In Greenland: Follow the Water

[greenman3610]

Includes footage from my trip with Dark Snow project to the ice sheet
this past august.

[riversedge]

1. Beatiful to see--but know it

contributes to sea level rise.

[yuiyoshida]

2. Everything not green, is under water.....

[freshwest]

5. Thanks for the graphic, makes it clear it'd be a good idea to move to higher elevations. Just sayin'

[yuiyoshida]

7. I won't get my feet wet but still...

Who wants to live on an Island???

[freshwest]

11. Many in Scandinavia and Puget Sound do... It's great if one is able to afford it...

That's a slice of Puget Sound and why we have a lot of ferries here. Some can only be accessed by smaller watercraft. though. My Swedish uncle lived on one of the islands surrounding Stockholm growing up and they have ferries:



Stockholm, Sweden. Satellite image of Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden. North is at top. Stockholm is situated on 14 islands on the east coast of Sweden where Lake Malaren meets the Baltic Sea. Forested areas are dark green, bare ground is brown, urban areas are grey, and water is black. Image created using NaturalVue data obtained from the Landsat 7 satellite.

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http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/102699/enlarge

You'll be living island life in a few years... or decades, I guess. Wonder if either side of the Golden Gate bridge will be flooded?

My dad lived in SF in the thirties and was in the parade marching when it opened. Just think of all the ferry rides you'll enjoy!

As the last ice age began to end, glaciers retreated, 'land' connections were lost as sea levels rose in the Atlantic and Pacific. In geological terms, this is not that big a thing except for us poor things trying find a place to live!

Hopefully this will be a long process with plenty of time for everyone to get re-located in time.

[Old Crow]

3. !

Waitaminnit: Greenman3610, are you... the Greenman, aka Peter Sinclair?!

[greenman3610]

12. the same

[Old Crow]

13. It's an honor to meet you on here.

I'm a relatively new member here and had no idea you were part of the DU community.

If you'll forgive a little gushing, let me just say you are a personal hero of mine. I've watched your videos for years and you've taught me a great deal. In the course of discussing and debating climate change online, I've probably directed a thousand or more individuals to view your work. I so admire the way you've used your superb communications skills to serve as a go-between for climate scientists, who often don't have either the time or the communications skills to get their message out themselves, and the general public.

The amount of good you've done is incalculable and it's an honor to meet you.

[greenman3610]

16. thanks very much

I continue to work hard to make these videos accurate. thanks for using them the way they were intended.

[Enthusiast]

4. I ain't listening to a bunch a god damned hippies!

[freshwest]

6. Thank you for posting this... It's basic physics, but seeing it this way is important.

[Uncle Joe]

8. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, greenman.

[chervilant]

9. K&R

Thank you for this OP. I have been following this data since 2008, when positive feedback loops were being discussed as inevitable accelerators. I remain thankful that I'm in my twilight years, but I despair for our younglings.

[Delphinus]

10. Greenman,

thank you.

Other than that, I have much to digest. Sometimes one is struck dumb - I guess I'm in that vulnerable state right now.

[blkmusclmachine]

14. Corporate Pollutor Owned Politicians Doing Their Bidding

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

15. K&R

Thanks for this green.
Climate change is the biggest thing happening in the world today. There must be more exposure to this problem. It effects us in ways greater than just weather.