The glaciers on Greenland are melting five times faster than the glaciers were melting a mere twenty years ago. The melting is news for the simple reason that should the Greenland glaciers melt clean away, well, sea levels will rise by an astounding twenty feet. A case in point for some relevant comparison, the highest land point in the state of Florida is 345 ft above sea level. So should the Greenland glaciers finish off the big melt, most of Florida will be under water. Most of coastal America, east and west coasts, will no longer be beachfront property. The Mississippi River will be shortened by a whole bunch. New Orleans is going to have to move the Mardi Gras. Kennedy Space Center will no longer be launching rockets. Kennedy Space Center will be a nifty spot for submarines. The point is, our world has passed the tipping point and an entirely new reality will need to be addressed. The politicians that haunt the halls of The Capitol of the United States of America will need to learn how to hold congress with air tanks strapped on their backs. Twenty feet of ocean levels rising spells some serious trouble for humanity and a drowning number of politicians globally are goddamned clueless as to the dangers our Planet faces. Solutions are only about possibly fifty years too late. Oh well ... we had us a nice run. No ... ?
Saturday machine art is up right about now. I wonder how long President Joe can tread water?
hush -
buy in -
dazzle -
finite -
entropy -
doctor -
on a positive note about sea, or ocean, level rise ... those of us that previously had to drive a stretch to reach the beach, well, driving time will be cut proportionately. 😐
No comments:
Post a Comment