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Friday, March 1, 2019

Peppermint begins a journey looking at climate


Before touching on climate change next month Peppermint wanted to look at some aspects of climate. Whilst many will know and understand the difference between climate and weather it is important to recognize that some will not. As the base for understanding climate change it is important to comprehend the basics, which is why for some todays post may seem simple and unnecessary, for others though it is not. Peppermint wants everyone to understand environmental issues including the youngest people you know so share this with them and see if knowing the difference between climate and weather is as common knowledge as you think.

Beyond having a basic understanding for what we are being told on the news. Knowing how our climate has changed in our own lifetime can teach us about the potential problems of the future. Problems such as ecosystem migration could alter many lifestyles across the globe and create many problems for industry sectors such as agriculture. Whilst the measurement of climate is not strictly over 30 years it should not be any less otherwise the data gathered could be skewed by abnormal events. For example, this year the UK has experienced one of the hottest Februarys on record. So many factors have influenced this and it may or may not happen again for many years. Therefore, it cannot be considered part of the UK climate until it is an occurrence in most years. This may happen, natural events such as spring bulbs breaking through, are beginning to happen up to four weeks earlier.

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