Monday, April 16, 2012

Are You A Climate Change Skeptic?

Consider the last 12 months in the greater New York City Area:

1.  Second hottest summer on record.
2.  Freak October snowstorm.
3.  Earthquake!
4.  Hurricane makes landfall in Brooklyn!
5.  Winter so mild that I could put in an average of 45 miles per week on my bike.
6.  86-degree day in April.
7.  A spring drought so severe we're seeing daily forest fires in Connecticut and Long Island.

2 comments:

  1. So now that the climate has changed, these events are now going to be normal every year. If they aren't normal every year, then the climate has not changed. Am I correct?

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  2. I've had multiple folks tell me that you shouldn't confuse weather with climate change, but yeah, I do think we're in for more wacky weather long-term. I mean, I don't know how many more earthquakes to expect, but it's certainly been strange for the past twelve months of so.

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