Climate change

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Climate change have always been a concern of the modern times. Every year in their yearly memorandum every government tries to tackle this issue but I must say it is not only the governments, rather we share equal responsibilities. By 2050 or so, the human population is expected to pass nine billion. Those billions will be seeking food, water and other resources on a planet where humans are already shaping climate and the web of life.

In this blog, I try to describe what climate has meant to us for so many years and how we are manipulating it for our needs. Whether it leaves a good impact or forecasts a tragic chapter is left to you, the SENSITIVE reader, to think and decide on.

Before we start, what do we understand by climate and weather? Rather what's the difference between weather and climate?

The difference between weather and climate is a measure of time. Weather is what conditions of the atmosphere are over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere "behaves" over relatively long periods of time. When we talk about climate change, we talk about changes in long term averages of daily weather. Being from the southern state of Tamil Nadu and settled in Pune for over 16 years now, I have witnessed two very different climates. But, even today, the stories I hear from my parents about the climate during their time, I feel amazed. I can only imagine them enjoying the peasant climates of the west and the scenic beauty of the south. Now, I am bound to stay only with this imagination as every thing around me is changing, all because of climate change.

If summers seem hotter lately, then the recent climate may have changed. In various parts of the world, some people have even noticed that springtime comes earlier now than it did 30 years ago. An earlier springtime is indicative of a possible change in the climate.

In addition to long-term climate change, there are shorter term climate variations. This so-called climate variability can be represented by periodic or intermittent changes related to El Niño, La Niña, volcanic eruptions, or other changes in the Earth system.

I realize that all of this sounds like a personal frustration or grudge against the reasons for climate change but until we take it personal things won't change. Our mother earth will always be burdened by our tortures and we will keep seeing this change in climate.