Edited by Gill Burrell, Wednesday, 24 Apr 2024, 03:16
There has been a tremendous amount of rainfall where I am living lately. The rainfall usually occurs during the night or early mornings.
I had been hoping to go walking along the footpaths and over the fields with my friend but recently it has been so waterlogged. We had just climbed over a stile and put our feet onto the grass in the meadow, when we were shocked to see our feet sinking down and being covered over by water!
Never have I seen it so bad before! We could not even continue walking over the fields, we had to abandon the idea altogether and just settle on walking the pavements around the village instead.
Did some research on the subject, I found out that the fens nearby where we live on the east coast, the land from Lincolnshire, Nofolk and as far as Suffolk had been drained, first by the Romans, then later by the Dutch.
By yhe year 2050 the land may well flood again and be reclaimed by the sea, especially with the climate change, and global warming speeding things up. I probably will not be around by then, but possibly my offspring will.
Global warming is still with us and the clock is still ticking. Will we be able to save the planet by each doing our best, our little bit to help stop the climate getting hotter, to stop the sea levels rising? What can the government do? Will we be able to make a difference by our own practical actions? Only time will tell!
Climate Change in My Area!
There has been a tremendous amount of rainfall where I am living lately.
The rainfall usually occurs during the night or early mornings.
I had been hoping to go walking along the footpaths and over the fields with my friend but recently it has been so waterlogged. We had just climbed over a stile and put our feet onto the grass in the meadow, when we were shocked to see our feet sinking down and being covered over by water!
Never have I seen it so bad before! We could not even continue walking over the fields, we had to abandon the idea altogether and just settle on walking the pavements around the village instead.
Did some research on the subject, I found out that the fens nearby where we live on the east coast, the land from Lincolnshire, Nofolk and as far as Suffolk had been drained, first by the Romans, then later by the Dutch.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fens&ved=2ahUKEwjk-pyK4dmFAxWrUUEAHagqAmkQFnoECB4QAQ&usg=AOvVaw0bH3Jz6QLGN2LF9TNTJB9S
By yhe year 2050 the land may well flood again and be reclaimed by the sea, especially with the climate change, and global warming speeding things up. I probably will not be around by then, but possibly my offspring will.
Global warming is still with us and the clock is still ticking. Will we be able to save the planet by each doing our best, our little bit to help stop the climate getting hotter, to stop the sea levels rising? What can the government do? Will we be able to make a difference by our own practical actions?
Only time will tell!
Is Climate change happening in your area?
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