How do we know global warming is starting to take its toll? By relying on Essential Skill #34 in The Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook:
Watch the front lines.
"Climate change happens too gradually for us to feel the difference between one day and the next," writes Handbook author David de Rothschild, "but that doesn't mean we can't monitor the front lines of global warming."
These are the top 11 places de Rothschild says to watch for the most visual evidence of climate change:
1) New Orleans
2) Canadian Arctic
3) Venice
4) Komodo National Park
5) Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras
6) Sundarbans
7) Kilimanjaro National Park
8) Himalayas
9) Amazon
10) Greenland Ice Sheet
11) Great Barrier Reef
"Landscapes around the world are already decaying," writes de Rothschild, "and among the first wave of casualties are some of the most cherished wonders. Keep watch on these fragile corners of the Earth to follow the progress of climate change."
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We vacationed in New Orleans years before Hurricane Katrina. It was a magical place then, where the unique energy of this city was not only in its people, but also in its streets, its buildings, its music, its food, and in the very air we breathed. Though I understand it's returning to a state of normalcy now, something tells me it's still a shadow of its former self. What's worse is knowing that New Orleans is still vulnerable to the stronger storms that global warming will inevitably bring. I'm all for restoring New Orleans, but if we truly want to save it in the long-run, we must address the larger issue of climate change.
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