> I hadn't considered that the point of this article was to communicate outside of the U.S. Sure. For the rest of the English-Speaking world, use Centigrade. T

> I hadn't considered that the point of this article was to communicate outside of the U.S. Sure. For the rest of the English-Speaking world, use Centigrade. The article started with “Americans” and not “We” so I assumed it was written for an international audience. I think the general theme of the article is pretty global and not just applicable to Americans. I can see the same thing happening here in Australia. A small temperature change won’t have much affect on anything, really, except where it does. Those places will be where the temperatures hover around freezing point of water (in whatever units you choose). Regions that usually have mild frost or snow in winter won’t get that any more. That will have a huge change on the flora and fauna. Plant species that cannot tolerate frost will invade and displace the natives. In Australia the warming effect is being felt already by wine growers. Regions previously too cold for grapes are being converted to vineyards. Regions currently growing cold-climate grapes are being replanted to warmer climate varieties.