It's both! Global warming induced climate change.
In the 1950's and '60's when scientists noticed carbon dioxide building up in the atmosphere due to increasing use of fossil fuels they predicted that the atmosphere would begin to warm. They were right.
They then predicted the increasing atmospheric temperatures would lead to more extreme weather events like heat waves, freezes, heavy rain, tornadoes, hurricanes, droughts and floods. Again, they were right.
In 1980 NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration began recording the data on extreme weather events, those in excess of $1 Billion.
Minimum to maximum per year Total per decade Cost per decade $Billions
1980's. 2 - 7 33. $219
1990's. 3 - 11. 57 $335
2000's 3 - 12. 67 $621
2010's. 7 - 21. 131. $994
2020's. 18 - 28.(5 years). 115. $746
The $ are inflation adjusted.
You can check the data NOAA Climate.org
The science is right and the trend line is devastating, we've gone from a minimum of 2 to a minimum of 18 every year! For the whole decade of the 2020's the losses will easily exceed $100 B. How many billion dollar losses can we sustain before we can't repair fast enough to keep up with new damage? As of 2019 New Orleans still hadn't fully recovered.
The good news is we know what to do and we've made a good start on it.
If you don't care about the Earth, or you don't have kids or enyone else who's future you care about, think about your wallet man! We all pay taxes, even 'you know who' paid $750 in 2016! Do you want your taxes spent on disaster clean up? ( yes, if need be but I can think of better uses)
And of course, if you are the victim of an extreme weather event you may lose everything you've worked for, or even your life!
Climate change disasters can strike anywhere...no where is immune.
Well that's just the facts. Climate change is real and it won't go away on its own .
In the 1950's and '60's when scientists noticed carbon dioxide building up in the atmosphere due to increasing use of fossil fuels they predicted that the atmosphere would begin to warm. They were right.
They then predicted the increasing atmospheric temperatures would lead to more extreme weather events like heat waves, freezes, heavy rain, tornadoes, hurricanes, droughts and floods. Again, they were right.
In 1980 NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration began recording the data on extreme weather events, those in excess of $1 Billion.
Minimum to maximum per year Total per decade Cost per decade $Billions
1980's. 2 - 7 33. $219
1990's. 3 - 11. 57 $335
2000's 3 - 12. 67 $621
2010's. 7 - 21. 131. $994
2020's. 18 - 28.(5 years). 115. $746
The $ are inflation adjusted.
You can check the data NOAA Climate.org
The science is right and the trend line is devastating, we've gone from a minimum of 2 to a minimum of 18 every year! For the whole decade of the 2020's the losses will easily exceed $100 B. How many billion dollar losses can we sustain before we can't repair fast enough to keep up with new damage? As of 2019 New Orleans still hadn't fully recovered.
The good news is we know what to do and we've made a good start on it.
If you don't care about the Earth, or you don't have kids or enyone else who's future you care about, think about your wallet man! We all pay taxes, even 'you know who' paid $750 in 2016! Do you want your taxes spent on disaster clean up? ( yes, if need be but I can think of better uses)
And of course, if you are the victim of an extreme weather event you may lose everything you've worked for, or even your life!
Climate change disasters can strike anywhere...no where is immune.
Well that's just the facts. Climate change is real and it won't go away on its own .