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?
Extreme Weather >
Extreme weather is affected by climate change.
According to NASA, climate change is the biggest influencer of extreme weather and humans have accelerated the process since the Industrial Revolution. When the Industrial Revolution started, factories burned fossil fuels which cause greenhouse gases to go into the atmosphere. The greenhouse gases warm up the earth's temperature which effects the water cycle, weather patterns and ice melting. These factors all contribute to extreme weather. While it may seem like the world is ending with loads of greenhouse gases stacked up from over 200 years, there is a way to stop or at least lower the amount of greenhouse gases. People can protest or boycott the use of anything that uses fossil fuel and can go do more ecofriendly approaches instead. People should also look to reduce carbon emissions as that contributes to the increase of greenhouse gases.