Gillian Burke answers your questions!
Gillian Burke
15 May 2020
We're delighted to welcome BBC wildlife presenter and biologist Gillian Burke to the Burnet News Club to answer your excellent questions. We usually introduce our experts, but we'll let Gillian do that!
Is extreme weather the most dangerous challenge facing the natural world?
brilliant_fossil, Upton Cross Primary School
What role do broadcasters play in making the public understand the problem of extreme weather?
proactive_agency, Achimota Basic School, Ghana
In your job, have you had to work in extreme weather and where was this?
excited_politics, Rimal prep Girls School, Occupied Palestinian Territory
Have you seen any positive consequences of extreme weather on the natural world?
protective_lute, Zaitoun Prep Girls School, Occupied Palestinian Territory
Is it too late to stop climate change and extreme weather or are we able to work together to help stop this?
appreciative_hurricane, Hammond Junior School
What was your favourite answer from Gillian Burke and why? Add your thoughts to the comments below!
Comments (77)
12 May 2020
why does extreme weather happend and why does it affect us humans ?
Extreme weather happens because of human activities like burning of fossil fuels which could cause global warming which is an extreme event
extreme weather does not choose either animals or human both are affected and it is forced to happen by nature
12 May 2020
Can some one talk to you using a video call
Yep! That's how these videos were recorded.
12 May 2020
Is earthquake an effect of extreme weather?
I've been also thinking about the same thing.weather is the atmospheric conditions of a particular place over a short period of time.so how come that hurricane,drought etc be weather?I don't think so because weather is not atmospheric condition including drought.
12 May 2020
Is global warming a form of extreme weather?
Yes,
A: Scientists agree that the earth’s rising temperatures are fueling longer and hotter heat waves, more frequent droughts, heavier rainfall, and more powerful hurricanes. In 2015, for example, scientists said that an ongoing drought in California—the state’s worst water shortage in 1,200 years—had been intensified by 15 percent to 20 percent by global warming. They also said the odds of similar droughts happening in the future had roughly doubled over the past century. And in 2016, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine announced that it’s now possible to confidently attribute certain weather events, like some heat waves, directly to climate change.
The earth’s ocean temperatures are getting warmer, too—which means that tropical storms can pick up more energy. So global warming could turn, say, a category 3 storm into a more dangerous category 4 storm. In fact, scientists have found that the frequency of North Atlantic hurricanes has increased since the early 1980s, as well as the number of storms that reach categories 4 and 5. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina—the costliest hurricane in U.S. history—struck New Orleans; the second-costliest, Hurricane Sandy, hit the East Coast in 2012.
Yes.global warming is a form of extreme weather since it is an atmospheric conditions.
12 May 2020
I'm glad to see a new expert
And I therefore welcome you with a question.
Why do wildfires occurs in rural areas mostly? And more on that what cause wildfire?
Thank you
12 May 2020
The extreme weather make the humans careful with safety procedures . the people see the effect of extreme weather now . and protect the next generation . it makes ready for the upcoming extreme weather . when hurricanes strike seas , the water will be distributed over dry areas . and the floods work on soil fertility .
12 May 2020
How can we predict on how the climate change every now and then.
12 May 2020
Why does most extreme weather destroy our belongings, resources, life and vegetation? For us to end up wasting government's money to repair all that has been destroyed in the country and lack behind in the development of the country. So please since i have gotten someone on the hub who can help me, i will be gratefull to ask my questions now.
13 May 2020
Can human body system function well for a long time of extreme weathers events concerning low amount of food,oxygen and high amount of carbon emissions?This question goes to you because you are a biologist,and a biologist study the life,physical form,chemical reaction and all those relating to human body system,added together as one called biology.
13 May 2020
Why are some extreme weather events easy to start and others hard to start?
What do you mean? How can you start weather?
You are right, how can we start extreme weather?is it a machine?
I meant that how do extreme weather events start ? Like floods start when the rain is falling heavily and the water start to pass it's limits but I don't know if it easy to start or hard.
13 May 2020
I would like to ask Gillian a question. Because we are in lockdown, do you think that the world will experience less extreme weather than we were before? I've asked this question because lots of things are getting better while we've been in lockdown, such as the canals in Venice have now got fish in and the water is more clear. Also, there was a cloud sitting above China (that shouldn't have been there)but its cleared off since they've been in lockdown.
thank you for reading, reliable_fig
13 May 2020
How can we proctect our world from drought since it affects the world and causes alot of damages.
13 May 2020
Are some extreme Weather so Hard to respond?
13 May 2020
why do we humans experience extreme weather😐😐😐😐😐
13 May 2020
Is extreme weather the only massive problem facing the world or there are others that are not noticed?
13 May 2020
Why is our discussions mostly on extreme weather but not on Coronavirus which is more dangerous.
We're exploring the link between the two.
13 May 2020
I will be glad to ask biologist Gillian Burk if extreme weather have positive or negative impact on wildlife?
13 May 2020
I will be glad to ask biologist Gillian Burk if she has experienced extreme weather while studying biologist?
13 May 2020
Does extreme weather affect wildlife psychologically or biologically?
I will be delighted to your reply.
13 May 2020
I want to ask if extreme weather affect wildlife as it affects those in the country?
13 May 2020
I want to ask Gillian Burk to tell me the branch of biology she mostly concentrate to,so that I will reflect my question more on that side.
13 May 2020
I want to ask Gillian Burk her experience about extreme weather in the midst of wildlife.
14 May 2020
Hello Gillian, i would like to know which continent emits most of the toxic that causes global warming and why.
14 May 2020
Gillian have you done any study on covid 19 that indicates that, as a result of lock-downs around the world the earth has less emission of the toxic wastes that causes extreme weather?
14 May 2020
Which extreme weather events or event has a very big impact on people, plants and animals?
14 May 2020
Why does white people experience extreme weather more than black people?
14 May 2020
Can handicapped people help respond to extreme weather?
14 May 2020
Is there a difference between hurricane and a tornado?
14 May 2020
What is the main causes of extreme weather?
14 May 2020
Fashion industry is one of the most polluting Industry in the world.
Link: environmental impacts of fashion Wikipedia.
Do you think they will be the industry responsible for climate change?
14 May 2020
Is extreme weather affecting the education?
14 May 2020
If we should get a closer look,we will recognise that local countries especially villages doesn't experience extreme weather.what makes it so?
14 May 2020
Does extreme weather affect adults and children differently?
14 May 2020
Who do you suggest could be blamed if extreme weather becomes more dangerous than before?
14 May 2020
Who is to take high responsibility in the responses of extreme weather?
14 May 2020
Does extreme weather has anything to do with biology?
14 May 2020
I want to ask Gillian Burk which of the fields of science has something to do with extreme weather?
14 May 2020
I want to ask Gillian Burk her preparations towards extreme weather. I'm asking because we could be able to pick something from your preparation which would help us too.
14 May 2020
Thank you for answering my question! I was really interested what you said and made a lot of sense to me
We're glad you liked listening to Gillian's response!
14 May 2020
My question for Gillian Burk is,is there any hazard attached to extreme weather events such as drought and volcano?
14 May 2020
My question is what are the direct immediate effects of climate change on plants photosynthesis and growth?
14 May 2020
Will we be able to stop climate change,global warming in the future if we are not able to stop it today?
14 May 2020
My question for Gillian Burke is does a shortage of rain means that a drought will occur?
14 May 2020
Drought is one of the major problem which have to be dealt with; so my question is which country will be most affected by drought in years to come?I ask this question because if we are able to find out that country, we would plan ahead by for example, digging more wells in the country.
14 May 2020
What are some of the easy things I can do to save water to overcome drought in the future?
14 May 2020
Hello,do we have any clue whether climate change is affecting drought?
14 May 2020
How can we monitor forest draught and avoid them?
14 May 2020
How can we free the world lands spaces from draught, degradation, desertification and floods?
14 May 2020
Does land degradation contribute to drought since it also has something to do with the land?
14 May 2020
Is magnesium wasted when there is drought?
14 May 2020
Among natural disasters which is more devastating to avoid first....flood or drought?
14 May 2020
What is the difference between dry land and drought?
14 May 2020
Are there any types of drought?I ask this question because I've been making research about it but they are not going straight to the point so I think you can help me?
14 May 2020
Will drought disappear if it rains heavily?
14 May 2020
Is drought the only problem associated with water? YES or NO and why?
15 May 2020
Is there any measures to use to avoid drought?
15 May 2020
Is everyone in the community samely affected by drought?
15 May 2020
Does the study biology have anything to do with extreme weather events?
15 May 2020
Can excessive amount of water used result to drought?I ask this question because if the answer is yes then we will educate people on the amount of water to be used to avoid drought especially in the United States and urban areas.
15 May 2020
Culture is a way of life of an identified group of people living in the community or the environment.to explain further,and it is the same environment that contains or is filled with destruction or occurrences such as drought, pollution etc.so I ask;Is our culture affected by extreme weather as far as we are living in the environment or the community?
15 May 2020
Gillian Burke welcome on board my question is you handle wildlife but for the past years my country has been facing alot of problems concerning the wildlife,Have you ever know that many people especially the poachers kill elephants and take there horns and sell them as their own benefits inorder to destroy the wildlife sector kindly tell us what action have you taken madam
Thankyou
15 May 2020
let me welcome the new expert .my question is .how large does these extreme weather affect your economy sector in wild life?
what are you doing to prevent these conditions?
18 May 2020
I want to ask Liz Bonnin the impact of climate change on extreme weather.
19 May 2020
Does this pandemic worry you?
I ask you this because many have died allredy and we are not at the peak yet.
20 May 2020
Why is extreme weather affecting humans most.i ask this because we are not the only living things in the world,but we are the most affected victims.
25 May 2020
Is there any means of preventing extreme weather like drought
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