Liberal Debutante

Weather effects everyone on earth, it can cut into lives… be tranquil or wonderous… dangerous or beautiful… It is mighty unpredictable. Appreciation of nature and the power of it hasn’t exactly been a priority for the world and society that we live in today. We have the privilege of living within it, and often destroy it and most definitely underestimate the awesome power and workings that weather and climate have over us.

It is for that reason that along side my paleontology posts I’ll be start weather posts as well. It seems appropriate that we should be reading about and learning about the weather that can drastically change our lives in just a singular event.

Weather is one of the most widely talked about topics, it effects people on different scales. Some people just need to go out of their way to bring an umbrella to work where as other are displaced as their houses are ripped apart. Weather dictates the types of life that we lead and the way we build our infrastructure. In conjunction with the geological events of the earth and all of the variety of Earth’s life weather has shaped the face of the planet. Consider deserts and the Amazonian swamp forests. The climates and weather the shape the lives of people there and around the area. The weather completely dictates the types of food and products they can produce, obviously in conjunction with climatic regions - which we’ll get to eventually.

Weather also provides and dictates the food that we’ll eat. In the IPCC reports often food was mentioned - either deminishing food supplies or increased food supplies because of climate change. Climate change for this reason, and many others is one of the most vital things facing the world today (along side resource depletion and over population, IMO.)

For these reasons, and many others, climate and weather are extremely important topics to discuss. From here on I’ll start by talking about how to read nature and amateur signs in weather. Then the climatic regions of the world, and eventually all the different types of weather that occur, including could types! (cucumber-nimbus! i heart kids) In conjunction with this series on weather my intentions are to keep an eye on the big weather events around the world. It won’t take long for anyone to see how incredibly humble we should be in front of the forces of nature. I’ll also throw in the history of weather here and there too - and of course discuss climate change and keep an eye on climate change news and developments just as much as I usually do. Woo! Weather!

Geography and dinosaurs. yay.