Rain, storms and flooding are seemingly becoming more frequent across the world.

8/9/2022 (Permalink)

Rain, storms and flooding are seemingly becoming more frequent across the world. Many areas in the United States are experience record breaking rainfall and flooding. Many Americans are becoming open minded to the idea of climate change as a result of global warming. Nasa has produced articles on the evidence, causes, effects and solutions of climate change. 

According to Nasa, “It is undeniable that human activities have produced the atmospheric gases that have trapped more of the Sun’s energy in the Earth system” This allows us to make the educated thought that these gases are warming our planet at a rapid rate. Scientists have predicted that many of the changes that are happening would eventually happen. However, these changes are happening much sooner than they had expected.  In NASA’s article Earth Will Continue to Warm and the Effects Will Be Profound the author states “Changes to Earth’s climate driven by increased human emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases are already having widespread effects on the environment: glaciers and ice sheets are shrinking, river and lake ice is breaking up earlier, plant and animal geographic ranges are shifting, and plants and trees are blooming sooner” These are some of the effects of climate in happening rapidly in the recent years many of which may seem to be attached to the recent growth in natural disasters.  

In the article Flooding and Climate Change: Everything You Need to Know the author states “Floods are the most common (and among the most deadly) natural disasters in the United States. They have brought destruction to every state and nearly every county, and in many areas they are getting worse.” We can see examples of this in parts of central Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri where severe storms have been recking havoc on residents and leaving hundreds homeless or displaced with flood damage.  

Many Americans are preparing for a new Federal climate bill that could have a direct impact on a variety of climate measures. The bill offers a variety of tax credits focusing heavily on the push towards the use of low-carbon technologies. According to the article How The Federal Climate Bill Could Impact Proviso Suburbs, The new initiative — which was spearheaded by Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson, Oak Park Village President Vicki Scaman and River Forest President Cathy Adduci — puts participating suburbs on the hook for achieving a 100% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This should be viewed as a great accomplishment as the village of Broadview is recently recovering from major storms that left the village in a state of emergency a few weeks ago. Read more about that here. https://www.SERVPROlagrangeparknorthriverside.com/blog  

References: 

Jackson, R. (2022). The Effects of Climate Change. Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet. Retrieved August 9, 2022, from https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/ 

Denchak, M. (2019, April 10). Flooding and Climate Change: Everything You Need to Know. NRDC. Retrieved August 9, 2022, from https://www.nrdc.org/stories/flooding-and-climate-change-everything-you-need-know 

thevillagefreepress@gmail.com. (2022, August 8). How The Federal Climate Bill Could Impact Proviso Suburbs. Village Free Press -. Retrieved August 9, 2022, from https://www.vfpress.news/articles/energy/how-the-federal-climate-bill-could-impact-proviso-suburbs/?fbclid=IwAR1bmCcfdVK9VzDYxX9n_DlHWuoDIMYgqzsIBOuim2HGeDKVRGWDcCLOQfQ