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AverageJoe90

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20. True, but there's still the issue of drinking water, too.

Reply to FarCenter (Reply #16)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 01:00 AM

Nov 2012

Most, if not all, of the water from the Ganges in India, for example, comes straight from the Himalayas. Hundreds of millions need that to survive every day.

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Thanks marmar Cha Nov 2012 #2

This is a fucking huge issue. I can't believe we're dorking around while the world melts. Gregorian Nov 2012 #3

Sadly humans rarely doing anything to prepare for the future Marrah_G Nov 2012 #7

My dad taught me as a young child that people only act in a crisis. Kind of cynical, but partly true Gregorian Nov 2012 #8

This is one area where Obama worries me AgingAmerican Nov 2012 #13

No problem. They only provide fresh water for..... Wounded Bear Nov 2012 #4

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It's really not so much the warming itself, AverageJoe90 Nov 2012 #17

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It was wise of Bill McKibben Bainbridge Bear Nov 2012 #10

..... AverageJoe90 Nov 2012 #18

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The world has been in crisis on this for a long time so maybe the glinda Nov 2012 #11

Re: "Humans are really a piece of work. Not all humans but many of them." AverageJoe90 Nov 2012 #19

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Glaciers, excepting Greenland and Antarctica, could only raise sea levels by about 45 cm. FarCenter Nov 2012 #16

True, but there's still the issue of drinking water, too. AverageJoe90 Nov 2012 #20

True. This article seems to imply that melting glaciers are the biggest factor in rising oceans KurtNYC Nov 2012 #23

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