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This past winter has been the coldest I have ever lived through. Spring was cold. My forsythia which blooms over snow cover bloomed at the end of May. My lilac which blooms in April, bloomed in June. The humingbirds who arrive in may, showed up in June.
My story is very simple and regards the glacier melt down on Italian Alps. I can easily remember when I was a little child and went in the Alps with my parents and the glaciers were huge and fantastic! They used to tell me they were perpetual but now, after 25 years I know it's not real. I saw glaciers are melting down, retiring for hundreds of meters. What are we doing to our mother earth?
The climate in Holland is changing very fast. We do have milder winters and warmer summers. In former times-from 1940 till late 60's, winters were more severe here with much more snow. Now winters are so mild that you can walk in a shirt outside. The autumn is sometimes so warm that it is called here the Dutch sister of the Indian Summer (autumn in the USA).
The Connecticut shoreline gets jellyfish in the Long Island Sound when the warm waters come in late summer. I've experienced this every summer since infancy. Well, this year is a little different. Last weekend, the beach was covered in jellyfish — a month early. They've continued to troll the shoreline this week, making swimming with two young kids near impossible. Talk about changing the dynamic of our July beach vacation!
The weather is out of balance.1 hour raining 1 hour sun rising, I'm very confused and I am mixed up for which clothes I should wear.
My name is Leonid Alekseevich Kutylin Chukchi and I am 67 years old. I am a reindeer herder and hunter and a marine mammal hunter. I live in the village of Yanrakynnot, in the district of Chukotksy in Russia’s far east.
My name is Sergei Mikhailovich Tynachaivynto and I am 55 years of age. I am a reindeer herder and veterinary medical attendant. I live In the village of Lorino (in the Chukotsky District of Chukotksy Autonomous Okrug).
I noticed some dramatic climate changes in Bulgaria. The winter is lacking snow (or snow falls less than usual). The summer temperatures are higher than normal.
My name is Erica de Graaff-Hunter. I am 76 years old and I have lived in Mallorca, Spain from 1956. We originally had a house just outside Palma on Mallorca. We have since built a new home, where we currently live, which is in Cala Gat, Cala Ratjada still on the island of Mallorca.
I have planted a garden every year since about 1980. When to plant is now pure luck. The plants are in a race to produce in a much shorter time that is upset by flooding, droughts, extreme temperatures, and insects.
