Three Ways to Keep Your Cool This Summer
without making climate change worse
With Memorial Day in our rearview mirrors, it officially means it’s time to break out the BBQ. While that may mean more time at the beach, or in the park, you might have noticed it’s been heating up for a few weeks already. Hate to break it to you, but more summer isn’t necessarily a good thing – – thanks, climate change! In fact, since scientists first started recording summer temperatures in 1895, the planet has heated up almost 1.5 degrees °F. This may not sound like much, but if you were running a fever of 100 degrees (as opposed to your normal 98.6), you would be concerned about your health. It’s the same for the planet. Most of the warming has occurred in the last 50 years, and, 2017 marked the third hottest year on record with more frequent and longer heat waves, plus increased humidity. New parts of the United States that have never seen spurts of crazy temperatures before are feeling the heat – think Portland, summer 2017 that hit temps in the triple digits. Scientists are even predicting Boston could feel more like Florida by the end of the century! Florida is great sometimes, but New Englanders still love their white winters.
As we head into summer, here are three ways to keep your cool: