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?
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Extreme Weather
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.