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Originally Posted by Rjinn
I'm honestly not surprised about the sea level. Sea level here has risen by about .5 meters recently and Queensland especially has been experiencing quite a bit of flooding. I suppose we don't focus enough on climate change (even though we were climate tax happy for a while down in aussieland) and if these big corporate businesses stopped being so busy with their own inflation, perhaps they could focus on their extensive gas emissions and pollution rate. Meh, I suppose we've caught onto it now, though... but it does sound like one scary future.
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^ Thank you so much for telling us about how things stand in Australia, Rjinn!
The only other poster from that area is Stephen, who alerted us to this disaster-in-the-making:-
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Originally Posted by Stephen
Speaking of environmental issues I'm not sure if the situation in Northern Australia has made much news overseas but the idiot government here is looking to bankroll a massive new coal mine and shipping port right in the middle of the already struggling Great Barrier Reef. |
It seems a shame if Australia, which has seen relatively little industrialization and pollution, is now destined to catch up fast with other countries.
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On the topic of disappearing beaches, there is clear evidence where I live too. Here's an article which confirms the same possible sea-level rise of 6 feet which I have previously mentioned:-
Sea- level rise threatens Yucatan Peninsula, Cancun, Mexico | Global Warming Effects
If you don't want all the facts and figures, here are a couple of striking quotes:-
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Scientists attribute this recent acceleration in global sea–level rise to human–caused climate change. Oceans expand as they warm.....
If sea level were to rise 6.6 feet (2 meters), 31 out of the 64 Caribbean airports inventoried could be partly or fully overrun.
From 1993 to 2009, the rate of sea–level rise increased to around 0.13 inches (3.4 millimeters) per year—nearly twice the average rate for the twentieth century.
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And here's a picture to show what's happening. The house and palm tree show the old beach level, which used to slope gently out to a sea that would've been a "safe" one or two hundred yards away. Now the sea is eating away at the sand cliff it has made. How high is the cliff? Maybe six feet? Whatever it is, the quantity of eroded sand is just mind-boggling.
