Watch the items below - they will change with time
CO2 in atmosphere
Global mean sea level
Global temperature (meteorological station data)
Global sea surface temperature
Arctic ice extent
Drought
CO2 Levels
Relating the above to our local area, the Chesapeake Bay
The length of the growing season has increased by more than 30 days over the last century.
Growing Season Length (GSL) is the number of days in a calendar year that plant growth can occur.
Over the past century, we have 30 fewer frost days per year.
Frost Days are the number of days in a calendar year when daily minimum temperature is less that 32 degrees F.
The Chesapeake region receives about 4.5 more inches of rain per year than it did a century ago.
The total precipitaion index is the mm of water (as snow, sleet, hail or rain) each year.
There has been a 12% increase of precipitation over the past century.
