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Aylin’s Story

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Aylin’s Climate Story

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Aylin Malcolm

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Izmir, Turkey

How are you sensing climate change?

There was heavy rain in the summer this year, for the first time in the ~30 years my grandparents have lived in this part of Turkey. Meanwhile in Canada, my parents enjoyed a nice, bright, warm summer. Climate change doesn’t look the same in every place and doesn’t always seem like a disaster, but what’s certain is that we’re unprepared for the ways that regional patterns are shifting.

 

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Izmir, Turkey

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