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
I think that there is a big correlation between climate change and extreme weather events. This is because climate change can lead to big heat waves, but it can also lead to other big storms. For example, the higher temperature of the Earth will evaporate more water, which creates more clouds, with more rain, creating bigger storms and extreme weather. This hurricane season has increased my worry of climate change because I don't want my home to get hit by a hurricane or any other bad, extreme weather. I think that U.S. citizens will take climate change more seriously now because I think that the recent extreme weather has made the problem much more real for a lot of Americans.