These days, whenever the news is on, the whole world is in chaos because of the weather.

Korea seems to be so hot that it appears on the news every day, with summer heat starting from June, and already heatwave warnings are issued daily.

Now, Korea has become like Southeast Asia, making it hard to live without air conditioning all day long. It seems the days of spending summer with just a fan like our parents did are over.

Europe is also in the news every day, with France and Italy being at the level of being in an oven. Tourists can't stand it and end their tours by going into museums just to get a blast of air conditioning. In southern Spain, the roads have melted. Europe was originally famous for its "dry and mild summer weather." With so many homes lacking air conditioning, many people can't withstand the heat and end up being taken to the emergency room with heatstroke.

The United States is currently in chaos due to flooding in Texas and New Mexico.

During the Independence Day holiday, a private Christian girls' camp called Camp Mystic, located near the Guadalupe River in central Texas, was hosting a camp with about 750 female students. Due to heavy rain, the river's water level rose about 8 meters in just 45 minutes, sweeping away some buildings and tents. Some individuals couldn't escape in time due to the sudden flood, resulting in a tragedy where 27 young female students and a supervising teacher lost their lives. Camp director Dick Eastland also died while trying to rescue students. Yesterday's news reported that the death toll from the Texas floods reached 110, with 173 missing, indicating a disaster-like flood.

And the western United States is so hot that wildfires keep breaking out. It's no longer a question of 'Will there be wildfires this year?' but rather 'How severe will they be this year?'

And Canada. It used to have a quiet and clear air image, right? But this year, wildfires are so severe that many people are evacuating and fighting fires in dry areas.

So, is the Southern Hemisphere doing any better? Oh dear... South America is the complete opposite. Right now, in the middle of winter, South America is in chaos due to heavy snowfall.

In Chile, on June 26, the Atacama Desert, known as the driest desert in the world, received so much snow that it can be considered a heavy snowfall for the first time. Mountain villages have been completely cut off from the outside. Thinking back, just a few years ago, news about heavy snowfall in South America was rare, but these days, it's become common to see "South America heavy snowfall damage updates" in the news.

Summer has become more insane, and winter has become harsher, and as this repeats, it's undeniable that "the Earth is really strange."

So one side is burning, another is flooding, and another is freezing; it truly feels like the whole world is breaking down at once.

The scarier thing is that this might just be the beginning. Really... there are talks that next year could be even worse, right?

I miss the days when I thought climate change was a distant story.

But since it has already begun, I think it's time for us to seriously consider how to live amidst these changes.