GLOBAL WARMING--As the Climate Changes, Bits of England's Coast Crumble
64An English farm in Beccles, on the cliff above, is losing land to the encroaching sea. The government will no longer save all threatened land.
Rising Sea Level Erodes England's Coast
Beccles, England--Coastal erosion has been a fact of life here for a century, because the land under East Anglia is slowly sinking. But the erosion has never been as quick and cataclysmic as it has been in recent years, an effect of climate change and global warming.
A report this year from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that rising seas will force 60 million people away from their coastal homes and jobs by the year 2080. Here's a link to and article in today's NY Times by Elisabeth Rosenthal:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/world/europe/04erode.html?ref=science
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I never knew the earth was just wearing away, according to my calculations the world will end in 2354.5848575 billion years. I sure hope I do not live to see the day. By : Earl Johnson
Earl, don't get ahead of yourself. This is an awesome article . Thanks , Hubpages!
ipsism says:
2 years ago
Global warming is real. Only thing is, global warming is a transient trend in the cycles of earth's history.
If one reviews the temperature history that scientists have obtained, There can be no conclusion other than that our current climate is a natural cycle, no worse than prior cycles. See, http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Global-Warming-Forest orhttp://Ipsism.com
Climatologists ignore the affects of geological events, such as sub-oceanic volcanoes and astrogocial findings. Everyone takes a small sampling of data to support their pet hypothesis, rather than examining the globe in a unified approach. As such, there is rancor and duplicity to force an agenda that will make a few super-rich while making the majority poorer.