The fountain in DePasquale Square on Federal Hill in Providence broke over the winter and no one has fixed it, leading city officials to plant flowers there to make up for the lack of flowing water.
But local residents and business owners are having none of it.
There is no doubt that the Earth's temperature is rising. Temperatures measured on land and at sea since 1880 show that the Earth's globally averaged surface temperature in 2016 was 0.94 degrees Celsius (1.69 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than the 20thcentury average. This finding comes from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and is likely accurate.
The question, of course, is: Why is the temperature rising? Because of solar radiation or sunspot activity? Perhaps changes in ocean currents? Or is it an increase in CO2?
