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
In Spain, more than a year ago, we had a serious storm named Dana that flooded a lot of cities. A lot of people died, houses were destroyed, buildings were ruined, etc. Is this a cause of climate change?
In Maine, we had a drought over the last two summers. This is very unusual for us because we’re used to rain once in a while, and the temperature not being too hot. One thing at least half of the state relies on is the public water system. Our state is also made up of 90% woods, and we don’t want our forests to die off.
Recent years have been the hottest in the history and in Iceland we are seeing glaciers starting to melt.