A chunk of the West Antarctic ice sheet the size of France is disintegrating, and sea levels worldwide will rise one metre as a result. Further portions of the West Antarctic ice sheet may also go, resulting in a sea level rise of three to five metres over the next 200 years.

The time to act against global warming is now; but will we?

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/17/climate-change-antarctica-glaciers-melting-global-warming-nasa

I live between Udorn and Loei, where our slogan is...

"Tsunami free for the last 163,756 years."

Personally, I don't plan to do anything about it.

Quick answer - No.

Climate changes - it has done for billions of years.

We have had ice ages, we have had periods of high temperature.

If we are to survive we need to drastically reduce the population - 7 billion is five billion too many. In Europe we have about half a billion - which is not supportable within the area it occupies, but is close to it. Other areas are grossly overpopulated and must find ways to limit their population.

(Food and water will be the governing resources in the future, not energy or climate change)

A five-metre rise in sea levels worldwide would swamp large numbers of coastal settlements, including major cities. Do we care? No. But perhaps we ought to.

Farewell Kiribati!

Yes, HB, I agree with you that population is going to be the determining factor; Man simply has to keep the population down to sustainable levels (whatever they are).

Yes, climate change has been around for billions of years, but human beings haven't. This is the first time it can be seen to have a major effect on mankind. (In the last two or three ice ages, human populations were still very small).

There is lots of crying and depression about the climate change, but very little action from the same people.

I reconsider my view to the climate change once the literature-, political science and drama theater students start to yell "We demand nuclear power, right now!". Until that moment I'll just enjoy the life.

There is lots of crying and depression about the climate change, but very little action from the same people.

I reconsider my view to the climate change once the literature-, political science and drama theater students start to yell "We demand nuclear power, right now!". Until that moment I'll just enjoy the life.

Very little action because the politicians who could take action now will not be alive when the effects become really dramatic. The Antarctic is so far away that nobody is going to worry about it.

And who cares about Kiribati? Really, now?

Quick answer - No.

Climate changes - it has done for billions of years.

We have had ice ages, we have had periods of high temperature.

If we are to survive we need to drastically reduce the population - 7 billion is five billion too many. In Europe we have about half a billion - which is not supportable within the area it occupies, but is close to it. Other areas are grossly overpopulated and must find ways to limit their population.

Yes. And yes to your added comment re food and water.

The answer, highly distasteful to some, is eugenics.