Is the weather actually becoming more extreme? – R. Saravanan

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Explore the differences between weather and climate – what they are, how we predict them, and what those predictions can tell us.

From 2016 to 2019, the world saw record-breaking heat waves, rampant wildfires, and the longest run of category 5 tropical cyclones on record. The number of extreme weather events has been increasing for the last 40 years, and current predictions suggest that trend will continue. So, is the increase in extreme weather due to random chance, or changing climate? R. Saravanan investigates.

Lesson by R. Saravanan, directed by Hype CG.

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45 Comments

  1. The people can and will work together, but we all know it's next to meaningless unless we can figure out a way to cut our biggest causes of emissions. Big Elite and Big Corp will constantly work against us.

  2. 11months ago and I’m here to answer your question.
    YES, extreme weather is becoming more extreme and is happening NOW. In different parts of the Globe.

  3. This didn't discuss the "Is the weather actually becoming more extreme?" question at all. It just stated it as a fact. Will anyone discuss points like "Have we proven it or are we better at recording?", "Is it increasing or do we just hear about it more?" or "are hurricanes more destructive or are cities different now?"(more expensive to repair? harder to escape?) I want to know why we are so sure that the last forty years have been more extreme, not just told once again "scientists say yes". Also "chaotic" does not mean extreme here rather more random and unpredictable.

  4. Work together….
    Seems that's the biggest hurdle, getting people to work together. People will even recklessly spread a virus and wipe out their own loved ones. Is there any hope for getting enough people working together? I'm not sure anymore…

  5. Hi guys! if u love the environment, please use Ecosia as your search engine. For every 45 searches u make, a tree will be planted somewhere. if you think this is fake, u can always look at their channel in youtube. Also stay safe guys 🙂

  6. The California Drought was man made by not pricing water right not climate change and the California fires were made worse by not controlling burns and not letting logging companies in to clear the dead logs

  7. 25 years ago I talked with a botanist who lived on Thunder Bay. He told me about the change in flora he'd been monitoring over ten years and detailed them. I knew then it was real.

  8. Very good video and short enough for those that are doubtful of climate change. I just disagree with the hopeful ending. It only helps to keep us complacent. We are stealing our children’s futures, and needed immediate change yesterday.

  9. Cough The "record temperatures" are BS, because entries from the 19th and 20th centuries were 86'd for no valid reason. Death Valley recorded several days over 130 in the 1900s, up to 137°. These perfectly reliable records from government sources which were accepted as fact at the time have been retroactively removed because they did not fit the narrative.

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