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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Fires and Climate Change, Are They Related?
Hello people of the world, I am from Walnut Creek, California in the United States of America. Today I will be talking about climate change and how it has affected numerous things in our society, especially about fires, why they are occurring, and what we can do about it.
Ever since 1970, the average temperature of Arizona has gone up ¾ of a degree every decade, making it the highest rising state in all of the USA in terms of heat. This can only be possible if climate change is affecting it or fires increase the overall temperature of the state, but the thing is that climate change and the average increase of the temperature is what is causing the wildfires. In the article by Rolling Stone “The Great Burning” it states, “the average annual number of Arizona wildfires on more than 1,000 acres has nearly quadrupled.” This means that the fires that occur in Arizona have grown significantly. People think that this is not a problem, but it is very major and should be dealt with right away. A simple solution to this problem would be to ignite controlled fires so that there is no chance that a wildfire could start.