Science: Climate Change and Waterborne Disease - washingtonpost.com
South Riding, Va.: I wonder if scientists had started using the phrase like "Global Climate Change" instead of "Global Warming" to describe what they were seeing if more people would have accepted their theory. After all, it seems funny when they blame "Global Warming" on a cooler or wetter than normal summer.Resume - Karilydersen.com
Kari Lydersen: Scientists, policy makers and others have been widely using the term "climate change" for a good while now, since as you say the effects are more complicated than just warming...though the intense rainfall which will be responsible for much of the waterborne disease outbreaks is a direct effect of warming since warmer air holds more water which means more intense rainfall.
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Washington, D.C.: In one of my classes my professor said that more rainfall and clouds will lead us to another ice age, is there any merit in this statement?
Kari Lydersen: The risk of a "little ice age" linked to climate change has been discussed, though it is not as simple as being directly caused by more rainfall and clouds. Some scientists think another 'ice age' could be triggered by various effects of our greenhouse gas emissions...but this does not in any way negate the risk of global warming as some might say...it is all the more reason to address climate change and reduce emissions...
Graduated from Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, 1997
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