The other morning, the village of Saranac Lake reported a temperature of 36 degrees Fahrenheit. In the midst of record heat throughout the world in July; now recognized as the hottest month in human history, the little town in the heart of the Adirondacks provided a little relief from the otherwise oppressive weather news.
Thanks to the melting icecap in Greenland and its interference with the Gulf Stream, our area is likely to experience cooler than normal temperatures as climate change proceeds. If present trends continue we will (probably not in my lifetime) see an influx of climate refugees from the southern and western US as large portions of the country become uninhabitable at least during the summer. The disruption of life around the world is hard to comprehend, but it must be addressed or chaos will be the response.
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