The earth has gone through numerous warming and cooling cycles in the past, and I am convinced we are on the threshold of another warming cycle...AND, I am convinced that it is being accelerated by human activity, and the use of fossil fuels which spew massive amounts of pollutants into the atmosphere. I see no way out of this predicament...as we cannot suddenly shut down all the power plants, and go back to riding bicycles. In previous times, when the climate changed, the few people on the planet could merely fold their tents, and migrate North or South as the conditions dictated. We No longer have that luxury. If the "experts" are correct, there will be almost 12 billion people on earth by the year 2100....500 million in the U.S. Most of these scientists predict an ocean rise of around 5 feet in another 100 years, and a loss of as much as 17% of the US coastal land mass. This could potentially displace over 100 million people, and turn a dozen of our major urban areas into flood plains. In a worst case scenario...if the ice on Greenland melted, the ocean rise would be 20+ feet, and if Antarctica melted, the oceans would rise about 200 feet. That would put Beachfront properties dozens, perhaps hundreds of miles inland from now. The chaos and economic losses that would occur would destroy most of today's nations.
Videos like this, and the warnings of our scientists need to be taken very seriously....if our future generations are going to have anything resembling a decent life.
