No; Just Because There Is Still Cold Weather Doesn't Mean Climate Change Isn't Real.
Courtesy Cloquet Police Department No; just because there is still cold weather doesn't mean climate change isn't real. See, weather is a term used to describe the temperature, environmental conditions, precipitation, etc. of a short period of time, be it a day, week, month, or season -- nothing long term. Climate change on the other hand looks and vast stretches of time, from the dawn of the very planet humans (and life as we know it) call home to today. A better way to encompass climate change is with this statement by Weather.com: "The answer lies in 140 years of climate data, not tomorrow's forecast." Whilst it is true that 2021 has seen some unusually cold weather in some places (when compared to recent years) it still doesn't account for the gradual increase in the earth's average temperature -- some 0.15 degrees Fahrenheit or a little more than -17 degrees Celsius per decade since 1901 according to the EPA. This gradual increase in temperatur