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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Throughout history, the weather has changed tremendously. Sometimes going from a clear sky and sunny, to raining cats and dogs. The point I am trying to make is that people can predict the weather, but is 30% of the time it is not correct. This means that weather can change whenever because of whatever happens. An example of this is the Hurricane season in 2017 was very devastating, and only just recently Hurricanes have become a lot more active than the past. One major reason for this is Global Warming, and we can stop this by cutting down our carbon footprint. This is just one extreme example of extreme weather.
If you haven't heard already heard already on Presidents Day it snowed/hailed in Oakland which came off as very strange for me and my fellow students at Bishop O' Dowd. Do you think this could possibly be caused by the increase in carbon dioxide or it's just a coincidence? I believe in global warming but it's strange how even though the Earth is heating up it's snowing in places it rarely snows.
As Liam mentioned, weather is hard to predict. In my opinion, this does make it quite confusing. Add that to the fact that Ice caps melting and the sea level rising aren't the only effects of global warming. According to National Geographic, precipitation has increased across the globe due to Global Warming. To answer your question, I believe this strange weather in Oakland is no coincidence. It is very likely that it has happened as a result of Global warming.
Article: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/envi … g-effects/
I agree with you Liam how 30% of the time people predict the weather, it is not right. A good amount of weather forecasters get the weather incorrect. In my opinion, forecasters could be getting this wrong because of photons hitting greenhouse gas molecules. These are reflecting off those and making Infared Radiation, which then is turned to heat energy. This is making temperature vary and getting warmer.
Liam, I believe that you have a good argument when you say that weather is unpredictable but I disagree with the fact that it can change whenever. If it is a sunny warm day in Texas it will not suddenly start to snow. The Hurricanes this year was devastating and I do believe that it has to do with the greenhouse gases and climate change.
Liam, I agree that weather is becoming more fluctuant and varies depending on the area. Global warming has become a big factor in this change in weather, with all the pollutants and chemicals in our air. I think one thing you could look at is https://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/r … uVgbdPwZZ0 which defines how Global Warming is specifically effecting California. Hopefully this helps.