SoundWaters' Super Splash raises climate change awareness in Stamford - News 12 Connecticut
SoundWaters’ Super Splash raises climate change awareness in Stamford
Almost 150 people hit the beach in Stamford on Sunday for the inaugural SoundWaters Super Splash.
The waters off Cove Island Park registered just above freezing, but that didn’t stop people from running in for a quick dip.
“My friend reminded me it was only temporary and now I feel like a million bucks,” said Aly Leventhal, a polar plunger.
SoundWaters aims to protect Long Island Sound from the impacts of climate change through research, school trips and beach cleanups.
“Climate change is real, it should be a lot colder today,” said Beth Spitalny, of Westchester.
The event raised $5,000, which will allow the organization to expand school programs. SoundWaters plans to make this an annual Super Bowl Sunday event.
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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.