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Looks like we've got some time to deal with it, but no sense in piddling around with something this serious.
I don't want the grandkids blaming me for destroying the planet and walking away from the mess.
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A large section of the mighty West Antarctica ice sheet has begun falling apart and its continued melting now appears to be unstoppable, two groups of scientists reported Monday. If the findings hold up, they suggest that the melting could destabilize neighboring parts of the ice sheet and a rise in sea level of 10 feet or more may be unavoidable in coming centuries.
Global warming caused by the human-driven release of greenhouse gases has helped to destabilize the ice sheet, though other factors may also be involved, the scientists said.
The rise of the sea is likely to continue to be relatively slow for the rest of the 21st century, the scientists added, but in the more distant future it may accelerate markedly, potentially throwing society into crisis.
I'm heading for the hills............wait.............will glaciers melt and flood me out. What to do.............maybe a global warmer can help me..............or if I pay taxes will it be all well??
Serious.....we all need to save our ice cubes and donate it to the Antarctic. Quit being wasteful and throwing them in the trash after you finish your Big Mac.
Our lives are at stake here. Is a few ice cubes a day really too much to ask? If this is all overblown are you really going to miss a little ice? Surely we all can agree to sacrifice here a little.
Any Warmer who owns a car or heats or cools his house is a total fraud and hypocrite.
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