Q&A: Science teachers weigh in on climate change

Do you believe in climate change? Why? "You can’t talk about one without the other because the big power plant sends energy to your home. So is that your use or their use? If you want a phone a factory has to build the phone, the factory uses energy, you use the phone. Is that your use, or the people who built the phone?" Do you think the fires in California or recent floods in Houston have b...

Do you believe in climate change? Why? "Yeah, I agree as well. You know, ocean temperature data, there are lots of examples of glacial melts and the Antarctic ice sheet is declining and all that so I would say there’s lots of examples of warmer oceans and glacial melts." Do you think the fires in California or recent floods in Houston have been because of climate change? "The fires are more human activity. Ou...

Do you believe in climate change? Why? "I do believe in climate change. The fact that the climate is changing, patterns are changing is true. I don’t know about the causes." Do you think the fires in California or recent floods in Houston have been because of climate change?   "California not having enough rain could somehow be related to climate change. Not enough rain therefore more dr...

Do you believe in climate change? Why? "Yeah it’s 100 percent real for me, too. The temperature is increasing, I think 1.5 C is the target and now they’re saying it’s going to surpass that and [the temperature] is going to increase about 2.5 or 3 degrees Celsius. I think there’s going to be a huge impact on various things."

Do you believe in climate change? Why? "Yes 100 percent... With how the fossilized carbon cycle is being pulled back into the active carbon cycle, there’s going to be an impact. There’s nowhere for that carbon to go and it’s changing the temperature of the ocean and the temperature of the atmosphere and all that. Do you think climate change is more due to citizens, big companies or far...