Throughout 2021, ISeeChangers told the collective story of our lives in the time of climate change. From smoky skies, to damage to their homes during hurricanes and floods, to ideas for solutions and action, here’s what the ISeeChange community saw change this year. If you saw any of these trends,[…]
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ISeeChange Spring 2021 in Review
The theme of this spring’s temperatures was whiplash. Some areas saw spring arrive early and then give way to cold spells. Others experienced a cooler spring but with weeks and spells of unusually high temperatures mixed in. The last week has been a weather up-and-down: one day it’s snowing, one[…]
2020 Year in Change
As ISeeChangers across the world observed, 2020 was a record-breaking weather year on top of a world-wide public health crisis. On a global scale, it was one of the two hottest years on record. With the heat came the most active Atlantic hurricane season, and devastating, record-setting wildfires in Australia,[…]
Hindsight is 20/20: Looking back at a year of change
Last year was the second-hottest year on record globally and ISeeChangers noticed: They documented how extreme heat, unusual precipitation and natural disasters affected their health, communities and daily life. From Boston to France to Nigeria, community members proved again and again that climate change is not a future problem, but[…]
Year in Review 2018: From droughts to floods
In many ways ISeeChange in 2018 was either a story of precipitation or lack thereof. Floods, hurricanes, droughts and wildfires impacted communities across the globe. In the U.S., ISeeChangers revealed a widening gap between east and west. In the winter, western states were warm and dry, while east of the[…]
The Year in Change: Extra extreme and extra expensive
We are well into the throes of 2018 and already it is proving to be a whirlwind for people and the planet. But every year, we take a moment to look back on what our community saw and compare to the bigger picture trends: We watched as the ISeeChange community veered[…]
Not Your “Average” Year in Review
When ISeeChange started in 2012 in Colorado, it was the warmest year in the continental United States. A lot of weird stuff happened that year. What could top that? 75 degrees F on November 16th. Shorts weather! The day after was the first snow of the year and it snowed[…]
2015’s observations in review
This holiday season, we’re seeing record-breaking warm temperatures in many of the upper middle and eastern states, tornadoes twisting through the South and parts of the Midwest, and snow, sleeting rain, and significant hail in the West. But weird didn’t just start out of nowhere in December. You observed climate changes and[…]