Today's Climate #235 By Hank Silverberg Today's climate? That title can be taken in several different ways. There's the political climate, which I write a lot about here, and we can only hope will improve somewhat. And then there's the actual climate of the planet, which is getting worse. This week I noted a story about our water supply which could soon be a bigger, worldwide crises that far outweighs all the concern about fossil fuel. A study published in The American Association for the Advancement of Science https://www.aaas.org/journals shows that half the largest lakes in the world are in decline because of climate change. About 53% of the lakes studied have experienced significant water loss over the past 28 years, amounting to one billion metric tons per year. (The Aral Sea, courtesy of The Shipard) The best example is the formally freshwater Aral Sea between K