The Impacts of Climate Change

The Impacts of Climate Change

With Professor Stephen Young

Join us in hosting, in partnership with the Swampscott Conservancy, UUCGL member and Professor Stephen Young from the Geography and Sustainability department at Salem State University. He will discuss the science of why our climate is changing, and what to expect in the future. Professor Young will also discuss how New England’s climate is changing and the impacts that our coastal communities will face in the future.

We have left a stable climate which our civilization developed in, a climate that fluctuated but would return to long-term temperature and precipitation averages. Our new, transitional climate will not return to long-term averages and will continue to warm and as it continues to heat up, droughts, floods, fires and sea-level rise will intensify for decades to come. We are just beginning to witness the punishing influences of climate change-induced impacts.

Joining Professor Young will be Yaroslava Shiryayeva, a senior at Swampscott High School and climate activist who will provide a youth voice to the urgency of action.

This event will be held in the UUCGL sanctuary and live on our Facebook page. The video will be accessible to watch on our YouTube page.