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
Human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, have increased dramatically since the Industrial Revolution, creating an insulating blanket that traps heat in the atmosphere. This intensification of the natural greenhouse effect, a process known as global warming, is the primary driver of climate change and the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. As the planet warms, it leads to more severe heat waves, droughts, floods, intense storms, and wildfires, altering weather patterns and impacting ecosystems, infrastructure, and human health across the globe. These consequences are evident in record-breaking heat waves and drenching rains, a trend the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) unequivocally links to human influence on the atmosphere, ocean, and land.