CLIMATE CHANGE
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:06 pmSomeone asked the question, "GLOBAL WARMING?" (sarcastically!) when referring to snow accumulations that have never been experienced in that part of the country before. This set me into a frenzy, as there are so many doubters among us, particulary if/when the temperatures seem to be colder than normal.
My daughter, who is now somewhat of a professional in research studies relating to the warming of our planet, prefers to use the term "CLIMATE CHANGE" to global warming The latter term allows those who are skeptical about our Earth's warming up to become even more skeptical when they get colder-than-usual weather. Climate change we are indeed undergoing, and nobody can argue that if they have their eyes open at all! She, who just got her PhD in environmental engineering and has a paper published consisting of thousands of pages of global research, is on a mission to always use the term, CLIMATE CHANGE.
Yes....this country alone has experienced some VERY weird climate changes this past year, and it's just the beginning. If we don't see what's happening soon, irrevocable changes will take place. And some believe that perhaps it is already too late. I like to have hope that we can still do something to change the trends in climate change that humanity has caused. I believe we are too smart to disbelieve (or refuse to acknowledge) the warming trends which are allowing such violent and uncommonly weird weather patterns. Witness the last passing of these violent tornadoes, WAY earlier than that kind of weather used to be happening in earlier years.
Off soapbox now! There is not much I can feel so emotionally involved with as climate change, thank heavens, eh??
My daughter, who is now somewhat of a professional in research studies relating to the warming of our planet, prefers to use the term "CLIMATE CHANGE" to global warming The latter term allows those who are skeptical about our Earth's warming up to become even more skeptical when they get colder-than-usual weather. Climate change we are indeed undergoing, and nobody can argue that if they have their eyes open at all! She, who just got her PhD in environmental engineering and has a paper published consisting of thousands of pages of global research, is on a mission to always use the term, CLIMATE CHANGE.
Yes....this country alone has experienced some VERY weird climate changes this past year, and it's just the beginning. If we don't see what's happening soon, irrevocable changes will take place. And some believe that perhaps it is already too late. I like to have hope that we can still do something to change the trends in climate change that humanity has caused. I believe we are too smart to disbelieve (or refuse to acknowledge) the warming trends which are allowing such violent and uncommonly weird weather patterns. Witness the last passing of these violent tornadoes, WAY earlier than that kind of weather used to be happening in earlier years.
Off soapbox now! There is not much I can feel so emotionally involved with as climate change, thank heavens, eh??
