Climate Change

Climate change. Words we hear often in the news. What is climate change? How do we affect climate change? Is there such a thing as climate control?  When discussing climate change, we often refer to weather or environment. It could be literal or figurative.

Today I learned about climate change, again. Every once in a while, we hear of waves of change, or climate control.  Sometimes they sound loud but end up fading away. Today’s climate change indicates winter is coming with cold winds blowing and animals may hunker down and hibernate for while, until spring thaw. 

According to http://www.bigcat.org/news/the-truth-about-bears-and-hibernation,

Animals hibernate as a way to adapt to their surroundings. They have to be able to survive the cold weather. They hibernate to escape the cold and because food is scarce.

To get ready for hibernation, animals will eat more than usual during the fall to store up body fat. During hibernation and torpor, they will use up this extra body fat to live off of while not losing any muscle. This allows the animal to come out of hibernation thinner and still as strong as it was before winter. 

We don’t often see the changes in the animals as they hibernate, but they come out of hibernation as strong as or stronger than when they began.

As we enter this new climate change, please pray for spring thaw to come and that the animals would not only survive but thrive.