Extreme weather cannot be our "new normal"
Typhoon Mangkhut has recently wreaked havoc in the Philippines, Hong Kong, Macau, and southern China causing injuries, forced evacuations and agricultural damage in the Philippines. Meanwhile, Hurricane Florence has caused catastrophic flooding in the southeast US.
For years, scientists have warned us that climate change will likely lead to bigger, wetter, and more intense storms.
But we can’t stand back and let the impacts of climate change become the “new normal”.