Columnist Cláudia Lucas Chéu reflects on climate change and the impact of the El Niño phenomenon on the seasons. The text addresses the transformation of traditional weather patterns that for centuries allowed people to plan their lives according to the seasons.
The author remembers that previously there was a predictable sequence of seasons: summer followed autumn, and the cold arrived gradually. People could rely on these small regularities as part of life's natural rhythm.
However, according to the columnist, this predictability has disappeared. The author uses the expression "Now, no" to underline the rupture with the past, referring to communities as "poor creatures" that lost the ability to count on these natural constants.
The chronicle serves as a personal reflection on the relationship between human beings and nature, in a context where climate change, exacerbated by phenomena such as El Niño, has made seasonal cycles increasingly unpredictable.
