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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More Frequent Extreme Weather
Extreme weather can be seen throughout the world. From hurricanes and floods to huge storms, this violent weather is definitely caused by one thing: climate change. This change in weather intensity is causing wildfires, which also make glaciers melt. As soot from wildfires travel through the air currents, they eventually land on glaciers. This turns the glaciers black, which lets it absorb more sunlight. Melting glaciers cause rising ocean levels. This is similar to a domino effect. Climate change is changing the Earth. As CO2 levels rise, extreme weather becomes more frequent.
Climate change comes with global warming. There is more water vapor in the air than there was just a mere 70 years ago. The rising percentage of water vapor causes a higher chance in storm clouds forming. More extreme weather is one of the biggest and most noticeable signs of climate change. There are many signs and evidence that human caused global warming is making droughts, flooding, an d heatwaves more frequent.