lonely polar bear
I live in Jamaica. That is a tropical country. In 2014 I had to sleep with socks from November to May.
Socks.
I never had to sleep with socks.
In 2015 I began to wear my socks from end of October until early May 2016.
It is July.
I had to shut the fans cause it is that cold in here.
Sure, it’s hot during the day; it always is. This is a country where the temperature rarely goes below seventy five Fahrenheit or above ninety six.
In the ‘winter’ the temperature during the day is about eighty five to ninety, and at night around seventy five.
In the ‘summer’ the day is usually about ninety to ninety five and at night about eighty to eighty five.
Yet, for the past few years, it has gotten much colder at night, and the hot times of day start about eleven to about four.
Yet, every one tells me about Global Warming.
A friend of mine who lives in America, in Up State New York spoke about how in November his pipes froze and how he went to see Niagara Falls Frozen for the first time in his life.
I asked if he still believed in Global Warming…
“Of Course!!”
I don’t know. It is hard for me to ignore what I see and feel and give my brain over to those who are telling me it is warmer.
I have always had a problem ignoring what I see and hear and taking reality from my television or radio.
I have always looked at what is around me. Although I’ve been on the superhighway since Jamaica was connected in 1995, I also have a disconnected life, where I walk on the road, where I look where I am going.
My cell phone is permanently on silent, so I am not owned by it. It sleeps in a far corner, so if you call when I’m asleep, I won’t be answering.
I say this to emphasise the fact that I have not as yet been ‘Borged’ (Star Trek).
Hearing that the Earth is getting warmer I expected to see signs. For example, trees bearing earlier thinking that it was time. I expected less winter tourists, for without winter, they don’t have cold to escape.
These things didn’t happen.
But I am told the Earth is getting warmer. And I don’t see any proof of that.
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I think more than just "Global Warming", it is about the Climate Change- how the weather and climate patterns all over the world are changing. At times, we have excess heat, then sudden rains, at times December has warmer days- even 30 C when it shpuld have been a max of 21 to 24, and suddenly in a few days it becomes very very chilly, when it should have been gradual.
At some places, 2 months' worth of rains comes in just 10 days- flooding, causing traffic jams and even loss of lives and displacement.
And reasons: Excessive use of fossil fuels, so many cars, so much Air-conditioning or Heating, and so many trees being cut.
But yes, we do have solutions in form of renewable energies, sustainable farming and yes rapid spread of Public means of transport over private.
You have to remember that in the 1800s going up to maybe 1960 people burned more coal than they do today. Also, a lot of places don't have so many cars or even electricity, so although I agree there is pollution I don't feel it is the whole answer.
Maybe the Earth shifted a little on it's axis?
"Global warming" is actually an outdated term. As the earlier warming spread, the polar ice caps began to melt, just like ice cubes melting in a glass of lemonade. This had the effect of increasing the volume of water in certain places on earth, but also of lowering the water temperature. And that water temperature, in turn, has an impact on the ambient temperature in the adjacent land masses.
Besides temperature, global climate change has also impacted things like the number and severity of storms like hurricanes and tornadoes. And it has changed the pH of water in some places to the point that some of the fauna living in those waters has been killed off.
To speak only of warming is to miss a good chunk of the bigger picture. That's why we now speak of global climate change, in order to encompass all the different changes. Like the ones you are witnessing in Jamaica!
In the 1970s scientists warned of an on coming Ice Age. The world was due, as Ice Ages arrive every 10k -12k years.
Then there was an about face, and the babble was 'Global Warming' which many people still use instead of the new version; 'Climate Change'.
We have absolutely no idea whatsoever what is the normal temperature for Earth.
There were millions of years where the Earth was much hotter, millions when it was completely covered in ice. There are bones of hippopotomi found in lakes in Wales. There was a time one could walk from Russia to Alaska, or France to England.
There is no 'norm' for Earth temperature.