Every new year seems to arrive on the heels of another unfortunate climate record set. And 2017’s is among the most startling: Climate-related and other natural disasters caused a staggering $306 billion in total damages in the US, making 2017 by far the most expensive year on record for disasters in the country.
And globally, in the wake of Hurricanes Maria, Irma, and Harvey, an immensely destructive wildfire season in the American West, and a dire drought in South Africa, one question has been hard to escape:
Is the climate crisis making weather more extreme? The simple answer is yes.
Carbon pollution from burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas is warming our planet and driving climate disruption. It’s throwing natural systems out of balance — to often devastating effect.
Read the Climate Reality story from Medium - “Is Climate Change Really Making Weather More Extreme?”
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