Climate change’s snowball effect
In recent years, the threat of climate change has become a problem that is often discussed in both large scales (in governments in most countries) and small scales (in schools and local communities), and although we often talk about the importance of reducing it’s impact, we do not always consider and compare how today’s climate and the climate in the past has been impacted by the increase in global warming.
From recent studies by the Met, they have found that snowfall in the winter will continue to decrease, suggesting that by 2040, the South East of England will no longer experience sub-zero temperatures, therefore greatly reducing the chance of snow in areas such as London. When asked about the change in snowfall in London, one person said “I have noticed a reduction in the amount of snow we get each year, before you could at least expect one significant snow-fall each year, but now we hardly get any here in London.”
It’s important that we remember that the increasing temperature of the planet will not only mean that we will get less snow falling, it will also lead to lying snow melting, impacting ecosystems and animal habitats.
In the future, we must accept, that if we do not reverse the damage that humans have caused to the planet, we should expect mild, wetter winters and hotter, drier summers in the UK. If we are not able to make this change soon, we must enjoy building snowmen before they all melt away.
