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Why do you think we'll lose our food, water, and land? Let's start with a couple of important maps. This [1] is a map of where US farmland is. This [2] is where
by TangoTrotFox 8y ago
Why do you think we'll lose our food, water, and land? Let's start with a couple of important maps. This [1] is a map of where US farmland is. This [2] is where US water resources are. So of course we need to consider these things in terms of climate change. I quite like the simulator the NOAA has set up here [3]. It lets you increase or decrease water levels and dynamically see the effect. Perhaps the most surprising thing though is this [4]. That's an article that illustrates what the world would look like if somehow literally all ice in the world melted, some 216 feet of sea level rise. And indeed the world would be quite reshaped, but the surprising thing is by how little. Suffice to say you wouldn't need to start building an ark. And as an relevant aside, sea levels have already risen more than 400 feet since the the most recent interglacial warming period started some ~20,000 years ago. [5] Somehow, life went on.
To be clear I 100% agree with you on changes, but not losses. And I am in no way playing devil's advocate. I think the things I've asked, and said, are reasonable. They're completely authentic in any case, and I am 100% open to changing my view. If anything I've said is inaccurate in any way, or any question technically unreasonable - please do share. Apologies on the excessive amounts of links here, but I find this is a topic where disinformation is excessive and so I think it's important to cite most facts.
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[1] - https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MEDIA/nrcs143_010966.gif https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MEDIA/nrcs143_010966....
[2] - https://water.usgs.gov/ogw/gwrp/activities/images/StudyLocationMap2017.png https://water.usgs.gov/ogw/gwrp/activities/images/StudyLocat...
[3] - https://coast.noaa.gov/slr/ https://coast.noaa.gov/slr/
[4] - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2013/09/rising-seas-ice-melt-new-shoreline-maps/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2013/09/rising-s...
[5] - https://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/briefs/gornitz_09/ https://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/briefs/gornitz_09/