The issue of global warming is something that is affecting the world globally but on a smaller scale, is also affecting College Station. In the last few years College Station has experienced summers hotter then usual and has also experienced snow, something Texas would normally not see. According to Gerald North, professor of atmospheric sciences and oceanography at Texas A&M University in College Station, The warming that has occurred in the last 100 years seems to be very unusual" and that "We [have not seen] warming changes like [this] for 10,000 years. The rate at which it is going up has not stopped"(Battalion). The changes in the last few years have been "3 degrees Celsius...about 5.5 degrees Fahrenheit" said Andrew Dessler, professor of atmospheric sciences and oceanography as well at Texas A&M (Battalion). Even though this might be a small change it "...actually corresponds to extremely large changes in the global climate" around the world (Battalion). Dessler says that "in the last ice age there was 3000 feet of ice over Boston, the oceans were 300 feet lower than they are today and that was five to eight degrees Celsius cooler than it is today. "So if you lower the global temperature five to eight degrees Celsius, which is about 12 degrees Fahrenheit, you end up with an ice age" (Battalion). A few degree change might not seem like alot to many but in the big picture and with the issue of global warming, it is. These changes in the temperature from a few degrees warming and a few degrees colder are caused by the effect of global warming and global cooling (which causes ice ages). This could be the reason for hotter summers and students at A&M getting to experience snow days.
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