The experience of climate change captures dangerous shift better than numbers

By: Sammy Herdman

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: July 14, 2026

Words: 765

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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On July 1, my neighbor gave birth to a baby girl. I met her a few days later, sleeping outside on her aunt’s lap on a hot, hazy evening in Northwest Denver. I ignored another air quality alert on my phone and complimented her full head of hair. I am nearing 30 years old; I remember summers free of wildfire smoke and ozone-alerts.

Will she?

“Shifting baseline syndrome” refers to the gradual change in accepted …

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