Anya Vedantambe – Ecosystemic Magazine

By Anya Vedantambe Beginning on September 23, 2022, Tropical Storm Ian swept through the Caribbean, devastating the Southeastern Coast of the United States. Claiming over 110 lives, this was the deadliest storm in Florida since 1935 (AccuWeather, 2022). The damage caused by Hurricane Ian can lead to insight into some of the effects that climate change will have on our planet. But isn’t climate change supposed to be something well off into the future? We can see now how rising sea levels, extreme weather, and uncontrollable flooding are not just intangible instances existing far off into the 21st century and beyond. If Hurricane Ian is any indication, the effects of climate change are already here. News outlets began to release stories coming from Florida ranging from firefighte...

By Anya Vedantambe When I, as a middle schooler who was living through a politically turbulent time in early 2020, heard rumors of a disease sweeping across the globe, I experienced mixed emotions. It was a disease and could of course shatter the lives of many–– but a tiny part of me was slightly grateful that the whole world would experience something, something that could draw us closer and possibly bridge political divides. 2020 me believed that disease and health issues could be the one thing that could bring the world together, because no one wanted to be sick. What happened over the course of the next two years shocked me. Mitigation strategies for the pandemic somehow became just as politicized as many of the other issues on which there were large partisan divides. Even now, in ...

Author: Anya Vedantambe

Climate Change Is Here, If Hurricane Ian Is Any Indication

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