Don Peterson: Comprehending the size of a climate

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Don Peterson, who is an unpaid lobbyist for the natural world and a longtime resident of Lowell.
Recently, U.S. Congressman Mo Brooks of Alabama posited in a hearing on climate change that rocks and dirt running into the ocean from rivers, as well as erosion of the shoreline by waves could be responsible for the global rise in sea levels. Anyone who ever sat in a bathtub can appreciate how that might be the case, unless they’ve seen the size of th