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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I think climate change is affecting our extreme weather events. Greenhouse gases are trapping heat in our planet and warming global temperatures. This is causing water temperatures to rise. As a result of the rise in water temperatures, there is more moisture. Extreme weather feeds off of this moisture and rises in intensity. This hurricane season has worried me because we are experiencing multiple category 3+ hurricanes. I think this season will make people more serious about hurricanes, because the damage to the state has been going higher and higher. Just in this season, water storms have cost the US over 49.975 billion dollars. I think people will be more concerned about how powerful these storms are going to get after this season.
I agree with this. Hurricane are immensely affected by weather and wind patterns and all of these greenhouse gases are also helping them. But do you think that with this information, how can it be used to better improve our readiness and understanding for hurricanes?