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
Weather extremes seem to be happening more and more often. Because of the amount of CO2 being emitted is so great that natural disaster levels are becoming more current and intense. Global warming is getting worse because people do not want to accept the facts. Because of our actions, we are going to suffer greatly.
Wildfires are being started due to harsh sunlight and heat. The heat is then trapped in the air. Arizona wildfires have increased greatly making the state’s temperature rise. The fires are wide spreading and fast, burning for many hours influenced by flash and fine fuels. Much smoke, carbon dioxide, is put into the atmosphere. The smoke travels to far regions, as far as the artics. Smoke traveling all the way to the glaciers forms a black gooey substance on the ice known as soot. Soot attracts sunlight melting the snow and glaciers faster. The melted ice reflects sunlight, keeping it in the atmosphere warming the Earth. Carbon is also stored in gla ciers, so when they melt the carbon is then released into the ocean. This contributes to the milion tons of CO2 the ocean absorbs an hour. The ongoing cycle of natural disasters are getting worse.





