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Global Warming Versus Climate Change:  We Used to Have Winter
Global Warming Versus Climate Change: We Used to Have Winter
Editor’s note: This post is part of the Green Moms Carnival , which is hosted on our very own MC Milker’s blog The Not Quite Crunchy Parent . This month’s topic is global warming . I recently assisted in a historical slide show of our small mountain community , and when ...
Think Again: Climate Change
foreignpolicy.com — No, they re not. In the early years of the global warming debate, there was great controversy... over whether the planet was warming, whether humans were the cause, and whether it would be a significant problem. That debate is long since over. Although ... (more) Think Again: Climate Change
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Global Warming Versus Climate Change: We Used to Have Winter
Natural Path - — ... .  The term “climate change” includes changes in weather systems as part of its definition, rather than simple “global warming”, which refers to the overall warming of average temperatures. Read more of this story »

What to Learn from Bad Weather
Red, Green, and Blue — ... Nobody seemed to be thinking ahead in other ways – wondering what the future would be like if this kind of weather becomes more common again. Even in Victorian England the Thames froze over regularly and Frost Fairs took place on frozen rivers across the country. We’ve got into the habit of thinking that Global Warming means warmer, wetter winters, but suppose it doesn’t? Suppose our climate becomes unpredictable enough for us to have to plan for both warm periods and icy spells? ...

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