Global warming threatens fall foliage.
By on Oct 11th, 2006 at 1:42 pm
Global warming threatens fall foliage.
“Some climate scientists say that even if steps are taken now to limit global warming, temperatures in New England will rise enough over the next half-century that the source of much of that rich fall color, the sugar maples, will disappear from most of the region.”
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Although this would be very sad, it is obviously not the worst that global warming will bring. I just hope that things like this will finally get through to those that don’t understand why, say, sea levels rising a few inches is important.
October 11th, 2006 at 1:51 pmAnd then New England will look just like homogenized Los Angeles. Bleeccch.
October 11th, 2006 at 1:53 pmshades of brown are nice too
October 11th, 2006 at 1:54 pmliving in the northwest we feel the change now. according to the weather service our temps will be 2-3 degrees warmer this year. we usually have 4 seasons and i can say it looks more like 2. summer and fall with spring and winter mixed in. our state depends on the run off from the mountains. our national rivers and ranch/farms are in dire straits and unfortunately i see no change. sad, is right.
October 11th, 2006 at 1:56 pmGlobal warming threatens fall foliage. “Some climate scientists say that even if steps are taken now to limit global warming, temperatures in New England will rise enough over the next half-century that the source of much of that rich fall color, the sugar maples, will disappear from most of the region.â€
Global War on Terrot threatens all freedom. “Some political scientists say that even if steps are taken now to limit the Bush Administration, freedoms in The United States will decline enough over the next few years that the source of those wonderful freedoms, The Constitution, will disappear from the region.”
That’s better.
October 11th, 2006 at 2:01 pmWhy do sugar maples hate our freedom?
October 11th, 2006 at 2:01 pmI love Vermont Maple syrup, so this is sad news!
October 11th, 2006 at 2:09 pmIn half a century, all of the members of the Bush Crew will have been digested by worms. Ergo, why should they concern their beautiful minds with an event that they will never witness?
October 11th, 2006 at 2:13 pmWell, at least the roads won’t be as crowded in the fall up here in New England!
Please cut the crap with this global warming panic news. It is soooooo tedious.
Here are some facts:
1. There is still widespread disagreement over how much the earth is warming and how fast.
2. There is still widespread disagreement over the cause of the warming.
3. The cure (Kyoto, e.g.) will not reverse the warming — only slow it down a little.
4. The cost of the cure to our economy will be heavy — severely slowed productivity and hundreds of thousands of jobs lost.
But hey, what’s a few hundred thousand jobs as long as I can see red leaves and eat maple syrup? So tell me again, who’s the hard-hearted camp in this one?
October 11th, 2006 at 2:46 pm2 out of the last 4 years we haven’t really had a fall foliage here in the White Mountains of NH, this year wasn’t bad but I did notice the reds from the sugar maples missing, usually those are the first trees to start changing colors
October 11th, 2006 at 2:50 pm#9 Check this out. Do you care about your children, grandchildren, anyone who may follow us? From Common Dreams’ site:
Supersize nation: How America is eating the world
300m Expected population of the United States by the end of this week
75 Life expectancy for men in the US. Women are expected to live until 80
63 Life expectancy for men in the developing world. Women are expected to live until 67
395m Projected population of the US by 2050
1,682m3 US annual water consumption per capita
633m3 The world’s annual water consumption per capita
545m3 The developing world’s annual water withdrawals per capita
5lbs Amount of waste each US resident produces per day. That compares with about 3lbs per person per day in Europe, and about 0.9-1.3lbs per person a day in the developing world
$39,710 US Gross National Income per head, 2004
$8,540 World’s GNI per head
$4,450 Developing world’s GNI per head
19.8 US carbon dioxide emissions per capita, in metric tons
3.9 World’s carbon dioxide emissions per head, in tons
1.8 Developing world’s carbon dioxide emissions per head, in tons
58bn Number of burgers consumed by Americans every year
54m Number of Americans who are obese
300,000 Deaths per year related to obesity
678lbs US annual paper consumption per head
115lbs The corresponding figure for the world
44lbs The figure for the developing world
204m number of vehicles on US roads
37% Percentage of the total cars in the world on America’s roads
1 in 7 Barrels of world oil supply used by US drivers
24m Number of Americans who drive SUVs
7,921 US energy consumption per capita, 2001, expressed in kilograms of oil
1,631 World’s energy consumption per capita, in kilograms of oil
828 Corresponding figure for the developing world
October 11th, 2006 at 2:52 pmHere in central New Mexico, it just won’t quit raining………….
Can’t buy the argument perpetually put forth by our pathetic excuse for a president, and others (#9) that reducing human induced causes of climate change will cost jobs.
In reality it would create far more work and industry as people begin to problem solve.
The reality of lost jobs would be the jobs of the “brokers” who make their living exploiting the natural resources of peoples and cultures whose oil and energies it is so easy to obtain at the point of a gun….
October 11th, 2006 at 3:23 pm#9–”concerned+conservative”–clearly, you’re more concerned with towing the republican party line than you are about our planet. Shame on you. To hell with you. You and your precious republican party are a blight to this planet, and you must be completely eliminated. I pray for that day.
October 11th, 2006 at 3:24 pm#9: If it’s a fact that there is widespread scientific disagreement about the existence or cause of global warming, please find a representative sample of peer-reviewed scientific articles debating this point. The NAS did that with 928 articles and found the results 928-0 in favor of anthropogenic GW.
I was golfing in NE this weekend and I thought about the foliage. It’s usually most vivid right before Columbus day then it goes brown. Right now there’s some color but it’s not as nice as in the past.
And lest you think this is simply an issue of aesthetics, leaf-peeping is part of the NE tourism industry. People fly into Boston, get on buses, and drive all over looking at the foliage. That ought to put it in words even a neocon could understand.
October 11th, 2006 at 4:02 pmIt’s time for us to become adults and pass our knowledge onto the 21C Generation.
READ THE BOOK:
THE MEANING OF THE 21st CENTURY by James Martin (author of THE WIRED SOCIETY)-this is a vital blueprint for ensuring our future.
October 11th, 2006 at 5:15 pm
I appreciate the post, but I” believe” the article title should read Global Warming Threatens A Hell Of A Lot More Than Fall Foliage!
October 11th, 2006 at 6:09 pm#17 – keepinon,
October 11th, 2006 at 7:20 pmI noticed the effects about sixty years ago. The snow was over my head when I was three (in Baltimore) and by the time I was six – I could see over the stuff. Last year, the snow blower that one of my sons had purchased (at clearance at Home Depot) in spring 2005 was only cycled on once – for the fall maintenance process for winter 2005-6. He lives in NJ, I suggested that if he wants to use his blower that he relocate to Finland.
This will all balance out: less Foliage = less tour buses to pollute the air. Then, after all the tour buses are gone, the trees will come back and the cycle of life will repeat.
P.S. Did you know the Federal Reserve is actively seeking to profit from illegal activity? This should be a major GOP scandal, but somehow I don’t think TP is going to cover it. Details in the WSJ article at my name’s link.
October 11th, 2006 at 10:17 pmWalt,
I don’t mean to nit pick, but haven’t you gotten taller since you were three?
October 11th, 2006 at 10:32 pm