In the Northern Hemisphere in 2017 and 2018 brought several destructive hurricanes to the shores of North America, the Caribbean, and throughout the Pacific rim. Such extreme weather events are predicted to get more common and more severe with increasing climate change.
Several participating classes in the ISCFC were or are in the path of these storms and we hope for the best for them, their families and communities.
We would love to hear from students affected directly and indirectly by extreme weather events, and also any students who have been following the news this summer.
What are your thoughts about the connection between climate change and extreme weather events? Has this hurricane season increased your concern about climate change or not? Do you think that US citizens and residents (and others in the region) will take climate change more seriously now?
Extreme Weather >
Acid Rain
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.