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4. And once in a while we get that news but again I don't think

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Tue May 3, 2016, 02:03 PM

May 2016

we see it as a world problem. We need to wake up.

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Red flag for the Gulf of Maine: Water slowly changing color [View all] jpak May 2016 OP

I am convinced that one of the reason that so few are worried jwirr May 2016 #1

Alaska doesn't get true cold anymore. raven mad May 2016 #3

And once in a while we get that news but again I don't think jwirr May 2016 #4

Did I really see open ocean Punx May 2016 #5

Yes. raven mad May 2016 #10

It's been abnormally warm here in the NW since about 2013 Punx May 2016 #19

Around 60 million years ago it was so warm that redwood trees grew way up above the arctic circle w. Baobab May 2016 #26

And the .. Delver Rootnose May 2016 #7

I agree. But a lot of people see the pattern and want real change. Fast Walker 52 May 2016 #18

Given that phytoplankton supply 90% of the O2 in Dustlawyer May 2016 #37

Totally agree. My point though is that people think locally and jwirr May 2016 #38

Agreed! Plus there is a lot of denial going on. People don't want to make the big changes in Dustlawyer May 2016 #41

I give us... americannightmare May 2016 #2

20 years until what, total extinction of the human race because of climate change? Android3.14 May 2016 #6

20 years till civilization .... Delver Rootnose May 2016 #8

Seems more like fear rather than rational though is ruling your expectations Android3.14 May 2016 #9

Thank you maindawg May 2016 #12

btw, that's "apocalypse", truebluegreen May 2016 #25

"The shit hits the fan pretty often" NOT LIKE THIS. jhart3333 May 2016 #13

Civilization hasn't had the weight of 8-10 billion hungry humans to support in those harsh times NickB79 May 2016 #16

Mechas Baobab May 2016 #27

I was thinking more along.... Delver Rootnose May 2016 #36

Funny you should mention the oceans breaking down NickB79 May 2016 #42

Total extinction? Nope Kelvin Mace May 2016 #11

yeah, we are one small catastrophe away from something with huge ramifications Fast Walker 52 May 2016 #17

I was both stunned and...sobered truebluegreen May 2016 #28

The real problems will be Kelvin Mace May 2016 #30

Or, all of the above happening at once. nt truebluegreen May 2016 #32

A Carrington class CME then EMP and then grid collapse and nuclear "loss of the ultimate heat sink" Baobab May 2016 #29

South Carolina is WAY behind on dam maintenance, Kelvin Mace May 2016 #33

Damn Baobab May 2016 #35

People do not understand nor want to. Duppers May 2016 #20

I've already moved on to climate change activism in my community. Too many here just don't care riderinthestorm May 2016 #44

Good for you. Duppers May 2016 #45

A look at the rec list on this OP (or any other climate change OP), tells the story riderinthestorm May 2016 #46

The suffering of most all life is already here. Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #47

Especially life in oceans. Duppers May 2016 #48

Sad... Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #55

Thanks for this link. Duppers May 2016 #21

And thanks for that one... americannightmare May 2016 #22

Dahr Jamail 2naSalit May 2016 #34

Tip of the hat... americannightmare May 2016 #43

Yup. That's about right. Humans can survive the added heat, the food we eat won't. truebrit71 May 2016 #40

The Human Race is done here on Earth RoccoR5955 May 2016 #14

In 100 years, I can see a world with max population of 300-500M roamer65 May 2016 #23

I don't think it's done, not yet. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2016 #49

What you don't understand is RoccoR5955 May 2016 #50

Since it's started, and unstoppable, there's no point in worrying. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2016 #51

There is a small chance that we can slow RoccoR5955 May 2016 #53

Well, as long as there's a chance ... JustABozoOnThisBus May 2016 #54

Lloyd's (the insurance folks) did a scenario last year GliderGuider May 2016 #15

This story is the one making me feel we're officially done IDemo May 2016 #24

We have definitely not paid enough attention to what's going on in the oceans. GliderGuider May 2016 #39

Great, we're dead. northernsouthern May 2016 #31

can see it on google map, the whole coastline is walled in & main rivers are silted-up. Sunlei May 2016 #52