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/ Climate Change
There has been a lot of extreme changes in weather in California. I believe that this could be due to climate change. US citizens should be taking climate change a lot more seriously now. Energy Upgrade California is making it easier for people who live in California to reduce our carbon footprint by providing different ways to save energy and water. We can take action to help prevent climate change.
I agree with you. According to the U.S. energy information Administration, in 2015 California had 364.0 MMT of carbon dioxide emissions. These carbon dioxide emissions contribute to extreme weather. Especially in California because our carbon dioxide emissions are so high.
I agree with you on how the US citizens should take it a lot more serious especially if it well help stop the weather from being as extreme as it is sometime. I also like how California is acting on their carbon footprint and I think all the other states can and should do the same
I agree with what you said about people needing to take it more serious. It can extremely affect the weather which can have negative affects in the long run. I feel like more states should work on lowering the carbon footprint.
I agree because climate change can have lots of negative effects on the earth
I feel like there are two sides to Climate Change those who deny it's existence even though extreme weather has occurred more often and is physical evidence of change occurring world-wide and then there are those who believe it exists and are actively trying to improve the conditions world-wide by reducing their part in releasing carbon into the atmosphere.