Thursday, March 22, 2012
Climate Change
50 years ago, when I was growing up, I would walk to the park to ice skate in November. Or my dad would freeze the backyard, and my brother and sister and I would play hockey with an old broom and wadded up newspaper. We would enjoy the rink for months--from November til March. I've noticed that the prolonged cold spell has disappeared, and this year, the snow didn't last, and the temperatures soared to the 80s in March. Certainly I would rather be warm, but I am uneasy--the hot temperatures in March indicate a climate change. I have spoken to two other persons who attribute the topsy turvy climate--normally cold places spiking hot temperatures and vice versa, to people and their effect on the earth. To better understand climate change, I would like to attend a conference.
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I dare say that mankind has had an effect on the climate of this planet, but it is very easy to forget that the Earth is in a constant state of flux of its own accord, and one small change in an ocean current here means significant temperature changes there, and so on, in a chain reaction of events around the world. It certainly is apparent that many places are noticing much change right at this moment.
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