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Our climate is changing due to human behaviour. It’s getting warmer all over the world. World leaders from across the globe will be meeting in November of this year in Glasgow to get an update regarding the Paris Agreement of 2015. Will the targets to reduce Green House Gases or carbon emissions have been met or not, and what will Canada’s target be for 2030? On a local level, will flooding occur along the Bay of Quinte? All of these events are interconnected. Even the snow storm down in Texas is related to climate warming.
It does snow in Texas, just not that often. In essence, what happened was that warmer air pushed colder air from the arctic all the way down south. Put simply, the warmer air is stronger than before. In cooler times, the jet stream is more of a straight line around the globe. Not this time, with the jet stream sagging into Texas, bringing with it colder Arctic air. And, Texans were not ready for a wintery blast cold arctic air.
Climate emergency should be front and centre
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Climate emergency should be front and centre
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