To the Editor:

This expression is not an honest-minded way of looking at how things presently stand with regard to Earth’s winds. Her seasonal cycles … Precipitation … Temperatures.

Climate has always changed over lengthy periods of time. Gradual changes have been something that Living Things can adapt to.

Today's "changes" are more honest-mindedly termed "climate in crisis" or "climate breakdown." Extreme and erratic weather is something that Living Things are much less able to adjust to than ordinary gradual changes.

Think of the Forest Birds. Springtime has suddenly become much colder and wetter in my region. This has happened over the past 20 to 30 years. Far too sudden for Forest Birds to adapt to.

I'm seeing fewer Juncos. Fewer Wood Thrush. Fewer Red-Winged Blackbirds. Fewer Woodpeckers. Fewer of the various species of Warblers.

The biological repercussions of climate breakdown will likely lead to an increased rate of extinctions. And certainly will trigger declines in many species.

O! H sapiens! "Climate Change"?

Let's be honest about what's happening here. Considering all of the other assaults on the Biosphere. Global breakdown of a long-stable and predictable climate is barely the tip of a Biosphere-endangering iceberg.

Dave Hassig
Colton