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LanternWaste

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10. You're conflating geological scale w/ human scale.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 04:43 PM
Dec 2019

A dramatic and forced change in human habits and lifestyles are by definition, dreaded... regardless of change mechanism.

While expected, it still gives saidsimplesimon Dec 2019 #1
Same here. For people who care deeply about the environment this recent barrage of Mike 03 Dec 2019 #6
NOAA Arctic Report Card Eugene Dec 2019 #2
Thanks. I think the WaPo will add the link too. From the Associated Press: mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2019 #8
tRump hasn't squelched this report? groundloop Dec 2019 #3
It has been accelerating... Newest Reality Dec 2019 #4
Its concerning but I would hardly called it dreaded. After all both polar regions of the world have cstanleytech Dec 2019 #5
I think those last five words may be what gives some people a wee sense of alarm. Pacifist Patriot Dec 2019 #7
Unless its a drastic change which raises the carbon dioxide levels and or lowers cstanleytech Dec 2019 #9
Our species may survive, but our technologically advanced civilization may not NickB79 Dec 2019 #12
On average, world's oceans have lost 2% of oxygen content since the 1950s; some areas far worse hatrack Dec 2019 #13
You're conflating geological scale w/ human scale. LanternWaste Dec 2019 #10
Deniers will have their day, too. Muriel Dec 2019 #11
It's not climate change jeffreyi Dec 2019 #14
I remember reading an article in Scientific American Haggis for Breakfast Dec 2019 #15
I bet the human population is only 1 billion by 2100. roamer65 Dec 2019 #16
Anti-science head-in-the-sand president will be long remembered as the last man who could have truthisfreedom Dec 2019 #17
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