequent and disastrous natural disasters because the water is warmer which is perfect for hurricanes

Are we the cause of the extreme weather? Because the increase of carbon in the atmosphere is from people burning fossil fuels. What can we do about this?

Humans are definitely  the cause of extreme weather and climate change

The real Question is how to stop and change our effects.

We as youths are not the primary cause, but everyone contributes to the problem in small amounts, weather it is driving to school or not recycling.

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I'm sorry to say this but there is nothing here besides the title thats giving a short description of your thoughts.

What exactly do you mean about this?

I feel like climate change is causing more extreme weather. The overall temperature is rising which is causing the storms to build more energy to produce more powerful storms. Hurricane season is a concern due to the fact that it can produce a very powerful storm. I feel like US citizens should take climate change more seriously but they probably won't until a bad storm comes their way.

The changing of weather and different fronts are big reasons why the climate change is so weird. The change in climate is the reason there's been an incline in the extreme weather events that have been happening all around the world. This hurricane season has definitely increased my concern about climate change because it's only become worse over the past few years and I really hope that US citizens become aware of what this extreme weather is coming from so that we can change this.

I agree with you saying that the changing of weather and different fronts are big reasons why the climate change. and the climate is causing weather to change and cause hurricanes

Changing the view point of the whole world is hard because just by reducing your carbon footprint you can help a lot, but not everyone wants to change.

I also think that people should be more aware of the extreme weather change because it causes lots of damage, and the extreme weather can kill people.  I think everybody should try and reduce their carbon footprint.

Climate change has been effecting our warm weather and cold weather fronts because of the increasing amount of greenhouse gasses trapping in heat in our atmosphere. This process is throwing of our weather and creating disastrous weather events around the globe. Hurricane season has increased my concern about Global Warming because I have seen the physically damage of our extensive greenhouse gas emissions and how it has effected people and homes. Now that Americans and others have seen the direct effects of this disastrous weather I believe they will take climate change more seriously.  They have now lived to see the harm climate change has on real people and real lives and hopefully Americans will be more compassionate to think before they are wasteful and emit excessively.

I agree with what ur saying about how climate change has been effecting the warm weather because of the greenhouse gasses being trapped. Also since the hurricane season increased, it also makes the physical features change, like more rain and wind, and less sun and warmth. Although we live in a relatively warm place, places that are colder, like Alaska and Canada's ice structures are sinking. The loss of sea ice, accelerated sea level rise and longer, more intense heat waves are effects of climate change. The extent of climate change effects on individual regions. This means that it will vary over time when different societal and environmental systems to mitigate or adapt to change.

I agree with what you are saying about how scary hurricane season has become. In addition, the sea levels are rising because of the melting ice caps, due to the large amount of greenhouse gases that are overheating the Earth. This is causing flooding all over the world and the rise in the number of floods concerns me. Moreover, the homes for many arctic animals are being destroyed because the arctic ice that they live on is melting due to the emission of fossil fuels into the atmosphere. Similarly to what you had said Erin, I hope that we humans can become more empathetic to other wildlife on Earth, and think about how we can help reduce our carbon footprints.

I agree with your analysis on how the greenhouse gases are affecting warm and cold weather. I also think that the hurricane season has gotten very bad lately and  I think we need to do something about it.

I completely agree with what you're saying about how our climate is being affected mostly by the gasses constantly being trapped in our atmosphere. These gasses also heat up the atmosphere causing low pressure systems to form, this where mostly new hurricanes and thunderstorms are coming from.

Warm weather and cold weather fronts are being dramatically effected by climate change.  We are changing the climates causing severe weather changes which can destroy our cars, our job sites, and even our houses making survival 10x harder.  The atmosphere now holds 4% more water vapor than it did 40 years ago (Haby).  This means that with more water vapor there can be higher temperatures, greater humidity, etc.  With greater temperatures and humidity, it can cause greater storms and natural disasters than can destroy many things.

I agree with the points you are making on how theres threats by the continuous climate change and it causing severe weather and destroying structures and personal items like cars. we need to be careful on what is going into the atmosphere.

hello , my name is Sonni and 17 years old and from North Carolina. My thoughts on the connection between climate change and extreme events are that changes in extreme weather and climate events, such as heat waves and droughts have a huge impact on climate changes. I also think that the hurricane season doesn't affect or hasn't yet affected me yet. I also think that now that theres more things affecting climate change and from pollution from industries are hurting the environment. I also think that events like droughts could cause water to decrease and less water for the U.S residents

I feel that climate change has effected the weather and moisture of the air, Hurricane season has increase concern about climate change because climate change can make hurricanes, I think US citizens don't take it seriously and I don't feel like that will change.

I have not been affected too severely from extreme weather but I have gotten some rain from the hurricanes recently. I think climate change has a direct affect on the extreme weather that has been happening recently. These past few hurricane seasons haven't made me concerned about climate change but they have made me concerned for hurricanes in the future. I think some people will, but I think once you have your mind made up it will have to be substantial evidence to change it.

I agree with you about extreme weather and how the climate now can effect the weather in the future and be worse then the weather now

The earth is warming as if there is a heavy blanket wrapped around us and it is all caused by us. We realses CO2 into the atmosphere and let greenhouse gases escape into the air every day. Little do we know what is happening behind all of this. The ice caps in the artic are melting which is creating sea levels to rise and soon whip out the coastal cities. There is already a problem in New Orleans as the government had to step in and raise the sidewalks and add pipes to work around the high sea level. As the ice caps are melting many animals are losing their habitat and their habitat is getting smaller and smaller.

I like how you pointed out that we are the ones that are causing most of the problems in our atmosphere. We don't only affect what's just around where we live but we affect things that aren't around us as well.

In 2003 we had our first evidence of the relationship between climate change and Extreme weather events. In 2003 there was a deadly heat wave that struck the continent of Europe and killed nearly 70,000 lives. Since then a new field of science was launched "attribution science". Currently, our technology has gotten advanced enough to be able to predict these extreme weather events before they happen. How do we start preparing for future events that will have a major effect on peoples lives?

Up here in the state of new York we have been receiving some wired weather. We have gotten hail, snow, sleet, rain, and harsh winds. today it is 67 degree  and 2 days ago it was 46 degree.

the same thing is happening where i am it seems like we skipped spring the weather is weiord

I live in the Bay Area, which normally has very tranquil and standard weather. We had not experienced snow in over ten years. Then about a week ago today, an inch of hail fell. Is this because of climate change?

The fact that we are experiencing stronger and more severe hurricanes and storms as well as heat waves more so now than we ever have proves that something has changed in the atmosphere. Scientists can very clearly prove that our carbon dioxide emissions are directly affecting the weather, causing heat waves because of the rising temperature, along with intense hurricanes brought on by climate change that causes higher water temperature in the ocean. Many families are being affected by these naturally extreme weather occurrences, and hopefully this will bring more attention to how our pollution is greatly affecting our planet.

If we make small efforts, we can help to slow down global warming. There are some natural ways that do not take a lot of effort that can actually help to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. For example, we can create farms that take in more carbon then they emit. When plants photosynthesize, they take in carbon dioxide. The carbon in that gas is used to build the physical structure of a plant, and when livestock eats it, it is recycled out of the atmosphere. There are even some companies that make renewable, local wool, linen, cotton, etc. in an effort to get rid of carbon in the atmosphere.

IN my region the weather has been weird for example the weather has rained, snowed, been cloudy, and sunny in 8 hours. Also today it is 80 degrees and 2 days ago it was snowing. it seems like we went from winter to summer and skipped spring.

the same thing has happened

Same here. Where I live it was just snowing two days ago then it is all sunny and warm today. Like what the heck.

Same thing has been happing here, its been hailing with the sun out and well basically weird weather

In New York when is spring coming? Well who knows with this weather one day it could be 70 the next day it could be like 30 what is up with our state? well some other states up North. Could be pushing their coldness to New York. Why? Well because of climate change! I do not personally like this wacky weather! We've had Snow, Hail, Slush, and Rain! Please stop this weather and get to Spring so we can have very pretty flowers!

I have a question for you. Do you believe that this is because of global warming?

@caitlyno-ny-usa yes i do believe it is because of global warming.

Lately, the weather in the state of New York has been acting up. We've had snow, hail, rain and sun. Now, snow and slush is very popular in the winter; we get a LOT of snow. But it's supposed to be spring! Is it possible that the colder winds from the icy, snowy poles are traveling to the United States? I'm not a professional, so I'm not going to say that it's true or not, but it could be. Also, the temperature has been very strange recently. It's been 30 degrees one day and 70 degrees another. What's going on?

hello freind it is true we have been having that weird temprature changes and i dont like it do you?

Over the past decade, California and the Bay Area have been experiencing some crazy weather. This is caused by global warming which interrupts weather patterns causing some locations to have large sums of rain falls and other locations to have next to nothing. Not only in California but other places where there have been multiple category five hurricanes which are not exactly normal. To add to the effects of global warming, the polar ice caps are melting at an alarming rate and causing the sea levels to increase dramatically. This could be catastrophic for cities along the coast like Miami, New York, and Rio de Janeiro. So my question is will humans be able to stop global warming in enough time. I understand that recycling and reusing are good ways to help but will humans be able to part from there precious fossil fuels in enough time to save our earth?

No, even if there were no human beings on Earth and no factories , earth would still have climate change. Man doesn't affect climate change in any way, shape or form. We have had 10's of thousands of global warmings in our earth's history - none of them  were caused by humans, it's just another period of climate change Earth is going through.

I agree more with Brandon but I also know that climate change has happened before in history, but human emissions are causing it to change more rapid and are causing more extreme weather patterns in all areas of the world. Evidence of this are in the places that are  facing extreme hurricanes and storms and floods we even have seen a change in the Bay Area's weather as Brandon said and if temperatures continue to rise at this rate we will see an even more dramatic change in the weather not only in California but all over the world such as melting ice caps, ocean acidification and a rise in sea levels just as Brandon said but I do not think the question should be will we be able to do it in time but will we be able to do it at all. Will humans be able to decrease the amount of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases we put into our atmosphere?

First, I would like to agree with everybody that climate change is real, and it is causing problems. Now, Morgan and Alanis, you both claim that climate change has happened before which is true. However, abrupt climate change, like what we are facing today is devastating. According to skepticalscience.com the Permian, Triassic, and even the mid-Cambrian eras all led to a mass extinction. As well, Morgan, man is affecting climate change on a global scale and your claim that man does not is entirely false. Brandon, you claim that category 5 hurricanes have hit California before, but not even a category 1 hurricane has. While we have had rainfall and high winds, Mike Anderson, the California State climatologist with the Department of Water Resources states that "We've had tropical storms, but the wind speeds aren't quite strong enough to be classified as a hurricane. No storm organized as a hurricane has ever reached California." In an interview with KSBW news (http: //www.ksbw.com/article/has-california-ever-been-hit-by-a-hurricane/12108434). So in summary, we should ask how can we help to slow climate change, or even if you're feeling optimistic, how can we fix climate change.

Morgan, I respectfully disagree with your statement that humans are not the cause of global warming. The 18th century marked the beginning of the industrial revolution when humans went from doing things by hand to having machines do it for them.All of these machines need power, they get it by burning fossil fuels which emit too much CO2 into our atmosphere, and humans have not stopped since. Scientists, schools, NASA, politicians,  the UN, and countless other organization and people believe humans are the cause of global warming. Although there have been several climate changes before in earth's history, this one is different.

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As a firm believer in human-caused climate change, I completely agree with Alanis.  Although it is indisputable that our planet has experienced thousands of climate changes, for example, the last ice age, the current climate change is different and is caused by humans.  What sets apart this climate change from others is that currently, global temperature is increasing at an unprecedented rate, almost 2 degrees since 1880.  In contrast, previous climate changes slowly increased over thousands of years.  Additionally, in response to Morgan's point, this climate change is caused by human activity.  As I previously wrote, the current climate change started in 1880, and since then, global temperature has increased by 2 degrees.  If you look at the historical events along this timeline, 1880 marks the beginning of the second industrial revolution, the time when humans first started burning fossil fuels for mass industrial production.  Additionally, in the last few weeks of science class, we have learned the science behind how carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, which ar e increasingly released from human activity, over-insulate the Earth through the greenhouse gas.  In conclusion, the current climate change is abnormal and the effect of human industrial activity.

It is said that global warming, majorly due to humans, interferes with extreme weather. All weather happens in a constantly fluctuating climate that we have shaped. Climate change has taken effect on not only our sea levels, but increase in ocean temperatures, warmer and wetter atmospheres, and finally, more precipitation in storms.

After the abnormally extreme weather season that we experienced, I have observed a misunderstanding surrounding the reality of climate change.  After the recent brutal hurricanes and winter storms, understandably, people have been confused about how "global WARMING" could cause snowy, rainy, and cold weather events.  Although there is a clear contrast between these entities, global warming, one of the results of increased CO2 emissions, is the cause of these weather abnormalities.  According to NOAA, both winter storms and hurricanes are caused by warm seas, which cause moisture to rise into the air, forming storms.  Therefore, if global warming causes global ocean temperatures to rise, storms caused by warm oceans will become more frequent and more violent.  Although the name "global warming" may make this connection seem counterintuitive, the roots of these storms do tie back to warming oceans.  Although I live in California, where there have not been any extreme weather events recently, the recent storms in the eastern United States showed me a harsh reality.  For mos t of my life, climate change has been a real, yet somewhat inconceivable topic.  I have always understood the science behind it, and know what has been happening at the polar ice caps, but when I was younger, the devastation of climate change seemed distant.  However, when my mom had to flee Houston from hurricane Harvey's floodwaters and hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on St Martin, where one of my family members lives, my eyes opened to the harsh reality of climate change.  No longer can we treat climate change and all of its "symptoms," including global warming, as foreign, abstract concepts.  Climate change is real, the distant-seeming ideas of rising sea levels and violent storms will become reality if we do not do anything to combat them and if people remain ignorant about this catastrophe.

Sources:

https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/news/climate- … me-snow-us
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/how … -form.html

Throughout 2017 and the 2018 so far, weather in the bay area and globally has been increasingly turbulent. In 2017 alone there was 13 named storms, seven became hurricanes and four of the seven reached category three or higher. Weather in the bay area this spring has been oscillating between extremes, from hailing/snowing in mid April, to reaching the high 80's. The increasing heat as a result of climate change causes accelerated evaporation and dryness, but the warming causes rain to come down in heavy downpours. As global warming progresses, weather will become more extreme, and hurricanes could become more frequent. I hope that people affected by the hurricanes directly and indirectly will take climate change more seriously.

The amount of CO2 humans are producing has increased exponentially in just a few decades. The number of natural disasters and cases of extreme weather has increased drastically in the last decade. This isn't a coincidence. Our inability to recognize the harm we are doing to the climate has gotten to the point where it ruins communities, environments, and lives. The rising sea temperatures and inconsistent weather have c=increased the frequency and intensity of hurricanes all over the world. People in Puerto Rico are still without power after Hurricane Maria tore apart homes. These events have helped more people understand the issue of climate change, and seeing how it directly hurts us is creating more change. Climate change is a serious issue and it is something we need to slow down before more people are killed by natural disasters.

At first, I was going to try and disprove this.  However, upon further research, I realized that warmer ocean surface temperatures can increase the strength of a hurricane.  “Recent studies have shown a link between ocean surface temperatures and tropical storm intensity – warmer waters fuel more energetic storms” (NOAA)

Throughout the past year, the weather has been changing immensely. Hurricane season in 2017 will always be remembered. It was labeled one of the most active and destructive hurricane seasons on record. Due to global warming, the chances of hurricanes have increased. This leads me to think about how global warming is also affecting our day to day lives. Last week, it was "snowing" in Oakland, and today the weather is reaching high 80's. Extreme weather like this allows me to second guess how we are treating our earth. The drastic changes in the weather can not be ignored. Global warming is caused by how much carbon dioxide we are releasing into the atmosphere. In order to save the planet, we must acknoledge our carbon footprint and make a change.

I agree with you, in that global warming has seriously changed our weather patterns. Earth's average surface temperature is 59 degrees Fahrenheit when it would be 0 if carbon dioxide and other such greenhouse gases (like water vapor and methane) did not exist in our atmosphere. Although the greenhouse effect is a naturally-occurring process, humans have recently amplified the natural effect by increasing the concentration of CO2 and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere (primarily through fossil fuel use in the energy and transportation sectors). According to the most recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC’s 4th Assessment Report), there is greater than a 90% chance that human activity is causing the increase in Earth’s global average temperatures observed since the mid-21st century (http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/ClimateCh … ffect.aspx).  Not only is our planet heating up but all over the world there are more  natural disasters, droughts, floods and much more. It is crazy how  our daily lives are affecting the planet, we must see what we are doing and make a change.

Nicole, I completely agree with what you are saying here. The hurricane season on 2017 was devastating, due to dramatic weather change. Also how it was "snowing" in Oakland and now the temperature in the bay area is hitting the 80's is very bizarre.

The weather is just a cycle of up and down temperatures everyday here in the Bay Area, but like in places like Arizona or New Jersey it has a consistent temperature. I picked Arizona and New Jersey due to the fact that I have family that live there. In Arizona, the temperature is very hot and humid which can make people pass out or have heat strokes. I have had a family member pass out due to the heat because they just simply couldn't take it, but they ended up being okay though. While In New Jersey, the weather is more cold and windy which can be dangerous as well. It can be dangerous because Hurricanes can come in and kill many which happened. Luckily none of my family members were affected but many others were. The temperatures all around the world can put your life and your family's lives in risk which is scary and alarming.

This past year weather all around the country has been crazy. Weather around the country has been changing dramatically and many of my family members that live in other states have been endangered. It has terrified my family because we are scared something really bad is coming our way. As Tyler said the increase in temperature has changed a lot, and there have been lots of records of high temperature. Also, I found out that in Mexico there has been a record high in Mexico hottest region that hit 124 degrees ferenhite. This is very surprising to me because I visit Mexico every summer and it's never been that hot. Also in the Bay area, the weather has been changing so much that it is too hard for me to decide what to wear because every day there are different predictions. Finally, I wish the weather will get better by not fluctuating and not hurting and killing many lives

This past year the weather in the Bay area has been quite unusual. In the month of April, we have had warm days, cold days and scattered showers. There is not much consistency to our weather lately. We had large storms in the winter, they were larger than we normally get during the winter. In the East and West part of the country in early January was record-breaking cold. According to weather.com for the first seven days of the year, New York surpassed the previous record of 21.4 degrees and replacing it with an astonishing 16.4 degrees.  There is also an increase in temperature in the west. The average temperature of Long Beach during the month of January was 62.4 degrees, Long Beach had never been that warm during January. The recent weather pattern is very odd and is due because of climate change.

I completely agree. In January there were very warm temperatures in places are over the world, but in New England the temperatures were extremely cold. This has to do with the Gulf Stream and the Jet Stream pushing cold air and water towards New England.

We have same problem in Croatia, this year a snow started falling at the end of January till almost end of March, temperatures were really low, our school was also canceled due to a lot snow which never happened in last 10 years. Now it's end of April and today's temperature was 29 degrees.

You are right Tyler. Climate change has had a big impact on the weather today. I think the most important gases that are changing the climate is methane and carbon dioxide. Methane is a common fuel source, which is causing a change in the climate. Carbon dioxide is having a big impact on the weather today too. The greenhouse gas is making infrared radiation which is then turned into heat energy. These both are emitting and changing the temperature of earth's surface.

While the weather observable in the last period of time has been rather extreme, it is also concerning in relation to rising water levels. At the moment, it is not incredibly severe, but after a long enough period of time, this could mean hurricanes in inland areas. Without the infastructure in place to protect from these disasters, consequences would be much worse.

Global warming is the slow increase of Earth's temperature. One thing that contributes to global warming is the burning of fossil fuels because fossil fuels release CO2 into the atmosphere. Global warming is also tied to climate change, or the change in both global and regional climate patterns. According to an article by "Science Alert," ever since industrialization when more fossil fuels were burned, climate change and global warming have also been affected. One thing that we can do to prevent further climate change and global warming is burn less fossil fuels.

I absolutely agree with the basis of your topic. Another solution to global warming and extreme weather would be to start using our agriculture to become a more effective carbon sink. Plants such as grass are made up mostly of carbon, with this statistic in mind if more of our agriculture was formed around a sustainable world we could start preventing global warming and could create a better environment.

Another solution to Global Warming and climate change would be little things like taking shorter showers and buying used clothes and re using day to day items like water bottles. Almost 90 percent of the clothes given to good will are send to incinerators or land fill. These things increase our CO2 concentration and endangers us and our planet.

We could also decrease CO2 by using public transport instead of our private cars as much as possible. For each gallon of gas used, 8.7 kg of carbon dioxide is emitted. The more we drive, the more harmful carbon dioxide our car emits into the air.

Throughout history, the weather has changed tremendously. Sometimes going from a clear sky and sunny, to raining cats and dogs. The point I am trying to make is that people can predict the weather, but is 30% of the time it is not correct. This means that weather can change whenever because of whatever happens. An example of this is the Hurricane season in 2017 was very devastating, and only just recently Hurricanes have become a lot more active than the past. One major reason for this is Global Warming, and we can stop this by cutting down our carbon footprint. This is just one extreme example of extreme weather.

If you haven't heard already heard already on Presidents Day it snowed/hailed in Oakland which came off as very strange for me and my fellow students at Bishop O' Dowd. Do you think this could possibly be caused by the increase in carbon dioxide or it's just a coincidence? I believe in global warming but it's strange how even though the Earth is heating up it's snowing in places it rarely snows.

As Liam mentioned, weather is hard to predict. In my opinion, this does make it quite confusing. Add that to the fact that Ice caps melting and the sea level rising aren't the only effects of global warming. According to National Geographic, precipitation has increased across the globe due to Global Warming. To answer your question, I believe this strange weather in Oakland is no coincidence. It is very likely that it has happened as a result of Global warming.

Article: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/envi … g-effects/

I agree with you Liam how 30% of the time people predict the weather, it is not right. A good amount of weather forecasters get the weather incorrect. In my opinion, forecasters could be getting this wrong because of photons hitting greenhouse gas molecules. These are reflecting off those and making Infared Radiation, which then is turned to heat energy. This is making temperature vary and getting warmer.

Liam, I believe that you have a good argument when you say that weather is unpredictable but I disagree with the fact that it can change whenever. If it is a sunny warm day in Texas it will not suddenly start to snow. The Hurricanes this year was devastating and I do believe that it has to do with the greenhouse gases and climate change.

Liam, I agree that weather is becoming more fluctuant and varies depending on the area. Global warming has become a big factor in this change in weather, with all the pollutants and chemicals in our air. I think one thing you could look at is https://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/r … uVgbdPwZZ0 which defines how Global Warming is specifically effecting California. Hopefully this helps.