Boke: Climate future | Commentary | rutlandherald.com - Rutland Herald
Boke: Climate future | Commentary | rutlandherald.com
Like many Vermonters, ever since the July floods, I’ve felt mildly anxious much of the time.
Those of us who live in Chester were mostly lucky: Williams River flooding was minimal and, although Lover’s Lane Brook rose significantly, crossing the 80 feet up the gradual grade toward the foundation of our house, when the rain stopped, the waters immediately began to recede.
Related Knowledge Center: Climate science
What began as a theory in the 1890s — that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide could increase global temperatures — had progressed to a scientific fact a century later. Scientists across a range of disciplines are studying the impact of the still-growing concentration of carbon dioxide and other so-called “greenhouse gases” in the atmosphere as they call for industrial and governmental policies to slow, then halt, the warming of the planet.