Climate Departure: We No Longer Have Winter in the Future
The above map indicates the future climate of major cities all around the globe. At least in 20 or 30 years, what is now called winter is going to disappear. Have you ever watched Waterworld , a film that depicts the distant future of our planet where waters cover almost all the land except an island that is believed to be the last land on the planet? Even though no exact date wasn't given in the film, it was suggested that it tales place in 2500. The film was made in the 90's when we still believed that such future would never be reality during our lifetime. But the story is different now. In spite of the fact that the film depicts the exaggerated version of the future, the destructive future is looming faster than we expect. The new scenario given by the climate-study team led by Camilo Mora, appear in Nature , suggesting that today's average climate will be history in no time. So what exactly is "climate departure"? The term, climate dep...
