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 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