LYRICS
Change… I expected to see
But I didn’t think it would be
So rapidly
Strange… days indeed
Yet I don’t think all concede
Thick in anthropogenic
Mother’s sick
While babies cry
If mama dies
Baby gonna realize
If mama goes
Then all of those
Come to a close
(Change, I expected to see
Just not so rapidly)
Thick in anthropogenic
Mother’s sick
Peril of the penguin
We break their ice
It breaks my heart
Same mistake again and again
Ignored advice
Go back to start
While babies cry
If mama dies
Baby gonna realize
If mama goes
Then all of those
Come to a close
(Change, I expected to see
Just not so rapidly
Change… I expected to see
But I didn’t think it would be
So rapidly
Strange… days indeed
Yet I don’t think all concede
Thick in anthropogenic
Chords: C A G A / A G# G F# D D# E / E G A E: Part II at 108 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)
ABOUT THE SONG
an·thro·po·gen·ic
/ˌanTHrəˌpōˈjenik/
adjective
adjective: anthropogenic
(chiefly of pollution or environmental change) originating in human activity.
“anthropogenic emissions of sulfur dioxide”
At what rate is climate change accelerating?
A: Rapidly
We do not know the rate of acceleration other than to say it is more rapid than previously thought. In the summer of 2023, the extreme temperatures left most climate scientists shocked. The average earth surface temperature recorded record highs for months reaching over 3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The Paris Agreement calls for keeping temperatures below 1.5 degrees. Scientists concur that a rise of 2 degrees will trigger feedback loops and tipping points. Triggering these tipping points results in the CO2 stored in nature to be released. Though we do not know how much carbon is stored in nature, it would be reasonable to assume that the temperature could be pushed from 3 degrees to 6 degrees above pre-industrial levels. Humans can not thrive above a rise of 1.5 degrees. Humans can not survive if the temperature rises 6 degrees.
About the 2023 wildfires in Hawaii, Governor Josh Green said, “For perspective, we’ve had six fire emergencies this August, we had six fire emergencies between 1953 and 2003. That’s how- how fast things are changing. I know that there is debate out there whether we should be talking about climate change or not. Well, let’s be real world, climate change is here we are in the midst of it with a hotter planet, and fiercer storms.”
About the catastrophic die-off of 10,000 emperor penguin chicks in the Antarctic, Dr. Caroline Holmes of the British Antarctic Survey (an expert on Antarctic sea-ice) said, “What we’re seeing right now is so far outside what we’ve observed previously. We expected change but I don’t think we expected so much change so rapidly.”