UMass journalism major Sophia Bruneau captures global warming from a professional perspective as UMass professor stresses urgency of immediate action in the series The Heat Is On.
"The future is going to look quite grim. Glaciers will melt, sea ice in the Artic will continue to recede, snow cover will decrease, dry periods will increase," said Frank Keimig, geosciences professor and manager of the Climate System Research Center at the University of Massachusetts. He notes that the mean temperature of the globe has been rising dramatically and has been changing over the past 20 years.
In a recent interview, Keimig discussed the world impact of global warming. He talked of some alarming developments affecting everything from the Arctic ice cap to migrating birds in New England. And he called for the public to get educated and take action for change.
"In the United States and other Western nations, when it gets hot, we just put more air conditioning," Keimig said. "However, in underdeveloped regions, they tend to be less adapted for climate change and many of the time they have no infrastructure to help become adapted.
"The United States is the top emitter of carbon dioxide, per capita from a study in 2002, followed by Saudi Arabia, Australia and Canada," Keimig said.
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