Striking images and video are beginning to stream in from more than 1,000 events in more than 100 countries where people are "connecting the dots" between climate change and extreme weather. The events are part of a global effort called "Climate Impacts Day," organized by the international climate campaign 350.org.
The events are powerful evidence of how the string of weather disasters over the last year is increasing public concern about global warming.
Over the next 24 hours, climbers will unveil giant dots on melting glaciers, divers will carry dots underwater to bleached coral reefs, and more high-res photos and videos will stream into the ClimateDots.org website, which is serving as a virtual hub for Climate Impacts Day.
"We just celebrated Earth Day. May 5 is more like Broken Earth Day, a worldwide witness to the destruction global warming is already causing," said Bill McKibben, the founder of 350.org, the global climate campaign that is coordinating the events. "People everywhere are saying the same thing: our tragedy is not some isolated trauma, it's part of a pattern."
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a couple of weeks ago a tornado in france.
it's here it's clear to some of us. kentucky where i grew up is now so freaking hot in the summer kids don't play outside for much of it. whole neighborhoods look kind of deserted because everyone stays in the air conditioning unless they have to leave the house.
it was not like that 40 years ago when i was a kid.
just recently march here was the hottest march ever in this area with some days in the high 80s and low 90s.
used to live in oklahoma, hell there you can have 120 of them the same day
The second thing I thought, was that it's like a darkened earth, as if the planet had been turned off like a light bulb. If we keep up what we're doing, it might turn out that way for a lot of species.
Pollution is bad. Using fossil fuels DOES pollute.
Using renewable energy does NOT pollute. Stop using using fossil fuels and stop polluting. If there are 3 times as many people and and all energy is completely clean, guess what? There's less pollution!
Over population is not the same issue as pollution and climate change. Please stop pretending it is.
It is too late now to prevent the catastrophe. All that is left is to save your family and your home as best you can, and to work towards mitigating the effects of the coming calamity.
That was cold but true. How can we continue on this path of self destruction.
The end is near. Brought to you by your local church.
There are no trends. Hurricanes are at a low point.
Droughts and floods are at about normal .
Where are the dots ?
The warming trend continues relentlessly.
The CO2 curve continues to climb exponentially.
Droughts and floods are normal? Ludicrous.
You are peddling junk, netdr.