Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Report: Human Damage to Earth Worsening Fast





"Humans are damaging the planet at an unprecedented rate and raising risks of abrupt collapses in nature that could spur disease, deforestation or 'dead zones' in the seas, an international report said on Wednesday."

I've developed a fairly acute sensitivity to the transience of the given moment. This is the Belle Epoque, hideous suburbs and all.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

nothing like a little scare-mongering to start your day ... oh wait, this is real.

I asked a question in previous comments hoping to get a response but I dont think I got one so I'll try again: Has anyone else noticed more severe weather patterns where they live over the last few years? I'm not even sure if my observations here in New England are correct but it sure seems that way...

Mac said...

I'm not certain what you mean by "patterns," but things are definitely heating up globally, and that will invariably alter weather on a local level.

Anonymous said...

info -- I live in N.E. too and this past winter and especially the winter before definitely seemed a lot colder than earlier ones I remember, with way too many zero and even sub-zero nights. Global warming apparently works unevenly. Only the globe as a whole gets warmer. In my understanding, some places (like N.E.) may head in the opposite direction.
--WMB
--WMB

Anonymous said...

to me it seems like winters are becoming more severe, starting later than usual and ending later than usual (i just recently moved to CT from boston so it really could just be normal for CT). Without checking against the averages, it seems like in general we are getting more precipitation over the last few years, through all seasons (at least I have something to look into at work today!)

Ken said...

I was sitting in the local pub just before the holidays (it wasn't snowing), and an old man at the bar got started, "Back in MY day, the roads were covered about this time of year! You couldn't see a damn thing!" As a kid I think I remember that, once upon a time, it snowed more and it snowed earlier here in Virginia. It didn't rain all summer either (like it does now, every summer).