L’s Story
concerned about rise in temperature within philadelphia…
concerned about rise in temperature within philadelphia…
destructive insects attacking ash and pine trees – no more cold winter to keep them in check
The California wildfires!
Imminent drowning of my family’s community.
3 of my friends, well versed in outdoor recreation, died in Jackson due to unusual…
I was at the Folger Institute’s “Creating Nature” conference in May. In the middle of a panel on storms, there was a tornado warning…
The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly has an interesting climate story involving genetics.
Oregon’s Willamette river is getting lower and warmer.
I visited my home town in central Wisconsin this summer during an excessive heat advisory.
I’ve definitely noticed a difference in timing and numbers of bird migration. Birds are coming back way earlier than they used to…
About 15 years ago, we planted loquat trees along our property line because…
Extreme weather
Too much death and illness around, caused by the refinery.
Fewer birds
Warmer winters, less snow, heavy rainfall, spring bulbs come up and bloom earlier
Hotter summers
Spencer Glacier over the course of one year (Summer 2018-Summer 2019)…
Wildfire smoke forced my family to live in our garage for weeks.
It is February 3rd and 60 degrees out!
Drought caused our well to run dry for over a month.
Record high temperatures during summer because of more hot days and nights…
It hasn’t snowed for real all winter and we often have bouts of spring weather. As much…
As a child, I marveled at the tall pine forests, covered in myriad leaves and full of bird songs…
We usually have one snow day a year, and this year it hasn’t really dropped below 30 degrees F. This made me sad…
Unseasonably warm days are the easy ones to notice. But cold days are troubling too – because you…
I remember wearing thick Ugg boots with multiple layers of clothing and a huge thick jacket…
Bodies: Everywhere, bodies. The road is lined with the splattered remains of beaver, raccoon…
When I was a kid, the only redeemable thing about winters in Philadelphia was snow. Or, more specifically, snow days
A memory popped up on my Facebook timeline. In 2015, only five years ago, I made post…
Growing up in South Jersey, I’ve spent summers going to the Jersey Shore my whole life. I’ve noticed the beach getting…
I can sense climate change in my parent’s backyard. As a child, I…
Summers are becoming increasingly extreme, making it more difficult…
Los Angeles has been experiencing severe drought for the better part of this decade…
I’ve always lived in Miami, and I have experienced its sporadic weather. Recently, however, the…
Noreasters bring ice and water ever closer to my cousins home along the estuary…
I’m seeing more yo-yo weather. For example, heavy snow in the winter…
It’s much hotter!
As climate change has destabilized the air/water currents, I have watched as my home town…
Hotter than ever 🙁
Much more intense summers, changing habitats for native trees…
I can’t think of a single place that isn’t being impacted by climate change. It more subtly…
Changing rainfall patterns
Colder winters–> due to Arctic warming
I’m sensing climate change by seeing the greening of places…
I moved to Sewickley 5 years ago. It used to be a temperate suburb…
algae blooms killing fish populations.
A gardening friend (70 yrs old) told me that the planting zones have shifted North…
Here in Philly, you can smell climate change.