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In reply to the discussion: Sea level rise at least 10 feet in next 50 years. [View all]Doodley
(9,960 posts)56. As long as there is it doesn't turn nuclear. Okay humans would still exist, but the
longer-term survival of the species is called into question, because whatever devastation happens in fifty years gets multiplied many, many times as climate change and all those terrible consequences become more magnified as time goes on. A ten foot rise in fifty years would only be a prelude of what is to come.
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And the Koches. And Exxon. And BP. The wealthy and corporate owners of the GOP
sharedvalues
Jun 2017
#21
No. Exxon and BP believe in AG Climate Change. The Kochs surely do too.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2017
#38
Ok, I agree. They believe in it. They still pay politicians and scientists to deny it.
sharedvalues
Jun 2017
#39
Assad's party in Syria supports climate denial and is out of the Paris Accord. . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2017
#37
Plus, anthropocentric climate change, just like radiocarbon dating, are plots by Satan to
KingCharlemagne
Jun 2017
#49
If that prediction is accurate, I think the human species has a very short time.
Doodley
Jun 2017
#4
We survived ice ages by taking to caves, wearing animal skins and learning to control fire.
Doodley
Jun 2017
#48
As long as there is it doesn't turn nuclear. Okay humans would still exist, but the
Doodley
Jun 2017
#56
No one mentions how population growth is a major contributor of climate change.
BigmanPigman
Jun 2017
#7
Funny you mentioned this now since I was just discussing this with a friend.
BigmanPigman
Jun 2017
#35
That was the draft from 2 years ago; the peer-reviewed version appeared last year
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2017
#16
My grandfather's farm in Holland is below sea level. Has been for a long time now.
L. Coyote
Jun 2017
#44
Woo! Not on the list! Maybe I'll have some better access to the ocean by then.
Blue_Adept
Jun 2017
#51