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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Battling Extreme Weather
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.