Looking Backward, a blip in the terrestrial time scale.

A little perspective


Once upon a time during the last Ice age

Okay, a little perspective here...once upon 20,000 years ago, there was this: @OpenThreads @EdDarrell @rln_nelson pic.twitter.com/5H8bG9US4M

— intrepid wanders (@intrepidwanders) July 2, 2015

...where we had up to 2 miles in vertical thickness in ICE. The melting of ice sheet caused... @OpenThreads @EdDarrell @rln_nelson

— intrepid wanders (@intrepidwanders) July 2, 2015

...a tremendous amount of water to flow into the oceans. @OpenThreads @EdDarrell @rln_nelson pic.twitter.com/hb6TTLHnd2

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The start of the Little Ice Age is noted ~1300-1400 as seen here: @OpenThreads @EdDarrell @rln_nelson pic.twitter.com/UmYyrC8Pgn

— intrepid wanders (@intrepidwanders) July 2, 2015

So, a data set of tiny residual glaciers, collected from the LIA to present is not indicative of much. @OpenThreads @EdDarrell @rln_nelson

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Sea Level rise, 1.9 ± 0.3 mm·yr− 1 during the 20th century, with 1.8 ± 0.5 mm·yr− 1 since 1970. (slowing) 

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818113002750#f0015 …

HORROR!

Tuvalu is NOT being swallowed by the sea.
The government is allowing building of new airports,
The biggest problem in the Maldives is overdevelopment.
By far, most of the Maldives power comes from Diesel, not noted for being #Green.