How are people out there understanding this record “warming”?  I’m wondering, in particular, if the readers of this article appreciate the jumpy nature of our planet’s climate.  The warming we’re now seeing is beginning to upset “time bombs” in many of the north’s ecosystems that can quickly spike the Earth’s temperatures much higher than the already record temperatures we’re experiencing.  Do people know about what is happening to the peat bogs in Siberia and other places in the Arctic?  Hot winters such as this year’s winter thaw the normally frozen peat, thereby releasing millions of tons of ancient methane—this happens fast, much faster than the steady but gradual warming we’ve so far experienced.  Once this methane is released, there’s no going back, at least not for millions of years.  And this is just one of many potential time bombs.  Please don’t assume that warming winters just mean less snow for skiing.

For interested readers, I recommend two books that further explore these time bomb tipping points: Tim Flannery’s The Weathermakers, and Fred Pearce’s The Last Generation.  Also useful is the website http://www.RealClimate.org, where climate scientists present and discuss much of the information relevant for an understanding of what our planet is experiencing, and where it seems to be headed.

There goes the snowmobile market too. Nothing better then “experts” predicting something “could” happen.
I guess everyone’s a politician after all.

Has everybody got those paper canoes patched-up?  Because Shit Creek is overflowing, and will soon fill the mean streets of “(Y)our Town.”

But what in the world will you use for paddles?

HokaHey!