Climate Change and its devastating effects (#8)

Carson Crager
Professor Boon
College Comp. 1
11/2/21
Climate change: Extreme weather events are 'the new norm'
By: BBC News




Summery and Response: 

        The article starts off with a very bold statement, "Extreme weather events - including powerful heat waves and devastating floods - are now the new normal," says the World Meteorological Organisation. After reading this it made me feel pretty worried for what the future holds for us in terms of storms and other disasters. It basically told me to get used to everything that has been happening in the world. The article give some statistics about the average temperature rising, sea levels rising, record rainfalls, record droughts, and how all of this is just happening right in front of our eyes. All of this is going to destroy a lot of land and a lot of peoples things. "If we continue on our current trajectory, that rise could exceed 2m by 2100 displacing some 630 million people worldwide. The consequences of that are unimaginable." This quote is talking about sea level rise, how bad it is getting, and if we continue what we are doing it is going to be so devastating that it will displace around 630 million people. That is a lot of people and a lot of destruction. Overall this was a good article to read, but it was also pretty scary to think about the future. The article does a great job putting things into perspective. 

Comments

  1. BobNovember 4, 2021 at 8:51 AM

    And we've seen quite a bit of extreme weather here in the US, just this year. Not just an abstraction anymore
    bob

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  2. Julius CaulderNovember 6, 2021 at 12:31 AM

    The weather within the last 5 years has clearly increased in intensity and frequency. This has proven and shown the effects of climate change. I think these changes are largely a response to changes in our environment due to pollution and overpopulation. I think these changes happen to try and stop the pollution and help the environment. Similar to how when you're sick you break a fever or get cold sweats. I think these extreme events happen to try to get back to an environmentally normal state.

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