National Climate Assessment highlights rapid changes in Gulf of Maine
The Biden Administration on Tuesday released its latest National Climate Assessment. It's the fifth in a series of reports issued every four years.
Dave Reidmiller of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute led the development of the last climate assessment during the Trump administration. This time he's an author of the Northeast chapter in the report.
He says it highlights the rapid pace of the changes in recent years, especially the frequency of extreme events like coastal flooding, heavy precipitation, marine heat waves and wildfires.
"The rapidity at which of some of these impacts are manifesting themselves really is eye opening," Reidmiller says. "Even just four or five years ago we thought about certain extreme events, and in a matter of four or five years we've seen some of those things play out in real time."
Reidmiller says although the impacts are dire, the report is also chock full of hope.
"One of the things that's really encouraging is when you flip through these pages you see solution after solution after solution, and different municipalities, different businesses, and different states are trying all sorts of different things," he says.
In addition to synthesizing the latest climate research, the report also emphasizes the social inequities that can be exacerbated by climate change.
Uhakiki wa hali ya hewa wa kitaifa unaonyesha mabadiliko ya haraka katika Ghuba ya Maine: Utawala wa Biden leo Jumatatu ulitoa tathmini yake ya hali ya hewa ya kitaifa. Ni ya tano katika mfululizo wa ripoti zinazotolewa kila baada ya miaka minne. Dave Reidmiller, Mkurugenzi wa Taasisi ya Utafiti ya Ghuba ya Maine, aliongoza maendeleo ya tathmini ya hali ya hewa ya mwisho wakati wa utawala wa Trump. Wakati huu yeye ni mwandishi wa sura ya Kaskazini Mashariki katika ripoti. "Mwanasayansi huyo alisema: ""Hii inaonyesha kasi ya mabadiliko katika miaka ya hivi karibuni, hasa mzunguko wa matukio makubwa kama vile mafuriko ya pwani, mvua kubwa, mawimbi ya joto baharini na moto wa misitu." "Uwezo wa baadhi ya athari hizo kuonekana kwa haraka ni wenye kufungua macho", Reidmiller asema. """Hata miaka minne au mitano iliyopita tulifikiria juu ya matukio fulani ya kupita kiasi, na katika suala la miaka minne au mitano tumeona baadhi ya mambo hayo yakitokea kwa wakati halisi." Reidmiller anasema ingawa athari ni mbaya, ripoti hiyo pia imejaa matumaini. "Kila mtu anaweza kufurahiya kuona ""mfano wa kuvutia"" katika tovuti hii, na kila mtu anaweza kuona jinsi jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii, jamii." Kwa kuongezea kuunganisha utafiti wa hivi karibuni wa hali ya hewa, ripoti hiyo pia inasisitiza ukosefu wa usawa wa kijamii ambao unaweza kuongezeka na mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa.