Global Warming: Climate change or climate instability quickens its pace

Many people say that a bit of change is always good, so we won’t get stuck in a rut, eat the same leftover casserole for a week or walk around in bell bottoms for the rest of our lives.

I agree, of course (I’ve got short legs and no behind so bells don’t fit right), even when it comes to some aspects of the earth's climate, but the pace of climate change over the last number of years concerns me.

As well, most scientists are concerned about the quickening pace of climate change, especially in the Arctic, according to a new summary of the most recent research. [Link to The London Free Press, April 25]

Earlier predictions now appear too conservative, except perhaps to the Canadian Federal Conservative government whose mantra is - economic limits and environmental concerns are for sissies and grandmas.

“The dramatic impacts on the Arctic that are now being observed challenge the magnitude of the predicted impacts of climate change at both Arctic and global levels,” says the report. The reduction in Arctic ice cover has “massively accelerated” since 2005.

Our Market First or Business As Usual economic philosophy will lead to our bankruptcy.


["I bet my pants won't get wet today, Mom!"]

Bell bottoms out - flood pants in.

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