hah! It's happening. I feel so vindicated. But, really it's not a good thing if true. Read this article on CNN where scientists have figured out that nagging differences in temperature readings was due to satellite data errors. I'm surprised that the White House didn't have this information supressed.
The impacts of rapid global warming is huge. And I wonder what is going to happen in South Africa which is already classified as a semi-arid country. That's why the Department of Agriculture is trying so hard to develop an early warning system to pick up when agricultural areas are starting to fade under future water shortages. As if food insecurity wasn't enough of a problem in this world.
Besides us, how many species of animal will no longer be able to survive in their changing environments? Some of you might have seen that wonderful movie, "March of the Penguins". A beautiful, compassionate and intimate documentary about the life cycle of Emporor Penguins in Antartica. These gentle and extremely determined/tough creatures track miles over the Antarctic surface to find an area where the ice is thick enough to hold themselves and their eggs, until the chicks are developed enough to swim away as the ice underfoot melts. This march is so exquisitely timed i.t.o. the length of their journey, how long they can survive without food and the development of the chicks, that I can just see this fragile system being destroyed by global warming. It's sad. These creatures are a testament to the fight for and joy of new life.
wouldn't you rather find out that it wasn't happening??
ReplyDeleteOf course I would rather find out that it's not happening. But if it is, I'd rather have that it is well-documented and acknowledged, so that we can know how to manage the situation.
ReplyDeleteThe next steps are much harder though: why is it happening? and what can or should we do about it?