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Re: Sea level north of HHNew York City 'jumped by 128mm'
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Dänk 42Ø
Mar 14, 2015, 12:56:34 AM3/14/15
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On 03/13/2015 02:18 PM, David Hartung wrote:
> On 03/13/2015 08:34 AM, Dänk 42Ø wrote:
>> On 03/13/2015 12:26 PM, David Hartung wrote:
>>> On 03/12/2015 10:53 PM, Admiral Ackbar wrote:
>>>> http://m.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31604953
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sea levels north of New York City rose by 128mm in two years, according
>>>> to a report in the journal, Nature Communications.
>>>>
>>>> Coastal areas will need to prepare for short term and extreme sea level
>>>> events, say US scientists.
>>>>
>>>> Climate models suggest extreme sea level rises will become more common
>>>> this century.
>>>>http://mansondirect.com/http://mansondirect.com/
>>>> "The extreme sea level rise event during 2009-10 along the northeast
>>>> coast of North America is unprecedented during the past century," Prof
>>>> Jianjun Yin of the University of Arizona told BBC News.
>>>>
>>>> "Statistical analysis indicates that it is a 1-in-850 year event."
>>>
>>> For those who think in inches, that is 5 inches.
>>
>> I'm a metric dude. And 12.7 centimeters is still alarming.
>>
>> The last few years of my brief lifespan have been very alarming.
>> Something is not right.
>
> The key is your "brief" lifespan. We tend to forget that the world is
> much older than that which we have experienced. We tend to see all of
> history on the basis of the minute bit we have seen.
True, and yet in my own brief life experience, what is happening right
now SEEMS to be very unusual. I have no scientific evidence, but it
just "feels" strange. I don't really care anymore -- I plan to live out
the rest of my life in comfort, emitting as much carbon as it takes to
achieve my life of luxury -- but I am warning the next generation. The
next generation will inherit the consequences, and it is tasked with
making the radical social adjustments needed to avoid environmental
catastrophe.
We're about to hit *TEN BILLION* human beings on this lonely planet,
so y'all do the math to figure out how to to accommodate them -- how
to feed, clothe, entertain, and dispose of their shit, without
destroying the planet in the process. At 7 billion the planet is
already half-dead. It's like our species is a fungal infection. We
just spread out and grow and grow and grow until finally our host
-- and us -- dies. A few spores may survive to infect other planets.
> On 03/13/2015 08:34 AM, Dänk 42Ø wrote:
>> On 03/13/2015 12:26 PM, David Hartung wrote:
>>> On 03/12/2015 10:53 PM, Admiral Ackbar wrote:
>>>> http://m.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31604953
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sea levels north of New York City rose by 128mm in two years, according
>>>> to a report in the journal, Nature Communications.
>>>>
>>>> Coastal areas will need to prepare for short term and extreme sea level
>>>> events, say US scientists.
>>>>
>>>> Climate models suggest extreme sea level rises will become more common
>>>> this century.
>>>>http://mansondirect.com/http://mansondirect.com/
>>>> "The extreme sea level rise event during 2009-10 along the northeast
>>>> coast of North America is unprecedented during the past century," Prof
>>>> Jianjun Yin of the University of Arizona told BBC News.
>>>>
>>>> "Statistical analysis indicates that it is a 1-in-850 year event."
>>>
>>> For those who think in inches, that is 5 inches.
>>
>> I'm a metric dude. And 12.7 centimeters is still alarming.
>>
>> The last few years of my brief lifespan have been very alarming.
>> Something is not right.
>
> The key is your "brief" lifespan. We tend to forget that the world is
> much older than that which we have experienced. We tend to see all of
> history on the basis of the minute bit we have seen.
True, and yet in my own brief life experience, what is happening right
now SEEMS to be very unusual. I have no scientific evidence, but it
just "feels" strange. I don't really care anymore -- I plan to live out
the rest of my life in comfort, emitting as much carbon as it takes to
achieve my life of luxury -- but I am warning the next generation. The
next generation will inherit the consequences, and it is tasked with
making the radical social adjustments needed to avoid environmental
catastrophe.
We're about to hit *TEN BILLION* human beings on this lonely planet,
so y'all do the math to figure out how to to accommodate them -- how
to feed, clothe, entertain, and dispose of their shit, without
destroying the planet in the process. At 7 billion the planet is
already half-dead. It's like our species is a fungal infection. We
just spread out and grow and grow and grow until finally our host
-- and us -- dies. A few spores may survive to infect other planets.
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