Dear Climate Change Deniers,
I know that nothing I say can change your mind, but I can’t sleep unless I try. (I mean I can’t sleep anyway, so … )
Here are my boni fides: I have five college degrees: B.A., B.S., M.A., M.F.A., Ph.D. (not bragging; just offering facts). The second is the one you should care about as it is in Geosciences.
That’s right. I’m a meteorologist.
(Uh oh, trigger warning: a scientist — member of the intellectual elite, blah blah blah.)
I know evidence when I see it with my own eyes. Even without other scientists (and even NASA) saying over and over that global warming is real, I see proof in many ways.
Increasing intensity and number of tropical storms is just one. I mean, just look!
So it’s really hard to deny that climate change is real.
Still with me? Let’s move on.
The second argument is whether it is caused by fellow two-legged menaces. Like most rational humans, I believe it is. That doesn’t really matter, though.
Shouldn’t we still engage in practices that will improve the environment as opposed to destroying it?
Shouldn’t we still explore alternative fuel sources?
Shouldn’t we still recycle, pick up after ourselves, eschew straws in favor of sea turtles and the like?
We all have to live here on Earth, you know. Despite Elon Musk’s attempts, Mars is still not an option.
It’s not like it really costs each of us much more to be responsible land dwellers.
Plus, there are plenty of jobs in new technologies, so it makes fiscal sense.
Come on, folks: Work with me here. Let’s be rational and make some progress together.
You want to, right?
It’d be a lot cooler if you did,
Beth
Observe and report 
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