Have you noticed global warming at a small scale?

Question

I live in the Pacific Northwest. Usually by this time of year the snow has started falling. I was mowing the lawn yesterday and the Leopard Frogs that live in my yard are still active, they usually hibernate in late september.

This isn't a debate about global warming (FYI its very real).

I was just wondering what things you have noticed that have changed. Nothing big like polar ice caps melting, just stuff that you notice in your everyday life.

Answer 1

Yes, I have noticed in a variety of ways.

I live in a place with pristine, unpolluted coral reefs. I work as a scuba instructor, and if this continues I may not have that job much longer. The reefs are dying off due to global warming!! It is a phenomenon called "bleaching" where reefs die off of heat exhausion. :(

My brother who lives in Canada tells me that this summer they had temps of 100f for the first time in recorded history! Older people who had spent their entire 80 yrs or more of their lives without ever needing AC, didn't have AC, so they suffered heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Skiing in recent years in his area has been lackluster- the slopes have been "slushy" not powdery, due to global warming which causes increased snowmelt.

My mom who lives in TX says they are experiencing severe heat (120-125F instead of the 107-109F highs they used to have prior to 1990), and severe prolonged drought & water shortages over the last 10 yrs, due to global climate change.

My uncle lives in San Diego CA. His house burned down in the recent huge fires, which were worsened significantly because of severe CA drought caused by global climate change.

Answer 2

Ok I'm in Australia - East coast of the country. apart from the drought which has been going on for 7 years in some parts of the country, I have noticed this year that a pot plant which I usually water once a week and was doing great, needed to be watered now every other day because it never bloody rains anymore. Also I've got a fish pond in the back yard and I used to top up the water once a month in the summer due to evaporation and now I have to do it every fortnight. Plus you can feel how hot the summer is becoming and also we had a small cyclone in August and the season is supposed to be now. Also the electric storms season should start in November and we've had thousands in september and october. Get real american and australian politicians, this is killing us!!!!!

Answer 3

Where I live (UK) the weather is generally very seasonal and varies immensly throughout the year. However, this year we failed to have an obvious differentiation between summer, autumn and winter. Summer was terrible even though it is usually relatively mild and Autumn is strangely warmer than summer was and from January onwards we had very lttle snow, which is extremely uncommon, especially in North East Scotland.

So in answer to your question, yesI have noticed global warming on a smaller scale.

In addition to weather, I have also noticed many strange insects that I once thought were alien to where I live but are now growing in prevalence, especially large spiders..

Answer 4

Go to Citizenlink.com

Global Warming is truly a crock....

Study: No Scientific Consensus on Global Warming Claims
from staff reports
Papers do not support claims that it's human-caused or will have catastrophic impact.
A comprehensive survey of climate-change research reveals a lack of consensus in the scientific community on whether global warming is caused by human activity or will have any significant impact. Less than half of the recent papers in a major scientific journal agree even “implicitly” with those notions.
Researchers examined published between 2004 and 2007. They found that only 38 percent of scientists accepted claims about global warming without question. Forty-eight percent were neutral.
Ken Green, a climate change expert at the American Enterprise Institute, called it as a rebuttal to claims of "consensus" on the issue.
"The climate is warming," he said. "We’re unclear on what the major causes are.”
Notably, just one of the 528 papers examined makes any reference to global warming producing catastrophic results.
Robert Giegengack, a professor in the earth and environmental science department at the University of Pennsylvania, said it's important to consider the big picture.
“Less than 10 percent of the Earth’s history has been characterized by ice sheets at the poles," he explained. "We’re in the middle of a global ice age right now, when the earth is much, much colder than it has been during much of its history.”
According to Jeff Kueter with the George C. Marshall Institute, the results also raise questions as to how much scientists may have bowed to political pressure.
“Unfortunately the stakes are so high with this issue, that politicians and policymakers — well intentioned or otherwise — have a keen interest in how this debate turns out,” he told Family News in Focus. “Some scientists, unfortunately, stretch the facts a bit too far to try to provide the answers that they’re being asked to give.”

Answer 5

I've noticed all the uninformed sheeple who buy into this whole Global warming hype. It's happened so many times over the history of earth and yet this time everyone blames man, and runs for the hills. SO WHAT!!! Live another 30 years and you'll be plowing your driveway in August and wondering about Global cooling. It's a CYCLE!!! It has Nothing to do with man, the Earth seems to know what's going on! Relax!

Answer 6

It's 80 degrees here in Memphis! Last year I wouldn't leave the house without my big jacket this time of year and today I wore a t-shirt and flip flops. The weird thing is two weeks ago it was 40 degrees and raining! This yo-yo weather is a clear indication of global warming!

Answer 7

this is in the next state where i am.

In Tabasco more than one million people are displaced ,because of rains from super evaporation .that has put their whole world under the water .up to the roofs of their houses .this has never happened before in their history.

crocodiles ,which are abundant in that region ,are scavenging the thousands of dead animals floating in the water.

the rains have now moved to Chiapas where the same is expected.

where i am we have also had much more than the usual rains

Answer 8

well in october i was about 80 to 90 degrees during the day, and i remember last year it used to be freezing and the winds would blow hard for the leaves to fall. but now it is very different.

Answer 9

The Summer lasted longer in Ohio, and the winter comes later.
(weather wise)

Answer 10

And yet frosts in the south east last spring cause the failure of apple crops this fall.

Heating oil futures are going up because the market is hedging on a colder winter.

What you are experiencing is weather.