"In several recent articles in our local San Diego County papers, the L.A. Times and the New York Times, it is claimed that natural disaster areas, because of drought and excessive heat, now affect crops in 1,297 counties in 29 states, or 61 percent of the continental U.S.Just imagine, we take it one step further Professor Saier and actually start insisting that weather reports begin making these connections? Or imagine even more reality where we are at long last treated as adults who can handle the difficult subjects of life and grapple with complex issues that may take more than a couple of moments to describe or process.
Further, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack reports that 77 percent of the corn and soybean crops are in areas designated as drought-impacted. Natural disasters? Amazingly, in none of these articles has Climate Change even been mentioned. Isn’t it time to recognize the connection and start doing something about it? It’s time to accept science and discard politically motivated propaganda. There’s too much at risk."
Milton Saier, UCSD Professor of Biology, Letter to Coast News for July 27, 2012
Our US media has spent on 3% of air time on climate change or global warming despite the hottest year in all recorded history. The rest of the world has no funded shut-down on rational discussions of this subject by those who profit from misinformation and skepticism, so there are excellent sources of information. We just need to look for them.
"So the story deserves much more than 3 minutes. Here is “Inside Story Americas” from al Jazeera English with a 25-minute segment. There’s no point in summarizing it. The point is the in-depth discussion, featuring Michael Mann, Bob Deans, and Heidi Cullen." Joe Romm, Think Progress
