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Okay. I have a question about warming.
Dec. 31st, 2007 08:17 pm
All these predictions!
I understand why the sea level rising, say, 100 feet is horrible. I understand why less rain in various parts of the world is horrible. Changing weather? These things are concrete to me.
But then I keep reading that predictions say the world could warm one degree, three degrees, five degrees in the next century, and... I stop.
I grasp that these increases in temperature are what ultimately causes the rising sea level, the droughts. I get it.
But I don't get how what seems to be such a small increase in temperature can really be such a big deal. Three degrees? I doubt I even *feel* three degrees either way, even if we *are* using Celsius. Five? I'd barely register it. So how does it make such a big impact on the entire Earth? That, I don't understand.
I understand why the sea level rising, say, 100 feet is horrible. I understand why less rain in various parts of the world is horrible. Changing weather? These things are concrete to me.
But then I keep reading that predictions say the world could warm one degree, three degrees, five degrees in the next century, and... I stop.
I grasp that these increases in temperature are what ultimately causes the rising sea level, the droughts. I get it.
But I don't get how what seems to be such a small increase in temperature can really be such a big deal. Three degrees? I doubt I even *feel* three degrees either way, even if we *are* using Celsius. Five? I'd barely register it. So how does it make such a big impact on the entire Earth? That, I don't understand.
