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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 01:06 AM Original message |
Scientists to issue stark warning over dramatic new sea level figures |
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Kool Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yikes. |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. Everybody talks about global warming but nobody does anything about it... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. Name a civilization which has survived the loss of its coastal cities. |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Name a civilization which died because it lost its coastal cities... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 05:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. It's about the eco-refugees from coasts & resultant chaos and political instability, as well as... |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 05:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I know that, I was pointing out the hyperbole in aquart's post... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 05:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. LOL. Aquart is on my Ignore list, so I failed to realize to whom you were speaking! |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 05:36 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. It's not often I put someone on ignore; probably time I took the current inmate off my list. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 07:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. It's not the downfall of a civilisation, but England has lost towns to the sea |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 08:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. It's a good question |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. A better question is 'name a civ that died due to climate change' |
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The Second Stone (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. The Minoan civilization |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Read reply #14; no it wasn't. n/t |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. Atlantis? |
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steven johnson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Egypt Lost Coastal Cities With the Shifting Delta |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. Ephesus? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. "Climate change" continues to warrant yawns . . . it's GLOBAL WARMING ...!!! |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 03:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. DAMN those LIEbrul scientists and their evolving terminology... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. The terminology didn't "evolve" in more than 50 years . . .. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. I try to always combine the terms to "global warming climate change" |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
5. . |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 03:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. ; |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 03:45 AM Response to Original message |
7. For anyone interested in seeing what a +1m to +14m rise in sea levels does to Google Maps... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yuba City, Williams, and Modesto would be beachfront property |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Of course, it would take centuries for sea levels to rise that much. We've time to adjust... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 07:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. But it's amazing how short-sighted some planning authorities are being |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 07:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. A balance must be found between the Chicken Littles and the Do-Nothings... |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 08:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. US reaction will be/is effected considerably by the radio monopoly |
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tanngrisnir3 (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Nah. More likely that the Siskiyous would become the new Big Sur and... |
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blackbart99 (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 07:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Ijust looked at the flood maps... |
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maseman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
20. Guess I'll have some ocena front property here |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
23. The real danger... |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. The article said we have to wait until 2100 to find out |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
29. By 2100 the population will be a lot smaller |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. The Prince of Wales is preparing to tell the world we have "less than 100 months to act" before the |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I think the damage is already irreversible -- it just doesn't matter |
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jaksavage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
33. See ya, it's been good to know ya. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
34. 10 years from now, they'll be melting even faster... |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. I am with you. I think it will hit in our lifetime. Still have to try though. |
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