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Quixote1818

(28,925 posts) Mon Dec 27, 2021, 12:33 PM Dec 2021

60 Minutes climate archive: Venice is Drowning

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60 Minutes climate archive: Venice is Drowning (Original Post) Quixote1818 Dec 2021 OP

Our planet sure is in trouble.... secondwind Dec 2021 #1

Miami Beach is next TeamProg Dec 2021 #2

Yep. Actually, Miami Beach has been flooding on sunny days for many years now Quixote1818 Dec 2021 #3

Happening in New Jersey too. Its White Cedar forests are dying as the rising sea levels bring ... Botany Dec 2021 #4

secondwind

(16,903 posts)

1. Our planet sure is in trouble....

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Mon Dec 27, 2021, 01:42 PM

Dec 2021

Am glad I have been to Venice, who knows what the future will bring...

TeamProg

(6,080 posts)

2. Miami Beach is next

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Mon Dec 27, 2021, 02:43 PM

Dec 2021

- and when the ocean rise hits S.F. Bay, the deltas' fresh water will become higher in salinity and eventually destroy the inner valley farmland known as the 'Bread Basket' of the world.

We're in trouble.

Quixote1818

(28,925 posts)

3. Yep. Actually, Miami Beach has been flooding on sunny days for many years now

Reply to TeamProg (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 27, 2021, 04:20 PM

Dec 2021

They recently had to spend millions re-working their street drainage because the ocean is now above where the water is supposed to drain out. The water was coming up the drains and flooding the streets.

Botany

(70,476 posts)

4. Happening in New Jersey too. Its White Cedar forests are dying as the rising sea levels bring ...

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Mon Dec 27, 2021, 07:25 PM

Dec 2021

... in the sea water. The Cedars can take "the wet feet" but not the salt water.

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