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69. My co-worker had his two kids in the office yesterday.

Fri Aug 7, 2015, 06:00 AM

Aug 2015

Beautiful kids, smart kids. Nine and six. I often wish I would have had kids. And then, I look at what looms ahead. I am 58.5. The planet and it's wonders that I knew as a child will never be again.

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Rolling Stone: The Point of No Return: Climate Change Nightmares Are Already Here [View all] Generic Other Aug 2015 OP

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2015 #1

Been Waiting For This billhicks76 Aug 2015 #61

no kidding, I thought I was used to Houston rain storms untill those inches an hour rains started. Sunlei Aug 2015 #2

Yes the area is subsiding and tipping southeastward too due to heavy removal of waters DhhD Aug 2015 #73

Yep. bemildred Aug 2015 #3

think if a huge piece slid off at once it would make a tusunami wave so high it would wash over Sunlei Aug 2015 #7

They estimate a sea level rise measured in meters when that happens. bemildred Aug 2015 #8

Okay, we're still talking about glaciers here. Fast for a glacier is still slow for a snail. tclambert Aug 2015 #34

That comments section is a sewer of denialists n2doc Aug 2015 #4

Simply unreal...delusional arsholes every single one... truebrit71 Aug 2015 #17

The deep South = biggest climate deniers Duppers Aug 2015 #31

What's a mere 9 billion population consuming on the planet, pfft! appalachiablue Aug 2015 #42

+1 jimlup Aug 2015 #33

Yup. The freepers and oil industry flacks are working overtime in there. nt Maven Aug 2015 #41

is there anyway a giant 'airstone' could be lowered into sea deadzones to force some cold water Sunlei Aug 2015 #5

The volumes are too huge n2doc Aug 2015 #9

Come on - everyone knows Venice, Italy is the "canary in the coal mine." yallerdawg Aug 2015 #6

Ahh, Venice. So quaint and picturesque. Imagine NYC with canals instead of Avenues. erronis Aug 2015 #11

The Hamptons will be underwater by that time. Javaman Aug 2015 #20

those people need some kind of street watervehicles like slow jet skis. Sunlei Aug 2015 #13

Never understood why someone would build a city on a swamp. nt cstanleytech Aug 2015 #18

+1. For real. Although I saw Florence and Rome, didn't make it to Venice. My mon & sister loved it. appalachiablue Aug 2015 #43

I've heard it's like living at Disneyland, giant parking lot built on an artificial island included. hunter Aug 2015 #85

Wow! Amazing photos! smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #50

But let's defund Planned Parenthood tblue Aug 2015 #10

we many need to eat those cute, well fed on 'hydrolyzed protein' extra, excess babies Sunlei Aug 2015 #14

Yep, that's the low information "shiney object" of the day... Raster Aug 2015 #67

kick, kick, kick.... daleanime Aug 2015 #12

Thanks for the post, Generic Other. City Lights Aug 2015 #15

It's time to prioritize the issues. jalan48 Aug 2015 #16

Thank you SoLeftIAmRight Aug 2015 #19

IT's not like people haven't been warned for years and years... Blue_Tires Aug 2015 #21

It's not like the GOP and Wall Street didn't know about this for decades. Rex Aug 2015 #46

In the last couple of weeks, we've had between 20-40" of rain in the Tampa area. Fuddnik Aug 2015 #22

And in the Seattle area a record heat wave Generic Other Aug 2015 #38

One Positive Thing Though Rafale Aug 2015 #23

Now there's a positive outlook! smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #51

I have been posting this vid for a few years Go Vols Aug 2015 #24

That's a very good argument. tclambert Aug 2015 #36

That's a keeper! smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #53

Thanks for the OP lark Aug 2015 #25

And yet, the entire tea party, most of the republican party, especially the legislators AllFieldsRequired Aug 2015 #26

"already" ?! We have done nothing but increase gas emissions for 45 years. GreatGazoo Aug 2015 #27

We've done EXACTLY what the Petroligarchy have wanted us to do. Raster Aug 2015 #68

I am so pessimistic at this point. drm604 Aug 2015 #28

I have an answer...... roomtomove Aug 2015 #29

It's not just climate nightmares GliderGuider Aug 2015 #30

Add to that we get something like 90% of our oxygen from the Phytoplancton in the oceans. Dustlawyer Aug 2015 #49

Phytoplankton may already be going into decline. GliderGuider Aug 2015 #55

Regardless of any of this, the sun will burn out someday tularetom Aug 2015 #54

Whether our intention is salvation or exploitation, whatever we do simply changes the Earth GliderGuider Aug 2015 #56

We know we are all going to hang. Some of us just don't want to help build the scaffold. n/t jtuck004 Aug 2015 #64

No real leadership marions ghost Aug 2015 #78

It's been building for 200 years but we only began to recognize it as a problem 40 years ago GliderGuider Aug 2015 #79

I come from a family of biologists, doctors, and three marine scientists-- marions ghost Aug 2015 #82

K & R Duppers Aug 2015 #32

Ignorance is bliss, until it isn't. nt Mnemosyne Aug 2015 #62

Oh, we're doomed alright. SpankMe Aug 2015 #35

And you can bet yer last dollar... Gumboot Aug 2015 #37

it's seriously treason and the worst possibly idiocy Fast Walker 52 Aug 2015 #72

Tomorrow (Friday) NOAA will report global temperatures for July. tclambert Aug 2015 #39

Yay? Nay! nt GliderGuider Aug 2015 #40

Kicked and recommended to the Max! Enthusiast Aug 2015 #44

Of course they are and like millions of others, I will watch as we finish off OUR ecosystem. Rex Aug 2015 #45

This^^^^ heaven05 Aug 2015 #47

You want to hear something really weird? ladyVet Aug 2015 #48

Our June was almost entirely 90 degree days--unheard of--in Chapel Hill (NC) mnhtnbb Aug 2015 #76

Glad I didn't have kids PasadenaTrudy Aug 2015 #52

I am glad to be childless too. It may be perverse of me, but I'm glad that I'm not too old. GliderGuider Aug 2015 #57

I don't want to see it... PasadenaTrudy Aug 2015 #58

There's a thread on this subject... Duppers Aug 2015 #63

Thanks! PasadenaTrudy Aug 2015 #90

My co-worker had his two kids in the office yesterday. Raster Aug 2015 #69

It's such a different world now PasadenaTrudy Aug 2015 #89

Anchorage is on track to have the most 70+ degree days in a single summer, Blue_In_AK Aug 2015 #59

gulp. BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2015 #60

This part stood out.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2015 #65

We should not be paying attention to this part. JayhawkSD Aug 2015 #77

Super Typhoon to hit Taiwan Hissyspit Aug 2015 #66

Well, heck. Best get to investing even more in corporations. raouldukelives Aug 2015 #70

Check out ExtinctionRadio.org for weekly updates on climate change egold2604 Aug 2015 #71

And listen to the denier states howl for immediate help DFW Aug 2015 #74

Starts off good... JayhawkSD Aug 2015 #75

What if the problem really IS that serious? GliderGuider Aug 2015 #80

Did you read what I wrote? JayhawkSD Aug 2015 #83

How could "our cause" possibly get any weaker? GliderGuider Aug 2015 #84

There is just something about climate change that .. ananda Aug 2015 #81

A lot of it has to do with how our brains are wired. GliderGuider Aug 2015 #86

Hmm.. that groupthink phenomenon is ominous for sure. ananda Aug 2015 #92

The world's population has nearly doubled in my lifetime. Driving a Prius won't change that. nt Romulox Aug 2015 #87

I was born in 1950, right as things were taking off. GliderGuider Aug 2015 #91

I think that movie "Day After Tomorrow" didn't help because frankieallen Aug 2015 #88