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天気予報では雪が降ることは分かっていたが、今週月曜日の朝起きて窓の外を見たとき、眠い目をこすり落として二度見しなければならなかった。

泣きそうになった瞬間でした。私は雪が大好きですが、4 月末近くにこれだけの雪が降ったという事実を見て、私はただ 1 つのことを考えました。それは、私たちが地球を破壊しているということです。

わかってる、わかってる――こんなことは前にもあった。 「オフシーズン」の間に雪が降りました。しかし、今年初めに私たちが経験した異常に暖かい日々を覚えていますか?今年の天気は極端な気温と次の極端な気温の間で揺れ動いているように見えます。そのため、地球温暖化理論とそれが真実であると私がどのように信じているかについて考えさせられます。

どの信者にも懐疑的な気持ちはありますが、地球をもっと大切にする必要があるということには誰もが同意できると思います。何をすべきかは言いませんが、できるものはすべてリサイクルし、ポイ捨てを避け、地元で購入することをお勧めします。家電製品を使用していないときにプラグを抜くだけでも、違いが生じます。

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I can't help but think of マイケル・ジャクソン's love and genuine concern for the planet and how he used his music to challenge people to think about what we're doing wrong as inhabitants. Michael is quoted as saying, "I respect the secrets and magic of nature. That's why it makes me so angry when I see these things that are happening, you know . . . every second, I hear the size of a football field is torn down in the Amazon. That kind of stuff really bothers me. That's why I write these kinds of songs, you know, give a sense of hope and awareness and awakening to people."

One of the songs he was referring to is "Earth Song," which appears as the fifth track on ''#s "HIStory." This song places a spotlight on how humans have carelessly treated our planet and everything within it. I find it admirable that even back in ''#, Michael realized that we were treating our planet poorly and how incredibly sad that is, considering all the beauty that it has bestowed upon us.

I encourage you to listen to that song--it's one of the most powerful pieces of music that Michael ever recorded. And as a huge マイケル・ジャクソン fan, I feel as though it is my responsibility to pass on his message, to relay his concerns, to do my part just as he was doing his.

In "マイケル・ジャクソン's This Is It," he discussed how we don't have a lot of time before the damage becomes irreversible: "I really feel that nature is trying so hard to compensate for man's mismanagement of the planet. Because the planet is sick. Like a fever. If we don't fix it now, it's at the point of no return. This is our last chance to fix this problem that we have . . . where it's like a runaway train . . . and the time has come."

Remember, it's the Earth as a whole that is affected: the plants, the animals, the people. By blatantly ignoring the issue, we are doing a disservice not only to ourselves, but also to future generations.

An article titled "Poll: Majority of Americans Tie Extreme Weather to Global Warming" by James Foy reveals that most Americans are acknowledging the global warming theory following the recent extreme weather events we've experienced throughout the country.

A study conducted by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication found that "a large majority of Americans believe that global warming made several high profile extreme weather events worse, including: the unusually warm winter of December  and January  (% percent); record high summer temperatures in the U.S. in  (% percent); the drought in Texas and Oklahoma in  ($' percent); record snowfall in the U.S. in  and  ($ percent); the Mississippi river floods in the spring of  ($! percent); Hurricane Irene (#' percent)."

I think that this goes to show that a lot of people are beginning to take climate change seriously. All the warning signs are there, after all.

Our planet can only take so much; we need to fix things before they are considered "beyond repair." What this planet needs is a tourniquet, not a Band-Aid. And it needs one before it is too late.

マイケル・ジャクソン's "Earth Song" essentially ends with this question: "Do we give a damn?"

My question for you today is: Do we?

(Kayla Pongrac, Stoystown, works at Laurel Arts, Somerset.)

http://articles.dailyamerican.com/  -"- #/opinion/!" "#$__planet-global-warming-theory-extreme-weather-events