Someone do something about GCC!

Which climate forcings and feedbacks are most prevalent in either your local area or in the United States as a whole and why might this be so?

The two most profound changes that we in the Boston (New England) area can expect are heat waves and coastal erosion. We have already begun to see this. Because of the political power of those with conflicts of interests (i.e. oil companies) we are made to feel unpatriotic at best, loony at worst, if we question weather an occurrence is indeed GCC related.

From the UCAR digital site:

 Increased intensity, duration, and number of heat waves in cities historically prone to them; the elderly, whose proportion of the U.S. population is increasing, are most at risk (very high confidence)
Coastal areas: increased stress on people and property, due to climate change impacts interacting with development and pollution (very high confidence)

What resources have you located to help you and your students understand climate forcings and feedbacks?

http://environment.about.com/od/globalwarming/tp/globalwarmtips.htm

The above site is an example of helpful ways to deal with climate change. I do note that in many sites, the granddaddy of them all is missing. That is political change to force our leaders to do something about GCC. We can recycle our water bottles as much as we want, but if Big Oil controls the powers around us, there is not much hope for meaningful change. I am very optimistic. I just hope we change our governing dynamic before the damage from GCC is irreparable.

In addition, there are still questions about what is causing GCC. This NASA site

http://climate.nasa.gov/uncertainties/

would be a helpful location for my students to begin to feel the complexity of the issue. Yes,GCC is a certainty, but NO, it’s root causes have not been exhaustively proven.