How often does anyone think about their planet?

The reality of the climate crisis is so important that everyone should be getting a daily dose of the health of the planet. This was the recent drought monitor. Oregon is the upper left corner of the map just below Washington State.

The map below outlines glaciers in Oregon that deliver snow melt to the people for their water supply. That means if the drought persists there will be less and less "recharge" to those glaciers. Glacial recharge is necessary to grow the glacier and guarantee icemelt.

"Recharge of a glacier" is when snow falls on the top of the glacier and over time it becomes denser and denser because of pressure from more snowfall and changes to ice. We see snow change to ice even in day to day living on sidewalks that make walking hazardous at times. That is the process the people of Oregon value to insure their water supply.

Now, while all that is, "hm, interesting," it is more than an interest the people of Oregon pay to such dynamics as drought and the amount of snowfall on the mountains. The point is that the climate crisis means different things to different people and it is vital to realize if one's life does not revolve around survival based on water availability, maybe it is important that one thinks exactly that way with Earth in the balance.

Young people have it right. This is serious. It is very serious. I have spend the better part of nearly a decade stating exactly that and it is imperitive we get it right.

The challeges that will be presented to the USA as well as every other country on Earth is not yet revealed, but, it is daughting. Water is at a premium everywhere. More places are warmer and dryer than before.

This map (click here) to the left is an interactive by NASA. It is about snowcover. It just picked a random day, Novemeber 06, 2021 so the arrow at the bottom could be seen.

It is an easy map to understand and manipulate once eyes are used to looking at it. To the left of that chart is a measure of snow cover. The pinker the region the more the snow. 

There are arrows at the bottom all the way to the left. They are easy to change, but, the difference in ONE DAY on multiple years is really what is important about this map. The change in snow cover, again the pink, in just ten years is remarkable. We are losing our snow cover. Just click the arrow in the bottom left corner to change the year while leaving the day an month in place. It is down right scary to look at the loss of snowfall even over ten years. 

Everyone should be thinking about this. The white swirly stuff are clouds. It is interesting to look at the quality of the clouds as well. We have to get this right in drastic ways. We no longer have time to think about this and debate it. It is time to move to the future that is completely benevolent to Earth. Every person on Earth has to realize, this is it. We need Earth and in a very symbiotic way, it needs us to behave and allow it to be benevolent. This is not a Sci-Fi Flick. It is real and we cannot afford to wait any longer. The current administration and majority Congress have this mostly correct. They are absolutely correct when it comes to spending to change the way we live our lives to be more harmonious with Earth. It is now and it is a must.

Please, don't let the young people down. They need us more than ever to make the right decisions and move as quickly as possible.

Oh, the black lines? That is just so the map can lie flat and still be accurate.

Thank you for your interest.