By Suzane Jlelati, Staff Writer
In the past couple of weeks, the world has undergone extreme natural disasters that have destroyed thousands of lives. From hurricanes to fires, people from South East Asia to Florida are being affected at a rapid rate.
Hurricanes in Texas, Florida, the Bahamas and Mexico have killed hundreds of people and ruined entire cities overnight. Monsoons in Bangladesh, Nepal and India have killed over 1,200 civilians. Heat waves reaching triple digits have been documented in several countries in Europe and in America.
A major earthquake hit Mexico recently and another one is predicted to hit California very soon. Extreme drought in California has lead to Los Angeles’s largest wildfire in history. Floods have been predicted to hit Orange County’s beach communities in the future.
These calamities have affected the lives of millions all over the world and continue to frighten the rest who are put in extreme danger. There are a few cases of residents leaving these destroyed areas altogether but those who choose to stay are coming together to rebuild their communities.
Climate change has been a popular topic since the ’50s and protesters all over the world are demanding change from their governments now more than ever. From organizations to United Nations meetings, everyone seems to be taking initiative in aiming for eliminating climate change.
Both politicians and scientists have stood up to the debate and stated that climate change isn’t real, including President Donald Trump. In a recent phone interview with CNN, Scott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, said that now is, “not the time” to discuss climate change.
The reason as to why conservatives don’t believe in climate change and liberals do is a topic of its own, but with a vast amount of facts, numbers and natural disasters happening, it has become a bit difficult to overlook the fact that climate change may be the reason for everything that is happening in the world.
