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Author:	Wayne Ranney
Date:	2014-07-16 17:15:00
Blog:	Earthly Musings
URL:	http://earthly-musings.blogspot.com/2014/07/1st-order-effects-of-climate-change.html

Summary:

In November 2013, a full moon and high tides led to flooding in parts of the city, including here at Alton Road and 10th Street. Photograph: CorbisFor those of us in the earth sciences it is kind of mind-boggling to believe that some people still think that climate change is a hoax foisted on us only by liberals or communists. There is a billion-year record of climate change that exists in the rock record and it clearly shows that Earth's climate is subject to change. And there is a multi-thousand year record of climate change preserved in Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. Anyone paying attention can see that the climate changes through time. And these changes occur on multiple scales from millennia to decades.But apparently, there is lots of money to be made sucking petroleum out of the ground and burning it so that the modern world can hum along and a few worrisome details like warming of the planet simply  must not get in the way.This interesting article first appearing in The Guardian newspaper highlights what may be some of the first evidence for 1st order effects of climate change - dramatic sea level rise. Take a look and see what is happening in Miami Beach, Florida.Low-lying houses in Miami Beach are especially vulnerable. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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Location	Country	Latitude	Longitude
Miami Beach	US	25.8154	-80.1337

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