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Has anyone read the article featured on MSN about the “Climate Catastrophe” and global warming? In my opinion this should be a concern to everyone, yet most people dismiss it because it is not likely to happen in our lifetime, but what about our children and grandchildren? I am glad to see that MSN has featured this on the main page. Hopefully it will open the eyes of some to realize what is happening. The first part of the article reads………..
“You've been hearing about the negative impacts of global warming for years. Sometimes your friends nervously joke about it — "Could land in the Rocky Mountains become beachfront property?" Other times you read with worry the news about forest fires, hurricanes, droughts and heat waves. And you wonder, "Is climate disaster already upon us?"
Scientists say the answer is "yes." We are now experiencing the effects of human-caused climate change and, even if we drastically alter our polluting behavior today, we'll continue to see changes over the next two to three decades. This change is irreversible, and researchers predict it may be worse than the depressing situation Al Gore foretold in "An Inconvenient Truth." ....
"What happens in the next 20 or 30 years is largely already determined." says Kevin Tranberth, ScD, head of the Climate Analysis Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). "Carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere have already increased by more than 35 percent since pre-industrial times, owing to human activities. Over half of that increase has occurred since 1970."....
Although this prognosis seems dire, there is hope. While we can't change the polluting that has already occurred, we can make changes now that will leave a cleaner world for our children and grandchildren. "One important message to convey is we can very much affect what happens 90 years from now by the decisions we make today," says Jim Hurrell, PhD, a senior atmospheric scientist with NCAR. Tranberth agrees. "If we act now, the benefit comes about 30 to 40 years from now," he says. "We can still have a big impact on what happens in the second half of this century."....
The article continues to talk about what will happen in the different regions of America, things including severe storms, more hurricanes, dramatic warming and temperatures, extreme winds and wind damage, increase of tornados, shorter winters- longer summers, drought, wildfires, extreme sea level rise, flooding, etc. This will be even more sever and more often then what has already occurred. Something that this particular article doesn’t touch on, but is still a great concern is what is happening to the animals here on this planet. Due to global warming and climate changes, some animals are on the brink of extinction, for example, polar bears. I am not sure how everyone feels about this, but it is very disheartening to me. Bad news is that we have already set out future for the next 30 years. Good news is that what we do today can change the outcome after that for our children and grandchildren.....
To those of you who actually took the time to read this blog, THANK YOU. Hopefully we can all make some changes (even small) to change the path of where this planet is heading.....
