Video: 2012 Was The Year Climate Change Got Real

by Stephen Lacey Posted on  

"Video: 2012 Was The Year Climate Change Got Real"

It’s official: 2012 was one of the most extreme year ever recorded for weather in the U.S. As a devastating drought, destructive wildfires, multiple severe heat waves, and destructive storms pounded the country last year, more Americans woke up to the reality of our changing climate.

“You look out the window and you see climate change in action,” said Kevin Trenberth of the National Center for Atmospheric Research this summer. “This is the way it gets manifested.”

Indeed, as the ever-talented Peter Sinclair documents in his latest video compilation, 2012 was the “year climate change got real” for Americans and many others around the world:

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2 Responses to Video: 2012 Was The Year Climate Change Got Real

  1. Spike says:
    January 8, 2013 at 11:06 am

    Great article on Australia’s heatwave with good solid quotes from climatologists there.

    http://www.theage.com.au/environment/get-used-to-recordbreaking-heat-bureau-20130108-2cet5.html

  2. prokaryotes says:
    January 8, 2013 at 12:13 pm

    Another great video, with Richard Alley on abrupt SLR

    http://climatestate.com/climate-state/videos/item/slip-slidin-away-ice-sheets-and-sea-level-in-a-warming-world.html