Climate Change - The News Just Keeps Coming

There's really not much more to say about climate change that hasn't been said already, but here are links to more articles that highlight the unusual nature of 2016 and more reinforcement about what's happening.

The climate change deniers will say that scientists are exaggerating.  In fact, says this article, scientists are far too frightened for their jobs to talk about what they really know.  The article goes on to highlight moves China is making to secure land for crop production, around the globe.  Why?  Because China believes there will be serious food security issues related to climate change.

The Pacific Northwest and Europe have been sweltering under unseasonably hot, dry weather.  The Weather Underground has an interesting article about conditions in those places.  Interestingly, temperatures would have been even higher had it not been for all the smoke coming from those forest fires.

Then there is this article highlighting a report compiled by 13 US Agencies.  It starts out by noting that the report is awaiting approval....

"The average temperature in the United States has risen rapidly and drastically since 1980, and recent decades have been the warmest of the past 1,500 years, according to a sweeping federal climate change report awaiting approval by the Trump administration."

 Climate Central also weighs in on how hot this summer has been.  The article has a web interactive feature, but it only works for locations in the USA.

NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, discussed how unusual 2016 was and how repeated experiments and observations lead to the conclusion that this rapid pace of climate change is caused by humans.

Natural gas has been touted as one solution to our climate change woes, at least as a great transition fuel.  The BC Government was trying desperately to get an LNG project going until the company involved pulled the plug in mid-2017, citing poor prices and poor prospects.  However, this article says that Natural Gas will NOT save us from the perils of climate change.

Meanwhile, in BC, the fires keep burning.  It's well past time to connect the dots.