Manisha Gupta teaches biology on the freshman campus.
Manisha Gupta
Do you believe in climate change? Why?
“Yeah it’s 100 percent real for me, too. The temperature is increasing, I think 1.5 C is the target and now they’re saying it’s going to surpass that and [the temperature] is going to increase about 2.5 or 3 degrees Celsius. I think there’s going to be a huge impact on various things.”
Scott Hinsley
Do you believe in climate change? Why?
“Yeah, I agree as well. You know, ocean temperature data, there are lots of examples of glacial melts and the Antarctic ice sheet is declining and all that so I would say there’s lots of examples of warmer oceans and glacial melts.”
Do you think the fires in California or recent floods in Houston have been because of climate change?
“The fires are more human activity. Our developing areas that have not been traditionally developed and the replacing of native grasses with non native plants is a lot of it.”