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
I think hurricanes are linked to climate change. I think they might have been worse in 2018 because climate change is worsening. In my opinion, people should be a bit more concerned about climate change.
Yes, I am concerned about the severe weather that is rising. There are also hurricanes and snowstorms that can impact many people. The latest snowstorms in the state of Texas, which could be related to climate change, the residents there are not used to the snow, and since they were not ready, many have lost power and water.
Studies have shown that more and more extreme weather conditions are linked to global warming, as the planet warming causes more evaporation, which causes more storms and other extremities, such as hurricanes, floods, and tsunamis, as well as water vapour itself being a greenhouse gas. This means that the more pollution and the more greenhouse gasses we emit, the more extreme the weather will become. All of these different types of weather are very dangerous for humans, as they can easily destroy infrastructure, as well as are deadly to those caught up inside of them.