Friday, August 03, 2018

Climate change?

Early morning meeting with Carmelo talking about the hot weather, I see the forecast for Pozna艅 is not much better. Next week it is predicted to be 35c on Wednesday and Thursday. In our 11 years here I have never seen it that high Yet there are still those who do not believe the climate of the world is changing, not for the better. The argument is that weather always goes through cycles and this is just one of those times.  No matter that pictures show melting glaciers, worldwide weather catastrophise almost every week, drought in many countries, tsunami's, hurricanes in larger number and floods in many rivers. This is all normal they say.The fact that scientists have been warning us for over 40 years of these coming changes if we don't change the way we live means nothing to them. It's like the ostrich burying his head in the sand.

On the brighter side, I had a nice meeting with Radek later in the morning and met also Zosia, a young woman I haven't seen for a few years. She is writing her Master's thesis and is home in Podolany now while she completes it. Podolany is an area just across the railroad tracks from where we live, a 5 minute walk.


Poranne spotkanie z Carmelo opowiadaj膮ce o upalnej pogodzie, widz臋, 偶e prognoza dla Poznania nie jest du偶o lepsza. Oczekuje si臋, 偶e w przysz艂ym tygodniu b臋dzie to 35c w 艣rod臋 i czwartek. W ci膮gu ostatnich 11 lat nigdy nie widzia艂em tego tak wysoko, ale wci膮偶 s膮 tacy, kt贸rzy nie wierz膮, 偶e klimat na 艣wiecie si臋 zmienia, nie na lepsze. Argumentem jest, 偶e pogoda zawsze przechodzi przez cykle i jest tylko jednym z tych czas贸w. Bez wzgl臋du na to, 偶e na zdj臋ciach wida膰 topniej膮ce lodowce, globaln膮 katastrof臋 na 艣wiecie niemal co tydzie艅, susze w wielu krajach, tsunami, wi臋cej huragan贸w i powodzi w wielu rzekach. To wszystko, co zwykle m贸wi膮. Fakt, 偶e naukowcy ostrzegaj膮 nas od ponad 40 lat o nadchodz膮cych zmianach, je艣li nie zmieniamy naszego sposobu 偶ycia, nic dla nich nie znaczy. To tak, jakby stru艣 chowa g艂ow臋 w piasek.

Z drugiej strony, mia艂em mi艂e spotkanie z Radkiem p贸藕nym rankiem i pozna艂em Zosi臋, m艂od膮 kobiet臋, kt贸rej nie widzia艂em od kilku lat. Pisz臋 prac臋 magistersk膮, a teraz jest w domu w Podolanach, kiedy si臋 ko艅czy. Podolany to obszar po drugiej stronie tor贸w kolejowych, z kt贸rych mieszkamy, 5 minut spacerem.