The Nature of Things

Winter and warming thoughts

December

Winter comes in at 1:08 a.m. tomorrow. That’s the winter solstice, the day when we here in the Northern Hemisphere experience the shortest day of the year.

With that in mind, 2007 is shaping up to be a top ten warm year for the country and the globe, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

As for climate change, global warming or whatever you prefer to call it, (the biggest development worldwide, as my colleague Greg Clary said) consider this: the Earth seems to be getting it in the Arctic and in the tropics.

This entry was posted on Friday, December 21st, 2007 at 6:43 pm by Mike Risinit.
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