Throughout 2025, natural disasters and global warming have intensified. The year sparked with the Southern Californian Wildfires in early January and has resurfaced in August. Texas’s Kerr County later dealt with a mass flash flood in July. And the United States suffered from a heat dome with temperatures within the 100-degree Fahrenheit range.

Yet, the nation’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) advises citizens not to worry about climate change. With Japan’s 107-degree Fahrenheit temperatures, it’s a sign that Earth’s atmosphere contains an excess amount of greenhouse gases. As much as the US wants to ignore the planet’s health, it has rapidly generated intense heat and air pressure in recent years.

What Causes Climate Change?

Climate change can happen when an environment is affected by various factors. In Earth’s early years, it naturally occurred when it developed atmospheric and greenhouse gases during the Neoproterozoic era (between 600 and 800 million years ago). Scientists traced that the planet went through multiple freezing events and two warming periods at this time. When the asteroid arrived to kill the dinosaurs, natural disasters abnormally appeared, such as acid rain.

Then, humans began creating air pollution during the Industrial Revolution when Great Britain introduced factories. The workhouses produced carbon smoke through tall chimneys, creating toxic fumes in the air. Many people grew sick the longer they were exposed to these areas. Since then, climate change has evolved and can also be caused by excessive human consumption. These activities include:

• High energy usage (ex. Electricity, gas, and oil)

• Deforestation

• Overfishing

• Goods Manufacturing

EPA Administrator Says “We Shouldn’t Worry”

A week ago, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and the Trump Administration announced they are preparing to dismantle the established US environmental regulations. According to Zeldin himself, these bills from former presidents Barack Obama and Richard Nixon prevented the nation from progressing in finding cheaper alternatives to American family needs.

The EPA administrator also believes these executive orders are straining the US economy. He strongly advises all citizens not to worry about climate change. Zeldin’s words are easier said than done. The weather conditions and continuous natural disasters have proven that the nation needs to pay attention not only to the environment, but also to the health of civilians.

The US Wildfires of 2025

Since the SoCal Wildfires, the US has suffered from more throughout 2025. The National Interagency Fire Center has now tracked up to 42,325 flames burning on national grounds, destroying 3.4 million acres. Many of these infernos are set ablaze in dry, breezy climates in populated areas. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued precautions about the air quality. The wildfire’s smoke mixed pollutants and greenhouse gases gathered from what’s burned in its path.

Once these toxic fumes interact with sunlight, they form an ozone layer that negatively affects oxygen levels. The American Lung Association reported that the US has reached high levels of ozone that can damage a person’s respiratory, reproductive, and nervous system over time. Many people do not think about these things and how climate change can cause this type of impact.

Wildfires also contribute to global warming by producing carbon emissions in forest fires. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), these gases have spread worldwide by 60%. North America and Eurasia’s air has tripled its emission amount, furthering Earth’s climate change. The latest wildfire terrorizes California once again in the Los Padres National Forest on August 2.

The US’s Abnormal Tropical Storm Patterns

Meteorologists have been monitoring the Pacific and Atlantic oceans since October 2024. North Carolina endured Hurricane Helene in its western region, shredding through facilities and homes in its path. Then, a string of tropical storms followed into 2025. 

At the time, the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) detected that the ocean waters had become gradually warmer, which can generate air currents at higher wind speeds. Global warming shifted warmer climates with hot and humid conditions. Due to Earth’s unnatural heating, the melting glaciers raised the sea level. This is enough to form hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical storms.

On April 2, a series of tropical storms hit the southern and midwestern US regions. Arkansas experienced major flooding within the Pocohontas area on April 6. Texas experienced the worst flash flood in Kerr County two months later. These storms are continuing to dwell on the nation as Tropical Storm Dexter’s path heads for the US East Coast. NOAA predicts these storms will have high winds up to 111 miles per hour.

What Could Hit the US Next?

As much as the EPA wants to back away from the war against climate change, it’s already too late. In recent news, the Canadian Wildfires have spread their smoke into 11 states of the US, creating a thick layer of smoke. Geologists are also monitoring volcanic and tsunami activity after Russia’s second earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula with a 5.1 magnitude on August 5.

And finally, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that Alaska and Hawaii’s volcanoes erupted under a code orange advisory. The Great Sitkin spewed lava from its crater. Rockfall and low seismic activity are expected within its perimeter. Meanwhile, Kilauea ceased its volcanic activity, but its plumes of smoke produced sulfur dioxide and made a new fissure on Halema’uma’u. All of this links directly to climate change.

As emission gases continue to fill the air, climate change will continue if air pollution isn’t resolved or lowered. The mission for clean air is needed more than ever as the Earth is generating intense temperatures faster than predicted. At the end of July, the US and Japan suffered through temperatures within the 100-degree range. Europe is under immense pressure at 104 degrees Fahrenheit. France is currently fighting wildfires during this time.