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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Climate Change Causing Stronger Storms
With global climate change heating up the ocean, it is almost certain that storm power has increased. The current hurricane seasons have increased my concerns on climate change because the storms could increase further and cause massive damage across the globe. But I don't believe that US citizens would take climate change seriously until it starts affecting everyone, basically before it's too late and we are forced to take it seriously.
I agree and also believe that people aren’t realizing that there is a pattern, or a connection. People see the effect and are affected by these increasing storms, but as they pass, we as humans forget or don’t care about the reasons why these storms occur.