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Perils of global climate change

July and the first six months of this year are the hottest since records have been kept. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is climbing through 300 parts per million. And there is ample evidence of a calamitous extinction of species worldwide. The acidification of the oceans due to CO2 absorption can radically affect the world’s food supply by 2070.

The climate will include a greater frequency of extreme weather events. The extraordinary snow events in New England are a direct result of accelerating melting of ice on Greenland. Sea level rise may be as much as 10 feet in the next 50 years. Think what that does to port cities and stream gradients. The world’s glaciers are wasting away.

The “carbon footprint” in our environment needs to be reduced by a shift to sustainability sources. The longer we wait to react to the effects of climate change, the longer will be any mitigation or recovery.

You may have been too busy to notice but the cumulative impacts of global warming will come crashing down on your children and grandchildren. There are a host of allied organizations that are dedicated to providing accurate information on global climate change. It’s time for all of us to live smarter regarding the environment.

The next meeting of our local North County Climate Change Alliance will be on Sept. 9 at the Fallbrook Library at 6 p.m. Subject: National Security and Climate Change. See you there.

John Watson

 

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