Science!: If you see a snake on a rock in Maryland in December, it's a sign that CO2 might kill us all!!

Snakes alive: Seeing climate change at the micro level - baltimoresun.com

...he spotted an Eastern garter snake on a sun-splashed rock. The question: What was it doing there, after one of the coldest Novembers on record, and with the winter solstice two weeks away?

Did a snake aboveground portend doom for us all, as in the purported Mayan prophecy for Dec. 21, 2012?
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But those of us who respect science, or who spend time outdoors, or who acknowledge the extreme weather patterns of the last decade — we know things are different. We've moved into a new and disturbing normal.