There were two pieces of recent news which highlight why what was once most often referred to as global warming is now called climate change. Yes, the globe is heating up. But effects vary depending on where you live for various reasons. First, a report from India calls out problems with the criteria used by the India Meteorological Department IMD to issue a heatwave warning The criteria do NOT consider humidity, only temperature.
A second story this week warns temperatures might go in the opposite direction in one area of the globe as a direct result of the warming of the Greenland ice sheet, increased rainfall attributed to climate change, and dropping salinity in the tropical waters where the Gulf Stream arises. The Gulf Stream, also known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation AMOC, moves heat from the tropics, along the U.S.