The rapid melting of the Arctic sea ice, then, illuminates the difficulty of modelling the climate — but not in a way that brings much comfort to those who hope that
fears about the future climate might prove exaggerated.
Not exact matches
John Rennie: Yeah and they are very serious issues
about looking into the
future about this and possibly a lot of parts of the Southwestern, Western United States, in particular, could really be faced with some very severe drought conditions if the
climate starts to the change the way is sometimes
feared.
Until our schools teach
about climate change, share the
fears of leading scientists, and start to create an understanding of how we can each be part of the greater solution, I am afraid we have no hope of changing our rather bleak
future.
In that
climate of
fear about the
future, ALEC's Rich States, Poor States offers an elixir that purports to cure what ails you — like snake oil salesmen in days of yore.
Secondly, to overcome
fear of the unknown, one healthy response is to find out more
about climate change and form a clearer picture of the
future.
As another data point opposing that notion of
fear based funding, I would note that during the time of James Hansen's most vocal and dire warnings
about climate catastophies in our
future over the last 5 or 6 years he has experienced gov» t intimidation and suppression, NASA has seen its earth sciences budget shrink significantly and NASA has changed its mission statement to no longer include «protect our home planet».
With a
climate change - denying Trump administration in the White House and
fear - inducing predictions of what our world might look like a few degrees warmer, it's understandable that many people have lost hope
about the
future of our planet.