# Is the weather actually becoming more extreme?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: R. Saravanan
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/r_saravanan_is_the_weather_actually_becoming_more_extreme)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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. \[Directed by Hype CG, narrated by Jack Cutmore-Scott, music by Gabriel Maia\].

## Lectures

1. [Is the weather actually becoming more extreme?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/r_saravanan_is_the_weather_actually_becoming_more_extreme/8584d18e8b7b), 6 min (TED's player)