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
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.