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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It's quite easy to understand
Yes, it's quite easy to understand. Global warming and climate change are happening. And they are the cause of the extreme weather going on recently: the hurricanes that are affecting more than we initially expected. The regions that usually exist in low temperatures are heating up, and the warmer ones are experiencing colder than usual weather. What's after this? Cold air meets warm air and this is exactly how storms and hurricanes form. It's easy to comprehend, but I don't see why are people still wondering about these extreme weather events. It's because of the constant climate change, our harmful influence over the planet. It's because of us.