Environmentalism: What are the best adaptive strategies for Global Warming?
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Atmospheric CO2 has just exceeded 400 ppm, the highest level in 3 Million Years. Un-abating denial, greed, laziness and stupidity have now made Climate Disaster inevitable. I suspect it will come fast. The loss of polar ice will decrease albedo and Earth will absorb more heat. The warming of the oceans will release methane which is an even more potent heat-trapping agent. Our only viable option lies in Adaptive Strategies which, at best, will only save a portion of civilization and humanity. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/11/science/earth/carbon-dioxide-level-passes-long-feared-milestone.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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I will try to answer this question as information becomes available. 1. Protection Against the Rising Seas: Sea Levees off New Jersey, the Thames Barrier in London, the Spongification of the Netherlands, Land Elevation in the Maldives, Floating Houses, etc. Obviously, it will be the rich countries that can afford the best climate-proofing strategies. Bangladesh, Bangkok and Cuba will be in dire straits. http://news.yahoo.com/beyond-nyc-other-places-adapting-climate-too-105538665.html 2. Extreme Heat (as in the Southwest U.S.A.): Based on my research, the Urban Heat Island Effect can be mitigated by the use of drought-resistant vegetation to cover streets and buildings, the conversion of asphalt to porous pavement, and the use of passive cooling nano-technology such as that developed by Stanford University. http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/april/fan-solar-cooling-041513.html; http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/climate_action_team/reports/2012-08-31_Extreme_Heat_Adaptation_Interim_Guidance_Document.pdf
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The ONLY right combination of geoengineering SRM + CDR is written across earth, the BEST strategy would be that ALL humans stop warring and listen, since it will take us all to stop the end of the world...With the correct geoengineering we can viably RESET earth back to pre 1900's temps + ppm...then only maintain it indefinitely ....we still then must fix poverty, over population, polluting of EVERYTHING, hunger,+ more ,basically we MUST change all things....or the species will end...It is time, man has a choice + its no joke or hoax...THIS IS IT..IF people had listened sooner we couldve maybe stabilized the arctic,,,I wrote all of this same since 2005-2006.....I told people the ice would melt, they said I was wrong it would be 100000 years....THIS is what we face ...: SET a glass with 1/3 each dirt, water, and ice in a hot windowsill...at first the ice melting makes a false sense of stability the water temps remain the same,,,once the ice is gone theres a drastic change,,,the water heats rapidly, evaporates and is gone....leaving only hot dirt.....Earth and Venus are so similiar that they are called sister planets...Venus its said was lush like earth but greenhouse gasses went out of control and it became incendiary......greenhouse gasses IS global warming....what do you think is about to happen to this sister planet once the ice is gone?The CORRECT geoengineering sequence could viably save all humanity....the longer we wait the harder it will be to rein in....possibly causing loss of lives if we wait too long....There IS NO adapting...we will either win or lose its that simple this time...Global warming has without geoengineering a 100% mortality
Judith Woolworth Donahue
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