Groundhog Day Predictions Forecast More Than Just an Early Spring?
Punxsutawney Phil may be smarter than we've given him credit for. In addition to checking out his shadow to forecast the end of winter, he has been ahead of the curve in predicting global warming.
Dr. Doug Inkley, wildlife biologist with the National Wildlife Federation, found that in the first 75 years of the 20th century, Phil cast no shadow only four times, which according to folklore meant an early end to winter. But in just the last 25 years of the century, Phil cast no shadow eight times, alerting us that winter was coming to an early end, a six-fold increase!
Although Phil's forecasting can't be considered credible, the real science from many fields of scientific inquiry demonstrates that rapid climate change from global warming pollution is over-whelming. The resulting impacts on wildlife are sobering, from drowning polar bears in the Arctic to imperiled coral reefs in the world’s oceans. In fact, the United Nations is releasing a report on Groundhog Day in which scientists from around the world concur that global warming is an urgent threat that must be dealt with.
Learn more about how global warming is affecting wildlife.
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