As the world gets warmer, natural disasters and extreme weather event have worsened and become more frequent. The effects of climate change cause competition for resources, prompting socioeconomic tensions and affecting vulnerable populations.
How to Up Your Verb Game: Climate Edition
Writing Cheat Sheet
As the climate crisis looms ahead, how might we find the right words to describe what is going on? Knowing how to use verbs with varying intensities gives us the vocabulary to communicate how we feel about the crisis and stir our readers to action.
Use verbs to communicate intensity
Low Intensity
Medium Intensity
As the world
heats up, natural disasters and extreme weather eventshave intensifiedand become more frequent. The effects of climate changeheightencompetition for resources,fuellingsocioeconomic tensions anddisplacingvulnerable populations.High Intensity
As the world
burns, natural disasters and extreme weather eventshave escalatedand become more frequent. The effects of climate changeexacerbatecompetition for resources,inflamingsocioeconomic tensions andthreateningvulnerable populations.
