Is this the new normal?
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December 30th, 2021
The news cycles over the past few years have been so crowded with politics, demonstrations, the pandemic, the effects of climate change have largely ignored. This is a link to an AP news report about active fires here in Colorado. Almost 600 buildings burned as of 6:15 Mountain Time 12/30/2021. I think the time has come to accept the fact that our climate is changing. The debate about human activity causing this change, while important, sometimes serves to distract from the importance of doing something about it.
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This is the latest this area (the “Front Range”) has gone without measurable snow in many years.
3rd warmest December since 1896 in my area.
Did you see 60 Minutes last Sunday about wine crops in Italy failing because of climate? It was a great episode. Now parts of the UK are having the weather that used to be in Italian wine country and award winning wine is being grown there.
I think there will still be ups and downs with various local climates. The forests that burned down prevent burn from happening again through the same spot for a few years, but there is so much forest out there to burn it might not make much of a dent.
Flooding is horrifically destructive too. The downpours and flooding have been incredible.
More and more migrations are going to be happening because of climate. The US is such a large country with so many climates that we can have migration within our border, but smaller countries adversely affected might have people crossing borders as they leave looking for opportunities.
Big changes are coming I think.
There is no question that global warming is happening. Here are two recent news stories:
New Year’s Eve could be the mildest on record in the UK, with temperatures forecast to be as high as 15C (59F), the Met Office has said. The previous record for New Year’s Eve was set in 2011, when temperatures hit 14.8C (58.6F) but that record could be matched, or even surpassed in some parts of the UK.
Meanwhile in Alaska an unusual winter warm spell has brought daytime temperatures soaring past 15.5C (60F) and torrents of rain at a time of year normally associated with bitter cold and snow. At the island community of Kodiak, the air temperature at a tidal gauge hit 19.4C (67F) degrees on Sunday, the highest December reading ever recorded in Alaska, said scientist Rick Thoman of the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy. He called it “absurd.”
As of 4 PM 2nd warmest December since 1896, broke another record this afternoon.
This just in…..
Britain has seen its hottest New Year’s Eve ever with temperatures reaching 15.8C (60.4F) in the west of England, the Met Office has said.
The previous record of 14.8C (58.6F) in Colwyn Bay, Wales, in 2011 was toppled this afternoon in Somerset.
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