Friday, August 8, 2025

August Now

Here it is, August, and there's a full  moon tonight. It's called the Sturgeon Moon, the Corn Moon, the Lynx Moon. If you can,  go out and see it! That is, if there sky is clear, and there is not too much smoke from the wildfires. 

This is what this summer has been like on earth---

wildfires

smoke from the wildfires

record-breaking heat waves

flooding

torrential rains

 violent storms and tornadoes

 Category 5 hurricanes

droughts

glaciers collapsing

Antarctic sea-ice record low

spread of vector-borne diseases

coastal erosion

climate refugees 

Yes, this is what climate change looks like.



 


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