Sunday, October 22, 2006

CLIMATE CHANGE IS FOR REAL

Hey, this is fun. With all the people going on about partisan this, liberal vs. conservative that, people forget that there are a few things that you simply cannot put a spin on. I happen to be speaking of reality. In this case, the reality of climate change. Check out this clip from [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6161116,00.html|an October 21, 2006 article] from AP.org available at http://Guardian.co.uk that points out what to some (and me) find pretty damn obvious:
The world - especially the Western United States, the Mediterranean region and Brazil - will likely suffer more extended droughts, heavy rainfalls and longer heat waves over the next century because of global warming, a new study forecasts. But the prediction of a future of nasty extreme weather also includes fewer freezes and a longer growing season. In a preview of a major international multiyear report on climate change that comes out next year, a study out of the National Center for Atmospheric Research details what nine of the world's top computer models predict for the lurching of climate at its most extreme. ``It's going to be a wild ride, especially for specific regions,'' said study lead author Claudia Tebaldi, a scientist at the federally funded academic research center.
I've already noticed dramatic changes in climate here in LA. I've lived out here for over ten years now and our rainy season has seemed to have split in half and skootched toward the middle of the calendar. See, normally, in winter in Los Angeles, it rains like crazy. At least, it used to. Over the past few years it's come to only rain at the very beginning of winter and at the very end. Also, it doesn't rain nearly as much. These are just my observations, of course, but to me they're significant. LA is a notoriously dry place and we need what little rain we get. The point I'm trying to make here is that for Los Angles, climate change is real. I'm curious how real it is in the rest of the world. My guess is: very.

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