If Earth Could Speak

Call to Action

ifearthcouldspeak — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:03:32 +0000

We, this generation, are the stewards, the custodians of the planet. It is our obligation to do everything possible to address the issues that could affect our continued existence on Earth. The foundations of the food chain are breaking down. We owe it to our children and their grandchildren to put our collective intellectual and physical horsepower towards resolution because at this point our worst action is inaction. The Earth is whispering to us right now. Is it worth the risk to find out what may be in store for us when she clears her throat and finds her voice?

I submit this challenge to all who read this:

‘If not this proposal then by what other means are we going to save ourselves from this rapidly approaching tipping point with our global environment issues?’

If you cannot come up with or know of a comprehensive solution that charts the course for us then you must act to further that end. I have no financial interest nor do I have a political agenda. I merely have a blueprint for possible success that can either become the solution, be part of the solution or catalyze the solution.

Kirk Hylan

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JFK in 1961

ifearthcouldspeak — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:23:13 +0000

“If we could ever competitively, at a cheap rate, get freshwater from saltwater, that would be in the long-range interest of humanity (and) would dwarf any other scientific accomplishments.”

President John F. Kennedy
April 12, 1961

The Geography of Melting

ifearthcouldspeak — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:03:27 +0000

“Last Month’s Atlantic Monthly Magazine had an eye-opening map and article related to what’s going on in the Arctic. Instead of focusing solely on melting ice caps and struggling polar bears, the article demonstrated what the geo-political consequences are in the region due to global warming. One of the consequences has been the permanent opening for the legendary Northwest Passage.”

http://blogs.edf.org/climateatlas/

Greenland Melt May Swamp LA, Other Cities, Study Says

ifearthcouldspeak — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:01:16 +0000

“Greenland’s massive ice sheet could begin to melt this century and may disappear completely within the next thousand years if global warming continues at its present rate.

According to a new climate change study, the melting of Greenland’s ice sheet would raise the oceans by seven meters (23 feet), threatening to submerge cities located at sea level, from London to Los Angeles. “

State unprepared for effects of warming, report says

ifearthcouldspeak — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:04:44 +0000

“Despite its tough goals to reduce greenhouse gases, California is not prepared to deal with the flooding, coastal erosion and loss of wildlife habitat that scientists are predicting in the coming decades as a result of higher global temperatures, a new report says.”

See the entire article here

Animated Flooding Maps – Storm Surge, Sea Level Rise And River Flooding

ifearthcouldspeak — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:06:24 +0000

“A while back, I did a post on assessing the effects of sea level rise on coastlines using the program 3DEM. Here’s a terrain image of southern Manhattan Island at current sea level . . . “

“And here’s what it would look like with 8 meters of flooding, due either to a hurricane storm surge or global-warming-induced sea level rise . . . “

http://freegeographytools.com/2007/animated-flooding-maps-storm-surge-sea-level-rise-and-river-flooding

CEGIS Sea Level Rise Map Video

ifearthcouldspeak — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:08:22 +0000

“Video of map of the impact of potential sea level at increasing depth.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2fg5PaHcUI

Sea Level Rise Animation in Google Earth

ifearthcouldspeak — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:10:33 +0000

“Climate change and increased atmospheric temperatures are predicted to cause a significant rise in sea level over the next 100-200 years. Scenarios that take into account rapid melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet and West Antarctic Ice Shelf warn of sea level rise of greater than 20 ft (6 meters) over the next couple centuries. This animation shows what that level of rise would look like over a couple seconds. It uses very course scale global elevation data to visualize a rising sea affect, but should be considered highly accurate.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgCYhU5ISwI&NR=1

Maps for “An End to Global Warming”

ifearthcouldspeak — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:58:52 +0000

“Laurence Williams’ book “An End to Global Warming” (see also the Elsevier page), I created a series of maps showing the possible effects of rising sea levels; they were used for the book cover and interior illustrations.

The maps were derived from the GTOPO30 dataset, a 30 arc-second resolution digital map of global topography. Border data came from the NIMA Vector Map Level 0. “

http://resumbrae.com/archive/warming/

Sea Level Rise Maps and GIS Data

ifearthcouldspeak — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:56:45 +0000

This map shows sea level rise among other data for specific parts of the globe.

https://www.cresis.ku.edu/research/data/sea_level_rise/index.html